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The Jockey Club of Canada has announced the finalists for the 2023 Sovereign Awards, Canadian thoroughbred racing's year end championships. Winners will be announced at the 49th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremonies on Thursday, April 18 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario. The elegant, cocktail-attire celebration will begin at 6pm with a champagne reception, followed by a buffet-style gourmet dinner at 7pm.
Tickets are $250+HST with early-bird pricing of $225+HST each (tables of 10 are $2,260) and are available for purchase online here. You can inquire about sponsorship packages by contacting Megan Allan, General Manager of The Jockey Club of Canada at 416-675-7756 or by email jockeyclubcanada@gmail.com.
 The permanent Sovereign Award trophy |
In an effort to promote equal opportunity in determining the winners of the 17 race award categories, the voting closed on January 21, 2024, allowing for statistics for the entire year to be considered. The finalists and eventual winner are determined using a computerized points system based on each voter's first, second and third choice in each category. The judging for the 2023 media categories is performed by media professionals within the industry selected from across North America.
Listed in alphabetical order, the Media finalists are:
Robert "Red" McKenzie will receive the Special Sovereign Award for becoming the oldest trainer to saddle a winner in Canada, doing so at the age of 96 on June 23, 2023 when his mare Entitled Star captured that day’s second race at Century Mile. With his training career dating to earlier than Equibase offers records, it is no doubt his career totals land him well above the 600+ wins and over $3.5M in earnings he has amassed since 1976. Michelle Armata, an employee of trainer Mike DePaulo, will receive the Outstanding Groom Award, while Jennifer Buck, farm manager of Highfield Stock Farm in Alberta, is the inaugural winner oft he Outstanding Off-Track Worker Award.
Below are all the finalists in all the equine and human categories. There are three finalists in each category, except where there was a tie. The three finalists for Horse of the Year honours will be announced on the evening of the awards ceremony.
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| Champion Two-Year-Old Female Living Magic Tripolina Witwatersrand |
Champion Two-Year-Old Male Babbo My Boy Prince Two Ghosts |
| Champion Three-Year-Old Female Elysian Field Fashionably Fab Solo Album |
Champion Three-Year-Old Male Paramount Prince Patches O’Houlihan Touch’n Ride |
| Champion Older Main Track Female Il Malocchio Infinite Patience Millie Girl |
Champion Older Main Track Male Treason Tyson Wolfie’s Dynaghost |
| Champion Female Turf Horse Fev Rover (Ire) Moira Our Flash Drive |
Champion Male Turf Horse Lucky Score My Boy Prince Palazzi |
| Champion Female Sprinter Fashionably Fab Loyalty Our Flash Drive |
Champion Male Sprinter Dream Shake Lucky Score Patches O’Houlihan |
| Outstanding Broodmare Game (FR) Mendocino Beano Sunday Affair |
Outstanding Breeder Adena Springs Anderson Farms Ont. Inc. Chiefswood Stables Limited Sam-Son Farm Sean Fitzhenry |
| Outstanding Owner Barber, Gary Chiefswood Stables Limited Schickedanz, Bruno |
Outstanding Trainer Attard, Kevin Casse, Mark E. Drexler, Martin |
| Outstanding Apprentice Jockey Aebly, Fraser Vandermeersch, Amanda Vives, Sofia |
Outstanding Jockey Civaci, Sahin Hernandez, Rafael Manuel Kimura, Kazushi |
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