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you're listening to an article from canadian thoroughbred.com. 46th sovereign awards presented this thursday, april 15 by: jennifer morrison |. the champions of canadian racing will be honoured at the 46th sovereign awards hosted by the jockey club of canada, thursday, april 15. it is the second consecutive year that the sovereigns will have to be presented virtually due to the covid-19 pandemic that continues to keep ontario under a stay-at-home emergency order. the live stream begins at 7 p.m on the woodbine website. advertisement scroll to continue with content the horse of the year title figures to come down to the probable champion 3-year-old, mighty heart, the queen’s plate and prince of wales winner and one-eyed colt owned by lawrence cordes and trained by josie carroll. the colt’s remarkable rise from his erratic races early in the year to 7 1/2-length plate winner in near record time, and then his quest for the triple crown, was one of the biggest racing stories of the pandemic year. pink lloyd, another canadian hero, is going for his second horse of the year title and once again had an amazing season, winning four of his five races, three graded sprints for entourage stable and trainer robert tiller. pink lloyd is odds-on to win another outstanding sprinter title. sam-son farms will receive a special sovereign award and is also up for outstanding owner and breeder and its turf stars say the word, count again and rideforthecause are up for sovereigns. carroll, kevin attard and mark casse are the finalists for outstanding trainer and rafael hernandez, justin stein and patrick husbands are up for the outstanding jockey trophy. 2020 sovereign awards finalists. the finalists in each of the following categories are listed in alphabetical order. champion two-year-old female alda dreaming of drew lady speightspeare. champion two-year-old male gretzky the great master spy ready to repeat stephen. champion three-year-old female artie’s princess curlin’s voyage merveilleux. champion three-year-old male belichick mighty heart shirl’s speight. champion older main track female painting souper escape summer sunday. champion older main track male mr. ritz pink lloyd skywire. champion female turf horse elizabeth way rideforthecause theodora b. champion male turf horse count again say the word silent poet. champion female sprinter artie’s princess boardroom lady grace. champion male sprinter not so quiet pink lloyd silent poet. outstanding broodmare count to three danceforthecause include katherine. outstanding breeder anderson farms ont. inc sam-son farm tall oaks farm. outstanding owner barber, gary live oak plantation sam-son farm. outstanding trainer attard, kevin carroll, josie casse, mark e. outstanding apprentice jockey alderson, nikki malvaez, maurcio zenteno, edgar. outstanding jockey hernandez, rafael manuel husbands, patrick stein, justin. digital audio/visual and broadcast category:. santino di paola – dear horse racing. horse racing alberta – canadian derby year of the mask. woodbine entertainment group – the queen’s plate. photograph category:. rusty barton – the race goes on a year without fans. michael burns – training before dawn. lisa m. thompson – one rider two horses. will wong – mambointheforest. writing category:. muriel lennox – northern dancer: a virile stable genius – appeared toronto star, feb. 2020. chris lomon – the pep-talking groom, willy, and a queen’s plate crown – appeared on ontario racing website. bruce mcdougall – riding for freedom – book on eurico rosa da silva. horse of the year the horse of the year finalists will be announced during the 46th annual virtual sovereign awards ceremony. special sovereign – sam-son farm. outstanding groom – michelle gibson.
