PAT Smullen was presented with the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award Of Merit for 2019 in London on Tuesday night.

One of the outstanding jockeys of his generation and a nine-time champion in his native Ireland, Pat received devastating news in 2018 when diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A man of outstanding resilience, he has thrown all his efforts into helping others who face the same condition.

His outstanding fund-raising efforts have resulted in over €2.5 million being raised for Cancer Trials Ireland and culminated at the Curragh in September with the Pat Smullen Champions Race For Cancer Trials Ireland which saw stars from the past including Sir A P McCoy and Ruby Walsh return to the saddle.

THE AWARD WINNERS

Award of Merit: Pat Smullen

Horse of the Year: Enable

Stayer of the Year: Stradivarius

Sprinter of the Year: Blue Point

3YO Colt of the Year: Too Darn Hot

3YO Filly of the Year: Star Catcher

2YO Colt of the Year: Pinatubo

2YO Filly of the Year: Quadrilateral

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