As a member of a family with deep roots in Alberta, thoroughbred breeder Sybil Palmer has a long tradition of loving horses and thoroughbreds in particular.
Profiles
Stronach Stables’ Holy Helena won the 2017 Sovereign Award for Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, and has raced her way into the hearts of racing fans.
Admiralty Pier, winner of the 2017 Sovereign Award for Champion Two-Year-Old Male, has shown great maturity and progress, says his trainer, Barb Minshall.
Kirsty Luft-Nault, an Alberta exercise rider and Olds College instructor teaches her students how to gallop thoroughbreds at the track.
Two days after winning Horse of the Year and two other Sovereign Awards, Pink Lloyd set a track record at Woodbine in the Jacques Cartier Stakes.
Despite being relatively new to the game, Toronto-based Thoroughbred breeders Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry have already struck breeding gold.
Learn more about British Columbia’s John Gunther – the man who bred the supremely talented Kentucky Derby and Preakness winning colt, Justify.
For the fourth consecutive year, a 2-year-old filly trained by Mark Casse, Wonder Gadot, has been named a Sovereign Award winner in her division.
Ami’s Mesa had a successful night at the 43rd annual Sovereign Awards ceremony, earning champion older female and champion female sprinter honours.
Victorious Ami is the second consecutive mare owned and bred by Ivan Dalos to win the Outstanding Broodmare title at the Sovereign Awards.
After more than 30 years working for others, Sherry McLean is bringing her expertise and work ethic to her own Ontario breeding operation.
A key player in the revival of racing in Alberta, general manager of Century Downs, Paul Ryneveld, is overseeing the development of the new Century Mile.
A lifelong love of horses led Marguerite Old to follow her passion and start her own business – Equine Edge Massage Therapy – in the Woodbine backstretch.
For more than 30 years, Leif Nordahl donated his time, business acumen and level-headedness to better the British Columbia horse racing industry he loves.
Hazel Bennett of Borders Racing Stables and Tracey Skinner of Meadowlands Stables use ground work and natural horsemanship to retrain OTTBs.
