The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Sovereign Awards honouring Canada’s champions and recognizing their outstanding achievements in Canadian Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding.
The winner of each category, along with Canada’s Horse of the Year for 2023, will be announced during our 49th Annual Sovereign Award ceremony which will be held on the evening of Thursday, April 18, 2024 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario.
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2023 Sovereign Awards Finalists
The finalists in each of the following categories are listed in alphabetical order.
Champion Two-Year-Old Female
Living Magic
Tripolina
Witwatersrand
Champion Two-Year-Old Male
Babbo
My Boy Prince
Two Ghosts
Champion Three-Year-Old Female
Elysian Field
Fashionably Fab
Solo Album
Champion Three-Year-Old Male
Paramount Prince
Patches O’Houlihan
Touch’n Ride
Champion Older Main Track Female
Il Malocchio
Infinite Patience
Millie Girl
Champion Older Main Track Male
Treason
Tyson
Wolfie’s Dynaghost
Champion Female Turf Horse
Fev Rover (Ire)
Moira
Our Flash Drive
Champion Male Turf Horse
Lucky Score
My Boy Prince
Palazzi
Champion Female Sprinter
Fashionably Fab
Loyalty
Our Flash Drive
Champion Male Sprinter
Dream Shake
Lucky Score
Patches O’Houlihan
Outstanding Broodmare
Game (FR)
Mendocino Beano
Sunday Affair
Outstanding Breeder
Adena Springs
Anderson Farms Ont. Inc.
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Sam-Son Farm
Sean Fitzhenry
Outstanding Owner
Barber, Gary
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Schickedanz, Bruno
Outstanding Trainer
Attard, Kevin
Casse, Mark E.
Drexler, Martin
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey
Aebly, Fraser
Vandermeersch, Amanda
Vives, Sofia
Outstanding Jockey
Civaci, Sahin
Hernandez, Rafael Manuel
Kimura, Kazushi
Horse of the Year
The Horse of the Year finalists will be announced during the 49th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony.
The 2023 Media Sovereign Awards finalists, the winner of the Awards for Outstanding Groom and Outstanding Off-track Worker, and this year’s E. P. Taylor Award and Special Sovereign Award winners will be announced in the coming days.
The winner in each of the three Media Sovereign Awards categories will be announced, along with the other Sovereign Awards winners during the 49th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony on the evening of Thursday, April 18, 2024 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario.
For more information please contact The Jockey Club of Canada at (416) 675-7756 or jockeyclubcanada@gmail.com.