Baaeed heads race to be crowned Cartier Horse Of The Year after Sussex win

Baaeed is top of the Cartier Horse Of The Year standings after maintaining his unbeaten record with a decisive success in the Qatar Sussex Stakes.

The Shadwell-owned four-year-old leads on 128 points and is 40 clear of Goodwood Cup winner Kyprios, State Of Rest and Vadeni, who heads the Three-Year-Old Colt category.

The William Haggas-trained Baaeed extended his winning sequence to nine in the Sussex and landed his fifth Group 1 contest in a row.

Baaeed will no doubt look to make it a perfect ten and extend his lead at the top of the Cartier standings when he runs in the Juddmonte International at York on August 17.

Kyprios: joint-second in the Cartier Horse Of The Year standings after Goodwood Cup winCredit: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)

He also heads the Cartier Older Horse division. Pyledriver (64) is up into third in the category after his brilliant display in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Nashwa (76) shares the lead in the Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly category with Oaks winner Tuesday. After winning the Group 1 Prix de Diane in June, Imad Alsagar's filly added another top-level success to her CV at Goodwood when winning the Nassau Stakes.

There has been no movement in the Cartier Sprinter division with Naval Crown (48) remaining in the lead and July Cup winner Alcohol Free in second (32).

Kyprios (88) extended his lead over Stradivarius (44) at the top of the Cartier Stayer standings after a neck defeat of Bjorn Nielsen's eight-year-old in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup. The pair could clash again in the Lonsdale Cup on August 19 at York, where Stradivarius is unbeaten in six starts.

Cartier Horse Of The Year

128 Baaeed
88 State Of Rest
88 Vadeni
88 Kyprios
80 Coroebus
76 Nashwa
76 Native Trail
76 Tuesday
72 Cachet
64 Desert Crown
64 Modern Games
64 Pyledriver

Cartier Older Horse

128 Baaeed
88 State Of Rest
64 Pyledriver
52 Real World
48 Dreamloper

Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt

88 Vadeni
80 Coroebus
76 Native Trail
64 Desert Crown
64 Modern Games

Cartier Three-Year-Old Filly

76 Nashwa
76 Tuesday
72 Cachet
56 Prosperous Voyage
48 Inspiral
48 Magical Lagoon

Cartier Sprinter

48 Naval Crown
32 Alcohol Free
32 Nature Strip
32 Perfect Power
31 A Case Of You

Cartier Stayer

88 Kyprios
44 Stradivarius
28 Quickthorn
24 Loft
24 Mojo Star

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