British champion trainer John Gosden bags fourth Horse of the Year title
When British champion trainer John Gosden travelled to the famous Dorchester Hotel in London on Tuesday for the Cartier Racing Awards he would have been confident of winning the Horse of the Year trophy for a fourth time. Gosden previously won the award with Kingman (2014), Golden Horn (2015) and Enable (2017). In 2018 Gosden had four of the five nominations for horse of the year: Cracksman, Enable, Roaring Lion and Stradivarius. Most pundits made Enable the favourite to win the award for the second year running, joining two previous double winners, Frankel (2011 and 2012) and Ouija Board (2004 and 2006). The pundits got it wrong. Despite her second win in the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe, Enable lost out to stable mate Roaring Lion, who enjoyed an outstanding season. Bought as a yearling for Qatar Racing Limited for $160,000, the son of Kitten’s Joy won four grade ones — the Coral Eclipse, Juddmonte International, Irish Champion Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. This correspondent...
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