Ace Impact has been crowned the Cartier Horse of the Year at the 33rd Cartier Racing Awards during a glittering ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget for Gousserie Racing and Serge Stempniak, the son of the 2017 Cartier Three-Year Old Colt Cracksman becomes the first French-trained winner of the prestigious award since Treve in 2013.
Unbeaten in six career starts, Ace Impact unleashed a scintillating turn of foot to take the Prix du Jockey Club and again showed exceptional acceleration when beating a top-quality field in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

CARTIER AWARD WINNERS:
Horse of the year: Ace Impact

Sprinter: Shaquille

Stayer: Trueshan

Three-year-old colt: Ace Impact

Three-year-old filly: Tahiyra

Two-year-old colt: City Of Troy

Two-year-old filly: Opera Singer

Older horse: Mostahdaf

Award of merit: Jeff Smith