Michael Williams, best known as Fuzzy by the Woodbine community, is the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Groom Award, the Jockey Club of Canada announced.
Williams has worked on the Woodbine backstretch for over 20 years. His current employer, multiple graded stakes-winning trainer Michael J. Doyle, and previous employer, Daniel J. Vella, are among the accomplished trainers he has worked for over the years. Williams has groomed King Ruckus, 1994 Champion Sprinter and Champion Older Horse, and Touch Gold as a two-year-old, among other successful horses.
The Jockey Club of Canada also announced the finalists for the 2019 Sovereign Awards Media categories.
The judging for the 2019 Media Awards was once again performed by Professors of the Journalism Program at the School of Media Studies & Information Technology, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Listed in alphabetical order, the finalists are:
Writing Category:
Dave Briggs – Royal Victory for the Quintessential “small guy” – featured in Canadian Thoroughbred Magazine – August 2019 – about Ron Clarkson (read here.)
Chris Lomon – Thoroughbred Racing’s Beautiful Bond – (read here. )
Hayley Morrison – Walcott Worry-Free After Surviving Brain Tumour – Canadian Thoroughbred magazine about Rico Walcott (read here.)
Digital Audio/Visual and Broadcast Category:
Horse Racing Alberta – Canadian Derby Invader
Horse Racing Radio Network – 160th Queen’s Plate
Woodbine Entertainment Group – The Queen’s Plate
Photograph Category:
Michael Bye – Cyclone Dan Winner of the 3rd Race J. Gomez up – published on HBPA BC website
Photo by Michael Bye
Rebecca Brown – Lenny Seecharan, Hastings 2019 – published in track program
Alex Urosovic – Ricoh Woodbine Mile
These are the first nominations for Bye and Brown. Urosovic was nominated recently for this photo –
The Jockey Club of Canada will announce the winners of all the Sovereign Awards at the 45th Annual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Tickets to the 45th Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony are $250 each, with tables of 10 discounted to $2,000. Early-Bird tickets are also available for a discounted price of $225 until March 15, 2020. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting The Jockey Club of Canada’s website. The price displayed is inclusive of HST. Additionally, purchases can be made by contacting the Jockey Club of Canada office at 416-675-7756 or jockeyclubcanada@gmail.com.
Current Sovereign Award Sponsors:
Platinum Plus: Woodbine Entertainment Group
Platinum: HBPA Ontario
Gold Sponsors: OLG | Ontario Racing
Silver Sponsors: Assiniboia Downs | Colio Estate Wines
Bronze Sponsors: Anderson Farms | Cavalier Transportation | CTHS Ontario | Document Direction Limited | Earle I. Mack Limited | Great Canadian Gaming Corporation | Josham Farms Limited | Tall Oaks Farm | The Jockey Club
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