The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2008 Sovereign Awards. Winners will be announced at the 34th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremonies at the Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Ontario on 12 December 2008.
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.
Champion 2 Year Old Filly
Cawaja Beach
Laragh
Van Lear Rose
Champion 2 Year Old Male
Mine That Bird
Southern Exchange
Utterly Cool
Champion 3 Year Old Filly
Authenicat
Ginger Brew
Sugar Bay
Champion 3 Year Old Male
Fatal Bullet
Marlang
Not Bourbon
Champion Older Female on the Main Track
Against the Sky
Akronism
Bear Now
Champion Older Male on the Main Track
Ice Bear
Marchfield
Spaghetti Mouse
Champion Female Turf
Callwood Dancer (Ire)
Sealy Hill
Sugar Bay
Champion Male Turf Horse
Marlang
Rahy’s Attorney
Seaside Retreat
Champion Sprinter
Akronism
Disfunction
Fatal Bullet May Time
Outstanding Broodmare
Forty Gran
Kathie’s Colleen
May Time
Outstanding Breeder
Adena Springs
Gardiner Farms Limited
Eugene Melnyk
Outstanding Owner in Canada
Bear Stables, Ltd.
Stronach Stables
Tucci Stables
Outstanding Trainer
Roger Attfield
Mark Casse
Terry Jordan
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey
Catherine O’Brien
Melaine Pinto
Janine Stianson
Outstanding Jockey
Eurico Rosa DaSilva
Patrick Husbands
James McAleney