The 49th Annual Sovereign Awards

APRIL 18, 2024

The Jockey Club of Canada Welcomes You to the 49th Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony

On behalf of Chief Steward, R. Glenn Sikura and the Jockey Club of Canada Board of Stewards, we would like to congratulate all of the finalists and winners this evening.

We would like to say a special thank you to our dedicated Sponsors and Advertisers for continuing to support the Sovereign Awards.

The Master Trophy

The Master Sovereign Award Trophy is a permanent fixture on display in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame located at the west entrance of Woodbine Racetrack. The Trophy is a symbol of the outstanding achievements of all Sovereign Award recipients from the past 49 years.

Affixed on the base of the Master Trophy are the names of the Horse of the Year recipients as well as the recipients of the E. P. Taylor Award of Merit (formerly the Man of the Year Award).

The Sovereign Award Trophy

The Sovereign Award Trophy is a replica of St. Simon (1881-1908). St. Simon raced at age two and three and was undefeated in 10 starts.

His major racecourse accomplishment was his 20-length victory in the Ascot Gold Cup. He annihilated the field with such ease that his jockey was unable to pull him up after the 2 1/2 mile test. Highly regarded as a racehorse, it was as a stallion that St. Simon gained everlasting international fame.

The son of Galopin – St. Angels, by King Tom, headed the list of winners nine times and the maternal grandsire list on six occasions, records that have never been equaled. St. Simon, or one of his three sons, led the winners’ sire list sixteen times between 1890 and 1913.

The Sovereign Award Trophy is a bronze which was sculpted by local carver and award winning sculptor, the late Siegfried Puchta, a native of Germany who immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953.

Only one Sovereign Award Trophy is to be presented to an individual or partnership in his or her lifetime. Any subsequent awards are to be noted by the addition of a Gold Sovereign Coin and a brass plate which are intended to be affixed to the individual’s or partnership’s original trophy.

Individual breeders or partnership breeders of a Sovereign Award winning horse will only receive one trophy in his or her lifetime. Breeders or breeding partnerships of subsequent award winners will receive a brass plate only which is intended to be affixed to the individual breeder or partnership breeder’s original trophy.

Only one Gold Sovereign or Trophy is to be awarded in any single year for the accomplishments of a horse, individual, or partnership. If a horse, individual or partnership is awarded in more than one category this is to be noted on individual brass plates intended to be affixed to the base of one trophy.

