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