Blue Point Heads Cartier Standings

The recently retired Blue Point (Ire) (Shamardal) has shot to the head of the rankings for the Cartier Horse of the Year title. The soon to be Darley stallion's Royal Ascot exploits where he landed a famous G1 King's Stand S. and G1 Diamond Jubilee S. double has seen the 5-year-old amass 106 points, a total also aided by Blue Point's win in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan earlier in the year. However given he can no longer add to his tally Blue Point will do well to maintain his position at the head of the table until the end of the year. The Aidan O'Brien trained pair of fillies Hermosa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), both beaten favourites at Ascot, have still time to improve on their 96 and 80 points while Sir Michael Stoute's Crystal Ocean (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who has 64 points, could also have a say if he continues his rapid ascent to the upper echelons.