The Jockey Club of Canada

STEWARDS

R. Glenn Sikura

Chief Steward

David Anderson

Douglas Anderson

Hazel Bennett

Catherine Day Phillips

Don Ferguson

Sue Leslie

Bernard McCormack

Vicki Pappas

Frank Romeo

Michael Vanin

MEMBERS

Mike Ambler

Barry Anderson

Kevin Attard

Roger Attfield

Lisa Balaz

Michael Balaz

Rick Balaz

James Bannon

Jeffrey Begg

Russell J. Bennett

Craig Bernick

Peter Berringer

Ian Black

Ray Bouchard

Paul Braverman

John Brnjas

Andrij Brygidyr

Barbara Burke

Theodore Burnett

Josie Carroll

Mark Casse

Derek Chin

David Clancy

Tom Cosgrove

Katherine Curry

HONORARY MEMBER

Stuart S. Janney III

Colleen Dalos

Don Danard

Rolph Davis

Richard Day

Michael P. De Paulo

Frank Di Giulio

Joseph Di Scola

William Diamant

Darren Dunn

Arika Everatt-Meeuse

John Fielding

Charles Fipke

Sean Fitzhenry

Nicholas Gonzalez

Jeff Goy

Gabe Grossberg

Adolf Gust

George Hendrie

Andrew Hudson

Rene Hunderup

Ben Hutzel

Keith Johns

Horatio Kemeny

Steven Kemp

Robert Krembil

Robert Mark Krembil

Mitchell Kursner

Robert Landry

Greg Lang

Donato Lanni

Patrick Lawley-Wakelin

James J. Lawson

Michael Lay

George Ledson

Wally Leong

Gordon Lickrish

Michael Loughry

Bruce Lunsford

Mark Mache

Earle I. Mack

Rajendra Maharajh

Ross McKague

Sherry McLean

Robert McMartin

John Menary

David Milburn

Barbara Minshall

Shawn Minshall

Dan Mooney

Peter Mosakos

Adrian Munro

Liam O’Rourke

Charles Overland

John C. Oxley

Mike Rogers

Jaime Roth

Tom Ryan

Paul Ryneveld

Mark Samuel

Yvonne Schwabe

Michael Secker

Suzi Shoemaker

John G. Sikura

Steven Smith

George Strawbridge Jr.

Andrew Stronach

Frank Stronach

Robert Tiller

Lou Tucci

Howard Walton

Wesley Ward

David Willmot

Gail Wood

Congratulations to all fellow nominees

Best of luck racing and breeding in 2024

ELYSIAN FIELD

Micheal Burns

Emcees

The 49th annual Sovereign Awards mark the second ceremony for Dawn Lupul and Jeff Bratt as co-hosts.

Dawn has been involved in the sport since she was very young and turned her love of horse racing into a broadcast career in 1995. She has worked across Canada, gaining respect as an expert racing analyst of both thoroughbreds and standardbreds.

Dawn is currently the Manager of Racing and Communications for BC Racebook in Vancouver.

Jeff began his career with Woodbine Entertainment in 1999, starting as one of the first hosts at The Racing Network (TRN), which eventually became HPItv. Following one year in that position, he joined the thoroughbred simulcast team where he has hosted many of the network shows for Woodbine’s biggest races. Currently the host of the Thoroughbred daily simulcast show, Jeff has also contributed in an Emcee role for the CTHS (Ontario Division).

Order of Presentation

Special Sovereign Award

Outstanding Writing

Outstanding Photograph

Outstanding Digital Audio/Visual and Broadcast

Outstanding Groom sponsored by OLG

Outstanding Off-track Worker

Champion Two-year Old Female

Champion Two-year Old Male

Champion Three-year Old Female

Champion Three-year Old Male sponsored by Woodbine Entertainment

Outstanding Broodmare

Outstanding Breeder

Champion Female Sprinter

Champion Male Sprinter

Outstanding Apprentice Jockey

Outstanding Jockey

Champion Female Turf Horse

Champion Male Turf Horse sponsored by Woodbine Entertainment

Outstanding Trainer

Champion Older Main Track Female

Champion Older Main Track Male

Outstanding Owner sponsored by HBPA of Ontario

Horse of the Year

Special thanks to the following

Woodbine Broadcasting Department

Video Production & Online Streaming

Michael Burns Photography

Program Photos

Jeff Bratt and Dawn Lupul

Emcees

Deanne Penny, Sportswood Printing

A Division of The Aylmer Express LTD.

Program Design and Printing

Jennifer Morrison

Editorial Contributions

The Jockey Club of Canada

Sovereign Awards Committee

Chair: Doug Anderson

James Bannon

Colleen Dalos

R. Glenn Sikura

Michael Vanin

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Robert ‘Red’ McKenzie

After more than 80 years working in horse racing in Alberta, you might think that Robert ‘Red’ McKenzie has done it all. A former jockey, and then successful trainer, who has won some 1,600 races, Robert landed in the record books on the evening of June 23, 2023 when his mare Entitled Star won a claiming race at Century Mile. At the age of 96, he became the oldest trainer to saddle a winner in Canadian racing history when his mare circled the field as the longest shot on the board at 25-1.

Considering thoroughbred racing statistics are hard to come by before 1976, the official number of winners for Robert as a jockey, trainer, and owner, could be much higher than 1,600. But what is known is that the Alberta resident, who was born on January 1, 1927, was still bringing horses over to race in 2023.

