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The Jockey Club of Canada has announced the finalists for the 2011 Sovereign Awards, Canadian thoroughbred racing's year end championships. Winners will be announced at the 37th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremonies on Thursday, April 5, 2012, on the third floor of Woodbine Race Track in Toronto.
The Jockey Club of Canada was founded in 1973 by E.P.Taylor to serve as an international representative of Canada's Thoroughbred sport and to promote improvements to Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding both in Canada and internationally. To that end the Jockey Club of Canada organizes and hosts the annual Sovereign Awards to honour outstanding achievements in all areas of Thoroughbred sport - from media coverage to Horse of the Year.
In an effort to promote equal opportunity in determining the winners of the 17 race award categories, the voting began January 1, 2012, allowing for statistics for the entire year to be considered. The finalists and eventual winner were determined using a computerized points system based on each voter’s first, second and third choice in each category. The judging for the 2011 media categories was performed by the Journalism Professors at Humber College, School of Media Studies & Information Technology, in Toronto, Ontario.
Below are all the finalists in all the categories. The three finalists for Horse of the Year honours will be announced on the evening of the awards ceremony.
| Champion Two Year Old Female Hard Not to Like Northern Passion Tu Endie Wei |
Champion Two Year Old Male Excaper Maritimer Prospective |
| Champion Three Year Old Female Inglorious Marketing Mix Smart Sting |
Champion Three Year Old Male Freedoms Traveller Moonshine Mullin Pender Harbour |
| Champion Older Female Ariana D Embur's Song Stars to Shine |
Champion Older Male Don Cavallo Fifty Proof James Street |
| Champion Female Turf Horse Marketing Mix Miss Keller (IRE) Never Retreat |
Champion Male Turf Horse Musketier (GER) Pender Harbour Stormy Lord |
| Champion Male Sprinter Essence Hit Man Gypsy Ring Signature Red |
Champion Female Sprinter Atlantic Hurricane Classic Alley Kat Embur's Song |
| Outstanding Breeder Adena Springs Arosa Farms Gardiner Farms |
Outstanding Broodmare Embur Sunshine Noble Strike Rahy's Hope |
| Outstanding Trainer Roger Attfield Reade Baker Mark Casse |
Outstanding Owner Bear Stables Ltd. Donver Stable Melnyk Racing Stables Inc. Glen Todd and Patrick Kinsella Note: There was a tie for one of the top three positions |
| Outstanding Jockey Luis Contreras Patrick Husbands Emma-Jayne Wilson |
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey Ryan Pacheco Betty-Jo Williams Scott Williams |
| Outstanding Newspaper Story Allan Beeson, Hard work no problem, mon, Winnipeg Free Press, August 26, 2011 Keith McCalmont, Emma’s great Excaper, WoodbineEntertainment.com, November 2, 2011 Beverley Smith, Rahy’s Attorney goes out as a contender, The Globe and Mail, August 16, 2011 |
Outstanding Feature Story Peter Gross, Fern Chretien’s Stretch Drive, Down The Stretch Newspaper, April 2011 Jennifer Morrison, Glorification, Canadian Thoroughbred, August/September 2011 Beverley Smith, Training Daze and Casse Ready (Two-part Series), The Globe and Mail, September 14 and October 1, 2011 |
| Outstanding Photograph Dave Landry, Filly Wins! Oaks and Plate, Canadian Thoroughbred, August/September 2011 Janis Maine, Stallion at Attention, Canadian Thoroughbred, August/September 2011 Erika Rusnak, Bunny, Horse-Canada.com/Thoroughblog, May 12, 2011 |
Outstanding Film/Video/Broadcast The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, Celebrating Northern Dancer's 50th Birthday, Broadcast on Score Television Network, September 18, 2011 Horse Racing Alberta & Whiteiron Productions, 2011 Canadian Derby. Broadcast on Canadian Television Network, August 20, 2011 Tom Wolski, Sport of Kings. Broadcast on Shaw TV Vancouver, October 7, 2011 |
 The permanent Sovereign Award trophy |
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