"If you're starting from the proposition that people have a reasonably equal opportunity to prove themselves, then one must reward talent," he said.

Voters will have to ponder whether the horses who ran in the cup should be favored over the better ones who did not, and whether to reward participation or talent.

The FLAG folks are merely clubs with a smidgin more vision, enough business sense to properly reward talent, and a profound desire to make a great pile of money.

This new system rewarded talent over birthright; important positions were no longer occupied solely by nobility.

We don't grovel - we reward talent.

If we didn't reward effort and talent that would be a bad thing.

And the Ghost rewarded talent instead of stifling it.

The Sun was stingy with money but quick to reward talent in other ways.

It was founded in 1820 by King George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

The Eclipse Award voters will have to decide whether to reward superior talent or superior achievement in the absence of both.