Horse of the Year and Queen's Plate winner Mighty Heart fought back gamely between horses in a wild stretch run.
Mighty Heart
Canada's Horse of the Year of 2020 meets six rivals in Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs while Kevin Attard starts two Plate prospects May 29.
Newly-crowned Sovereign Award Champion Turf Male Say the Word wins big, Horse of the Year Mighty Heart fights hard.
Canada's newly-crowned Horse of the Year makes his 4-year-old debut at Keeneland Apr. 17 while Woodbine is still on hold.
The one-eyed wonder won two-thirds of the Canadian Triple Crown and also was named the champion 3-year-old colt.
The nominees and champions of 2020 racing in Canada will be honoured in a virtual Sovereign Award ceremony, 7 p.m. EST.
Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales champ is getting ready in Florida for his 4-year-old opener, plus other news from Woodbine.
Canadian horsepeople getting ready for tracks to open, others racing in the U.S., and more updates through Feb. 15.
Mighty Heart, Pink Lloyd, Josie Carroll and Kevin Attard among the finalists for 46th Sovereign Awards to be held in April
Some Canadian horses and horsepeople have headed south for the winter; some to rest, some to race, or maybe a bit of both.
Shortened racing seasons, fewer stakes races mean that tabbing this year's Horse of the Year and Sovereign Award champions is a puzzle.
A fabulous afternoon of racing brought out most of the stars of the 2020 season while industry hopes racing continues through lockdown.
Pink Lloyd, Mighty Heart, Curlin's Voyage star in their final outings of the Woodbine season on a graded stakes-packed card.
Trainer Josie Carroll sent out the fast-improving Belichick to win his maiden with flair in the third jewel of Canada's Triple Crown.
Larry Cordes gives a lot of credit to his granddaughter for the success of his 3-year-old colt who tries for the Triple Crown Saturday.
