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