Bluestocking crowned ROA Horse of the Year
Last night at the Racehorse Owners Association annual Horseracing awards, held at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel, outstanding mare Bluestocking was crowned Horse of the Year.
Bluestocking who is owned by Juddmonte and is British trained earned the most votes to win the final prestigious award. Across 2024, where she ran every month from May to October, Bluestocking won four times including three Group 1 races. Her season and racing career concluded with a fairytale win in the Group 1 Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October providing trainer Ralph Beckett and jockey Rossa Ryan with ‘a day we will never forget’. Earlier in the evening Bluestocking also won the Owner Breeder Outstanding Filly or Mare award.
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JP McManus claims Owner of the Year title
Mr John P (JP) McManus for the first time won the ROA Owner of the Year award. I Am Maximus storming to victory in the Grand National, and two-mile chaser Jonbon double of Grade 1 wins in the spring were some highlights of Mr McManus’s racing year, which saw him crowned champion jumps owner in Britain for the eighth successive season. JP McManus also won the ARC National Hunt Special achievement award with I Am Maximus.
The celebration of another incredible year on the racecourse was attended by owners, trainers and representatives from the industry from both mainland Britain and Ireland, with all the award winners decided by the votes from ROA and Racegoers Club members.
The sixteen categories were sponsored by The Large Independent Racecourses, The Jockey Club, Arena Racing Company, Venatour, The British EBF, The Tote, Fitzdares and Owner Breeder Magazine.
Head Lad and owner receives the British EBF Special Achievement Award
Head Lad to trainer Dylan Cunha, Amedeo Dal Pos was awarded the British EBF Flat Special Achievement award. Amedeo is the owner of Prague who he bought from the horses in training sale last year for 10,000 guineas. The son of Galileo won on his first time out in June and continued his trajectory with a second in the Group 3 Mile stakes at Haydock and a win in the Group 2 Joel Stakes at Newmarket in September. Originally from Italy, Amedeo looks after and rides Prague, and following the Newmarket success he was subsequently supplemented for the Group1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on British Champions Day.
ROA President Charlie Parker said “Tonight’s awards are a chance for us to recognise and celebrate some of the outstanding performances made by our wonderful horses across this year. On behalf of everyone at The ROA I would like to congratulate all the owners who have won this evening. These historic awards are now in their fifth decade and continue to hold a special place in the hearts of British Racing and it is wonderful to see the range of ownership entities and people that have been represented on the winner’s podium”.
The full list of award winners are as follows:
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Tote Outstanding Novice Hurdler |
BALLYBURN |
R.A. Bartlett and David Manasseh |
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Tote Outstanding Hurdler |
STATE MAN |
Mrs J Donnelly |
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Fitzdares Outstanding Novice Chaser |
GREY DAWNING |
Robert Kirkland |
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Jockey Club Racecourses Outstanding Chaser |
GALOPIN DES CHAMP |
Mrs Audrey Turley |
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Venatour National Hunt Mare |
LOSSIEMOUTH |
Mrs Susannah Ricci |
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ARC National Hunt Special Achievement |
I AM MAXIMUS |
Mr John P McManus |
|
ARC |
THE CRAFTYMASTER |
S Barton, T Stamp, R Miles and Partner |
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ARC Outstanding Juvenile |
LAKE VICTORIA |
Mr Michael Tabor, Mr Derrick Smith and Mrs J Magnier |
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Large Independent Racecourses Outstanding Sprinter |
BRADSELL |
Victorious Racing |
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Large Independent Racecourses Outstanding Miler |
CHARYN |
Nurlan Bizakov |
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Large Independent Racecourses Outstanding Middle Distance Horse |
CITY OF TROY |
Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith |
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Owner Breeder Outstanding Filly or Mare |
BLUESTOCKING |
Juddmonte |
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Large Independent Racecourses Outstanding Stayer |
KYPRIOS |
Moyglare Stud, Magnier, |
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British EBF Flat Special Achievement |
PRAGUE |
Amedeo Dal Pos |
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ROA Owner of the Year |
|
Mr John P McManus |
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ROA Horse of the Year |
BLUESTOCKING |
Juddmonte |