Equus award nominees

Champion 2 year colt (distance immaterial)

Captain of All ; Forest Indigo; Kochka; Willow Magic

Champion 2 year Filly (distance immaterial)

Along came Polly; For the Lads; Happy Valentine

Champion 3year old colt (distance immaterial)

CapeTown Noir; Vercingetorix; Wylie Hall

Champion 3 year Filly (distance immaterial)

Cherry on the Top; Do You Remember; Via Africa

Champion older male (distance immaterial)

Heavy Metal; Variety Club; What a Winter

Champion Older filly/ mare (distance immaterial)

Only one Nominee (Winner to be announced at the Awards)

Champion sprinter (1000-1200m; age/gender immaterial)

All is Secret; Via Africa; What a Winter

Champion Miler (1400-1600m; age/gender immaterial)

Beach Beauty; Variety Club

Champion middle distance horse (1400-2200m; age/gender immaterial)

Beach Beauty; Heavy Metal; Jackson

Champion stayer (2400m and up; age/gender immaterial)

Canterbury Tales; Cherry on the Top; Ilsanpietro; Jeppe’s Reef; Wylie Hall

Horse of the year

(Horse of the year to be announced at the Awards)

No invite for us this year.... thats me finished with the racing operators( GC are no too bad ) <

I would say that GC and P possibly have different views on the positives and evils with ABC
GC regards us a tool to promote racing and P have a fear factor due to the freedom of speech of certain posters giving views on various personalities that makes them uncomfortable with dealing or using us as a positive contribution to marketing racing?

Pity, as many of the contributions are constructive but sadly the negatives get highlighted and more press than the positives

Such is life.

Bumped for Rambo,Via was nominated for two awards

Thanks hibernia I saw the categories, but even if she won the computaform sprint and cape flying championship, she would still not have beaten cherry on the top because of the difference in stake prizes. There should be more categories. Via Africa should have won an award for best filly sprinter... or some kind of recognition. And what would have happened if what a winter won the cape flying championship and via Africa the computaform sprint.only one of them would have taken the title in the end leaving the other one crown less. It doesn't seem 100% fair.

You want to be the best you got to beat the best and WAW put Via Africa in her place

You are definitely right, but who would you say was the best filly sprinter? It definitely can't be what a winter. so where is her crown! I don't get it. But thanks anyway...

No three year old sprinting filly has ever achieved what Via Africa did. There are no graded races for three year old sprinting fillies in SA. Are the playing fields level ? I don't think so !! Two fillies have achieved the Triple Tiara, Igugu and COTT. Can you compare the two ? I don't think so !! Maybe Via's owner's should change their surnames ??!!