Equus Nominations

The time is drawing closer for the announcement of champions in the horseracing industry at the virtual Equus Awards taking place on Sunday 13 September 2020 at 19h30 on Tellytrack, Channel 249.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
It will be available to view FREE on www.tellytrack.com – register online. Our masters of ceremony on the evening are Neil Andrews and Nico Kritsiotis.

Saturday 29 August was the delayed final major feature raceday at Hollywoodbets Greyville where a number of horses stamped themselves as contenders for the various awards categories. The judging panel, namely, Alistair Cohen, Andrew Harrison, Jack Milner, Ken Nicol and David Thiselton did not have an easy task in judging some of the categories.

The winners were adjudicated from the following nominees who were all worthy of consideration:

Equine categories:

Champion Two-year-old Colt – Erik the Red, Mount Pleasant, Nourbese, Tempting Fate

Champion Two-year-old Filly – Anything Goes, Sent by Destiny, Vernichey

Champion Three-year-old Colt – Golden Ducat, Got The Greenlight

Champion Three-year-old Filly – Missisippi Burning, Summer Pudding

Champion Older Male – Belgarion, Hawwaam, One World, Rainbow Bridge, Vardy

Champion Older Filly/Mare – Celtic Sea, Clouds Unfold, Queen Supreme, Ronnie’s Candy, Temple Grafin

Champion Sprinter – Celtic Sea, Rivarine, Russet Air, Van Halen, Warrior’s Rest

Champion Miler – Hawwaam, Rainbow Bridge, Vardy

Champion Middle Distance – Belgarion, Gold Ducat, Got the Greenlight, Hawwaam, One World, Rainbow Bridge, Summer Pudding

A decision was taken by the judges and members of the Equus Committee not to award a Champion Stayer for 2020 as it was felt that there was no outright deserving winner in this category.

The Horse of the Year will be selected from any of the winners in the equine categories. The groom of the Horse of the Year will be acknowledged for his contribution to the success of the winner.



Breeder Awards:

Champion Stallion

Champion Breeder

Champion Broodmare

TBA will, in addition, be honouring the outstanding South African breeder



Individual Awards:

Champion Apprentice

Champion Jockey

Champion Trainer

Champion Owner

HAWWAAM should do well 🏇

I'd pick Golden Ducat, Gimmethegreenlight and / or Rainbow Bridge to win their categories

Hawwaam did well solely in Gauteng (similar fields most times) whilst the others excelled in two of Gauteng, Cape and KZN...

Eric the Red
Summer Pud a banker

Equine categories: (my selections)

Champion Two-year-old Colt – Tempting Fate

Champion Two-year-old Filly – Anything Goes

Champion Three-year-old Colt – Got The Greenlight

Champion Three-year-old Filly – Summer Pudding

Champion Older Male – Hawwaam

Champion Older Filly/Mare – Queen Supreme

Champion Sprinter – Celtic Sea

Champion Miler – Vardy

Champion Middle Distance – Rainbow Bridge