Robert loved horses and started riding at the age of 10 at a riding academy in Edmonton. He accompanied his father and sister to the racetrack and started riding races at bush tracks such as Ponoka, Rimbey, and Red Deer. When he turned 16 and was old enough to ride the ‘A’ tracks, he would travel throughout the Western Canada Association which included tracks in Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Saskatoon.

His riding career was short-lived as he became too big; so, he took up training, something that he was already dabbling in before he quit riding at 18. At that time, he was breaking and training young horses for other owners and he quickly became a very accomplished conditioner. Well-known for his memories of virtually every horse he came across, one of the best horses he mentions was Grandin Park, a foal of 1970 produced by the mare Colatha, which Robert had claimed for $900. After winning with Colatha, he gave the mare to a friend who bred her, and the foal, Grandin Park, was bought by Morris Stephenson. Robert won 29 races with the son of Haydn, including the Birdcatcher Stakes, the Ky. Quill Handicap, and the Harvest Gold Plate Handicap.

Other notable horses trained by Robert included Chariot Chaser, who has a stakes race named after her, and Chopstick, who won both divisions of the 1965 Alberta Derby. Chariot Chaser also won the Saskatchewan and Canadian Derbies, the latter over Toronto invader Weed Bender.

Robert has raced horses in Toronto, New York, New Jersey, and California, and, as recently as 2008, he had over 80 starters and won numerous races with the good three-year old filly Chatahoochie.

His mare Entitled Star has also been around for a while. The California-bred by Roi Charmant was ten years old when she won for Robert last summer. He claimed the bay mare in 2018 for $8,000 from a race at Turf Paradise and they have won seven races together.

The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to recognize Robert ‘Red’ McKenzie with a Special Sovereign Award, which has been presented, in years past, to famous horses such as Sunny’s Halo and Awesome Again, and notable industry figures such as Frank Drea, Sue Leslie, Harvey Warner, and Sam-Son Farm.

Horse Racing Alberta Congratulates

Special Sovereign Award recipient Red McKenzie, inaugural Outstanding Off-track Worker Award winner Jennifer Buck and all of the Sovereign Awards finalists

INFINITE PATIENCE RED MCKENZIE JENNIFER BUCK

Best of luck in 2024

Horse Racing Alberta

FOUR FOOTED FOTOS

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IT WAS THE GREATEST RACE IN CANADIAN HISTORY. FIFTY YEARS LATER, SECRETARIAT’S LEGACY IS STILL FELT

Tucked away in the quiet of the stall, hidden from security and onlookers, Tom Cosgrove stood alone with the greatest racehorse to ever live.

His visit to Barn 8 at Woodbine Racetrack in northwest Toronto was timed perfectly. The two Pinkerton security guards stationed around the clock were gone, driving to an airport hotel to switch their 12-hour shift with two others.

So Cosgrove stood alone in the hay, admiring the horse’s chestnut hair and the white streak running down the bridge of its nose. The horse was Secretariat.

Cosgrove, the groom of Presidial, another horse in the Canadian International Stakes that weekend in October 1973, was friends with Secretariat’s groom, Eddie Sweat, who co-ordinated Cosgrove’s clandestine visit. Sweat watched for months as Secretariat rewrote the definition of equine greatness, winning the Triple Crown and setting track records at every stop.

His final race was in Toronto, 50 years ago Saturday, considered by many to be the greatest run in Canada. Decades later, the mark he left on Canadian racing is still reverberating...

CAT’S LONG WAY HOME

With tentative steps and a few pauses to take in the lush tree-lined paddocks, the handsome gelding stepped off the van. It was well into the evening but the barn lights were on. It seemed as if he recognized the sights and smells. It seemed as if the Cat knew he was home.

Cool Catomine had just completed a journey of some 2,100 kilometres (about 1,300 miles) in a horse van, taking him from the rolling hills and farmer’s fields of Iowa, across the central United States to the bluegrass of Kentucky before heading north to the maple trees of Ontario.

