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SEA The Stars has been named ROA/Sportingbet.com ‘Horse of the Year’ in a poll of the association’s members.

The Derby and Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe-winning colt (pictured below right) and his owner swept the board in their categories at the ROA’s 28th Horseracing Awards in London.

Christopher Tsui was named ‘Owner of the Year’, and his horse ‘Three-year-old Colt’.

He is pictured (left) with Jean Lesbordes, trainer of Urban Sea, dam of Sea The Stars, and John Oxx, trainer of Sea The Stars.

Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Kauto Star took the award for ‘Outstanding Chaser’. The ‘Outstanding Hurdler’ crown went to the winner of the Champion Hurdle, Punjabi.

At opposite ends of speed in Flat racing, Nunthorpe Stakes winner Borderlescott was again named ‘Outstanding Sprinter’ and four-times Ascot Gold Cup victor Yeats the ‘Outstanding Stayer’ for the third year.

The ‘Outstanding Three-year-old Filly’ award went to Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Midday.

Among the two-year-olds, Racing Post Trophy winner St Nicholas Abbey was chosen as the top colt, and the filly’s prize was awarded to Cheveley Park Stakes winner Special Duty.

The Sportingbet.com Winter Derby winner Scintillo was ‘All-weather Horse of the Year’. ‘Outstanding Handicapper’ was Cesarewitch winner Darley Sun, and Breeders’ Cup Turf hero Conduit was named ‘Outstanding Older Horse’.

In the novice National Hunt awards, Mikael D’Haguenet took the hurdling honours and Forpadydeplasterer won the chasing category. Cappa Bleu won the ‘Outstanding Hunter Chaser’ award.

ROA members voted York as the ‘Racecourse of the Year’, breaking Newbury’s five-time winning sequence.

Full awards list:

Outstanding Hunter Chaser: Cappa Bleu
Outstanding Novice Hurdler: Mikael D’Haguenet
Outstanding Hurdler: Punjabi
Outstanding Novice Chaser: Forpadydeplasterer
Outstanding Chaser: Kauto Star
Outstanding Handicapper: Darley Sun
Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly: Special Duty
Outstanding Two-Year-Old Colt: St Nicholas Abbey
Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly: Midday
Outstanding Three-Year-Old Colt: Sea The Stars
Outstanding Older Horse: Conduit
Outstanding Sprinter: Borderlescott
Outstanding Stayer: Yeats
All-Weather Horse of the Year: Scintillo
Racecourse of the Year: York
Owner of the Year: Christopher Tsui
Horse of the Year: Sea The Stars