THE 2012/13 Equus Awards Banquet will be held at Emperors Palace on Wednesday, 14 August. The nominees have been announced. They include the De Kock stable’s Vercingetorix (photo), nominated in the three-year-old colt category:
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 (1000-1200; age/gender immaterial)
All is Secret; Via Africa; What a Winter
Champion Miler (1400-1600; age/gender immaterial)
Beach Beauty; Variety Club
Champion middle distance horse (1400-2200; age/gender immaterial)
Beach Beauty; Heavy Metal; Jackson
Champion stayer (2400 and up; age/gender immaterial)
Canterbury Tales; Cherry on the Top; Ilsanpietro; Jeppe’s Reef; Seal; Wylie Hall
Horse of the year
(Horse of the year to be announced at the Awards)
JUDGES PANEL
Andrew Harrison Jehan Malherbe
Patrick Davis Roger Smith
Robert Garner Graeme Hawkins
Nico Kritsiotis Larry Wainstein (non voting chairperson)
Matthew Lips