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2025 Sovereign Award Finalists


Caitlinhergrtness was Horse of the Year for 2024
Date: 2/13/2026

The Jockey Club of Canada has announced the finalists for the 2025 Sovereign Awards, Canadian thoroughbred racing's year end championships. Winners will be announced at the 51st Annual Sovereign Awards ceremonies on Thursday, April 23 at Paramount EventSpace in Woodbridge, Ontario. The elegant, cocktail-attire celebration will begin at 5pm with a champagne reception, with seating for dinner beginning at 5:45pm.

Tickets are $254.25 each with tables of ten for $2,260, both include tax. These are available for purchase online here from the Jockey Club of Canada.

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The permanent Sovereign Award trophy
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 closed on January 25, 2025, 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 2025 media categories is performed by media professionals within the industry selected from across North America.

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, immediately before the winner is revealed.


Mansetti and Pietro Moran


Corsia Veloce


Argos


Ready for Shirl

Champion Two-Year-Old Female
Corsia Veloce
Dixie Law
Piper’s Gift
Champion Two-Year-Old Male
Argos
Casson
Two Out Hero
Champion Three-Year-Old Female
Chi Chi Time
No Time
Winterberry
Champion Three-Year-Old Male
Borealis Trail
Mansetti
Take Charge Tom
Champion Older Main Track Female
Avana
Big Hug
Caitlinhergrtness
Ready for Shirl
Champion Older Main Track Male
Dresden Row
Judo
Swift Delivery
Champion Female Turf Horse
Corsia Veloce
Little Teddy
Ready for Shirl
Champion Male Turf Horse
Argos
Gas Me Up
My Boy Prince
Champion Female Sprinter
Gal in a Rush
Little Teddy
Ms. Tart
Champion Male Sprinter
Gas Me Up
My Boy Prince
Simcoe
Outstanding Broodmare
Aurora Lights
Dixie Chicken
Gladiator Queen
Outstanding Breeder
Anderson Farms Ont. Inc.
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Frank Di Giulio Jr.
Outstanding Owner
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Schickedanz, Bruno
Ulwelling, Al and Bill
Outstanding Trainer
Attard, Kevin
Casse, Mark E.
Drexler, Martin
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey
Adams, Austin
Forde, Xarel
Moran, Pietro
Outstanding Jockey
Civaci, Sahin
Hernandez, Rafael Manuel
Moran, Pietro

The 2025 Media Sovereign Awards finalists will be announced later along with Outstanding Groom, Outstanding Western Canadian Backstretch Worker, and Outstanding Off-track Worker.

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