If those films were the principal winners, there were also some notable losers, at least in box office terms.
An election outcome of seismic proportions has put the Republic of Ireland on course for a new coalition government made up of the two parties who were principal winners in the contest.
Only the principal winners were allowed to make speeches — the rest bowed or curtsied and said thank you — and the set consisted of potted bougainvillea, a few Greek columns and a human-scale Oscar, perched on an ersatz wedding cake.
They can demand today that Fannie and Freddie engage in a principle write-down effort under the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) to ensure that millions of households, where the principal bread winner is still employed, can be have a mortgage that is sustainable and allows them to continue to be a responsible homeowner.
It was a rare setback for the Godolphin operation over the course of the two-day meeting, however, and both Saeed bin Suroor and Charlie Appleby, Godolphin's principal trainers, had winners on Thursday's card.
Although its co-principals at the time Winner was a student were Quakers, St Christopher has never been a faith school.
It begins tomorrow, offering $175,000 in prizes and its Alberto Vilar Award (named for its principal sponsor) to six winners selected by a jury of which Mr. Domingo will be the chairman.
The wager was eventually rescinded, apologies exchanged and none of the principals came out winners: Charismatic sustained a career-ending injury in the stretch and finished third and, after pressing the early pace, Silverbulletday was a well-beaten seventh.
Mr. Levy let it be known that he was looking for someone prominent to become the school's permanent principal, perhaps even a Nobel Prize winner.
Questioningly runs Fridays until Monday morning, when we'll acknowledge the best entries and begin principal photography on [insert contest winner here].
