Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run has been named Horse of the Year at the 15th Cartier Awards. Hurricane Run, who defeated the cream of Europe's stars at Longchamp, was also named best three-year-old colt.
Other horses on the roll of honour at the ceremony were Azamour, Divine Proportions, Westerner, Avonbridge, George Washington and Rumplestiltskin.
Ten-times champion Flat trainer Henry Cecil was given the Daily Telegraph Award of Merit.
Cecil has had an illustrious career since becoming a trainer in 1969.
The master of Warren Place has claimed 32 European Classics, including 23 in Britain, and saddled more than 3,000 individual winners.
He is also the most successful trainer at Royal Ascot, having won 70 races at the meeting.
Four-year-old Azamour, owned by the Aga Khan, won the older horse of the year award following victories in the Prince of Wales's Stakes and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
The Wildenstein family's Westerner collected the Stayer Award for the second season running.
Hurricane Run was bought by present owners Michael Tabor and Coolmore shortly before winning the Irish Derby at the Curragh and is to remain in training as a four-year-old.
He is trained in France by Andre Fabre.
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