Europe's top horseracing accolades, the Cartier Racing
Awards, have an exciting additional media partner for their 23rd year in 2013,
Channel 4.
Britain's exclusive terrestrial broadcaster of horseracing
joins Racing Post and The Daily Telegraph in helping to promote the Cartier
Racing Awards.
European horseracing's equivalent of the Oscars will be
presented during a glittering ceremony before an invited audience of over 300
at London's Dorchester Hotel on Tuesday, November 12, which will be covered live
online and through social media by Channel 4.
Furthermore, Channel 4 will create all on-the-night footage
with the eight nomination packages presented and voiced over by Clare Balding,
Nick Luck, Mick Fitzgerald, Jim McGrath, Graham Cunningham, Rishi Persad, Emma
Spencer and Gina Bryce.
Channel 4 will also film the event for broadcast
subsequently and, in the build-up to the 23rd Cartier Racing Awards, highlight
the points' standings.
The Cartier Awards were established in 1991 to reward
excellence in horseracing. They are determined by points earned by horses in
Pattern races throughout 2013, combined at the end of season with the opinions
of a panel of racing journalists and votes from readers of Racing Post and The
Daily Telegraph, plus viewers of Channel 4 Racing (voting opens at noon
tomorrow, Wednesday, October 23 and closes on Tuesday, November 5).
In addition to the eight equine awards, the Cartier/Daily
Telegraph Award of Merit goes to the person or persons who, in the opinion of
the special Cartier Jury, has/have done the most for European racing and/or
breeding either over their lifetime or within the past 12 months.
Arnaud Bamberger, Executive Chairman, Cartier UK,
commented: "Channel 4's involvement is tremendous news for the Cartier Racing
Awards which have established themselves as the pre-eminent accolades within
European racing.
"I would like to thank Channel 4, which does so much
for horseracing, for supporting for the Cartier Racing Awards."
Jamie Aitchison, Channel 4's Sports Editor, said "The
Cartier Awards are the most prestigious awards in horseracing and it's great
that our dedicated racing viewers now have the chance to vote on the eight
awards.
"The event will receive significant exposure across
our racing outlets and I'm delighted that each filmed nomination will be
presented and voiced over by one of our team."
Frankel, unbeaten in 14 starts over three years before
retiring from racing at the end of 2012, has dominated the Cartier Racing
Awards in recent years.
He was the Cartier Horse Of The Year in both 2012 and 2011,
as well as winning other Cartier Awards including Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt in
2010. With such a dominating force now retired, all eyes will be on the new
contenders to see who will take the awards on the night.
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