Cartier Awards to be announced Wednesday

Ouija Board has been nominated for two Cartier Awards  (Harold Roth/Horsephotos.com)

The 2004 Cartier Awards, Europe's equivalent to the Eclipse Awards,

will be announced Wednesday evening in London. The nominees for the

eight horse categories follow:

Horse of the Year - ATTRACTION (Efisio), BAGO (Nashwan), DIVINE

PROPORTIONS (Kingmambo), OUIJA BOARD (GB) (Cape Cross [Ire]), SOVIET

SONG (Marju).

Top Older Horse - DOYEN (Sadler's Wells), RAKTI (Polish Precedent),

REFUSE TO BEND (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), SOVIET SONG, WARRSAN (Caerleon)

Top Stayer - CUT QUARTZ (Johann Quatz [Fr]), MILLENARY (Rainbow

Quest), PAPINEAU (Singspiel [Ire]), VINNIE ROE (Definite Article

[GB]), WESTERNER (Danehill)

Top Sprinter - SOMNUS (Pivotal), TANTE ROSE (Barathea [GB]), THE

TATLING (Perugino), VAR (Forest Wildcat), WHIPPER (Miesque's Son)

Three-Year-Old Colt - AZAMOUR (Night Shift), BAGO, HAAFHD (Alhaarth),

NORTH LIGHT (Danehill), RULE OF LAW (Kingmambo)

Three-Year-Old Filly - ALEXANDER GOLDRUN (Gold Away [Ire]),

ATTRACTION, GREY LILAS (Danehill), OUIJA BOARD, QUIFF (Sadler's Wells)

Two-Year-Old Colt - AD VALOREM (Danzig), DUBAWI (Dubai Millennium),

ORATORIO (Danehill), SHAMARDAL (Giant's Causeway), WILKO (Awesome

Again)

Two-Year-Old Filly - DAMSON (Entrepreneur), DIVINE PROPORTIONS,

MAIDS CAUSEWAY (Giant's Causeway), PLAYFUL ACT (Sadler's Wells), SOAR

(Danzero)

In addition to the horse awards, the Daily Telegraph Award of Merit

will go to the person who, in the opinion of the 21-person Cartier

jury, has done the most for European racing and/or breeding either

over his/her lifetime or within the past 12 months.