AFTER the Royal Meeting at Ascot, plenty of pattern race points were earned for horses going for glory in the 2017 Cartier Racing Awards.

Winter (116 Pattern race points), trained by Aidan O'Brien for a Coolmore syndicate, consolidated her position at the head of standings for the Cartier Horse Of The Year after she scooped her third Group 1 race of the 2017 when capturing the mile Coronation Stakes on Friday.

Godolphin enjoyed a fine Group 1 double on the first day of Royal Ascot, with Ribchester (86) in the Queen Anne Stakes and Barney Roy (80) in the St James's Palace Stakes, and the talented duo move up significantly in the Cartier Horse Of The Year table.

Also on the 80-point mark is British and Irish 2,000 Guineas scorer Churchill, the 2016 Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt, who disappointed in the St James's Palace Stakes, as well as Highland Reel and Decorated Knight, who were first and second respectively in the 10-furlong Group 1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes on the Wednesday.

Ribchester was winning his second Group 1 mile contest of the year at Royal Ascot, having previously landed the Group 1 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May, and he heads the Cartier Older Horse Award category ahead of Decorated Knight and Highland Reel, another Coolmore superstar who has now won close to £6 million in prize money with his six Group 1 successes spread across three continents.

Barney Roy and Churchill share the lead in the Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt division, while Winter holds a hefty advantage in the Cartier Award for three-year-old fillies.

The three Group 1 sprints at Royal Ascot are always thrilling spectacles and did not disappoint in 2017. Currently in top spot for Cartier Sprinter is Caravaggio (60). Trained by Aidan O'Brien for a Coolmore syndicate, the son of Scat Daddy took his unbeaten run to five when getting up in the last half-furlong to deny Godolphin's Harry Angel (36) by three-quarters of a length in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup, staged over six furlongs for three-year-olds on the Friday. The first two winners of the Commonwealth Cup, Muhaarar (2015) and Quiet Reflection (2016), both went on to win the Cartier Sprinter Award.

Lady Aurelia (32) created history in 2016 when becoming the first US-trained horse to win a Cartier Racing Award, the Cartier Two-Year-Old Filly, and the flying Scat Daddy filly is in contention again for more Cartier glory this year, having run away with Tuesday's five-furlong Group 1 King's Stand Stakes for trainer Wesley Ward.

The third Group 1 Royal Ascot sprint, Saturday's Diamond Jubilee Stakes over six furlongs, saw The Tin Man (32), trained by James Fanshawe and ridden by Tom Queally, get the better of Tasleet (32) by a neck.

But the finish of the week came in the two and a half-mile Group 1 Gold Cup, in which Bill and Tim Gredley's Big Orange (56), from Michael Bell's yard and with James Doyle on board, grittily saw off 2016 winner and Cartier Stayer Order Of St George (28) by a short-head.

Big Orange currently tops the Cartier Stayer division ahead of France's Vazirabad (31), twice successful in the Group 1 Prix Royal-Oak and a dual Group 2 winner so far in 2017, who had to miss the Gold Cup due to a setback.

CARTIER RACING AWARDS points in pattern races up to and including:

Sunday, June 25th

CARTIER HORSE OF THE YEAR

Winter 116

Ribchester 86

Barney Roy 80

Churchill 80

Decorated Knight 80

Highland Reel 80

CARTIER OLDER HORSE

Ribchester 86

Decorated Knight 80

Highland Reel 80

CARTIER THREE-YEAR-OLD COLT

Barney Roy 80

Churchill 80

Brametot 72

Wings Of Eagles 52

CARTIER THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY

Winter 116

Rhododendron 48

Enable 48

CARTIER SPRINTER

Caravaggio 40

Harry Angel 36

Lady Aurelia 32

Tasleet 32

The Tin Man 32

CARTIER STAYER

Big Orange 56

Vazirabad 31

Order Of St George 28

Polarisation 24