At nine years old, Cool Catomine is a senior in racehorse terms. He stands on battle-worn ankles with osselets marking arthritic fetlock joints on otherwise strong legs. It is October 4th and he is bright-eyed as he is led into the very barn where he was born by Bernard and Karen McCormack.

Their hearts were full and tears welled. The Cat, a Canadian classic winner who had been toiling in low-level claiming races for years, racing for dozens of owners and trainers, was back home thanks to a large group of human friends throughout North America, including LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society and the McCormacks.

On or off the racetrack, it was one of the biggest stories in Canadian racing in 2023...

THE TURCOTTES

It’s just the wind,” says Alfred Turcotte, stealing back the quilt from his wife, Rose, and draping it over his ample shoulders.

“Just the wind,” he murmurs again, rolling back to sleep, the bedside clock reading 11 p.m.

Rose knew otherwise. A mother always knows.

Rose slides away from the complaining of the narrow bed, grabs her housecoat and slips across the cranky wood floor and through the darkness. In socked feet, she heads to the tiny bedroom where Gaetan, the 22-month-old baby of the family of 11 children, has wrestled himself awake one more time.

Cheeks flushed red as gooseberries, tears scampering down his face, Gaetan is hungry.

Outside, the wind breathes heavily, still not exhausted from its long, icy slide down the Salmon River. The gale has been relentless — howling and shrieking for days on end, tearing and scrapping at everything in its wide swath — while the snow, which has been falling for days, is now knee high, burying just about everything.

It is Friday, December 8, 1958.

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Michelle Armata

Being from one of the most successful racing families in Canada, horse racing is an integral part of Michelle Armata. Her father, Joe, was a trainer at Woodbine and Michelle would often visit the stable, despite being a bit scared of horses when she was young.

Michelle studied Early Childhood Education in the latter part of her school years, working hours towards her diploma, until one day she decided her life was with horses. There was a litany of family members at Woodbine by then, including her brother Steve and sister Josie. She was in her 20s when she started working there, first for Joe, and then for Steve. “My brother and his wife Sharon taught me a lot about grooming horses,”

said Michelle. “I was taught horsemanship the old school way.”

After leaving the track to start a family - she has two children with her husband, trainer Ross Armata, Jr., - Michelle returned to work for her brother-in-law, Mike De Paulo and his wife and assistant, Josie, Michelle’s sister.

In 2015, only two years after starting with Mike and Josie, Michelle became the groom for a filly who had a reputation for being tough, but was showing promise.

“I remember when Josie first brought Caren off the van and she was laughing at me, knowing that this nasty filly was going into my stalls for me

to groom. Oh yeah, she was a fierce biter and a kicker but I just kept talking nicely to her and spoiling her.” Caren went on to be Canada’s Horse of the Year at the 2016 Sovereign Awards.

Michelle has had many other favourite horses, such as the claiming filly She’s the North, who used to seek out hugs from Michelle.

The Mike De Paulo barn, one of the largest and busiest on the Woodbine backstretch, is also one of the more successful stables in Canada, and Michelle has played an integral role in that success. That was certainly the case in 2023 when Mike was serving a three-month suspension at the beginning of the Woodbine season. Michelle helped Josie keep the shedrow running smoothly and the horses happy and healthy, providing invaluable assistance by way of her exceptional work ethic.

“It’s all about the horses and that’s why we love our jobs,” said Michelle. “They all have their different personalities, I respect so much what they do for us.”

The Jockey Club of Canada congratulates Michelle for being selected to receive the Outstanding Groom Award, presented by OLG, at the 2023 Sovereign Awards.

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Jennifer Buck

The inaugural Outstanding Off-track Worker Award will be presented this evening to Jennifer Buck, who has been with Adrian Munro’s Highfield Stock Farm in Okotoks, Alberta since 2013. The Jockey Club of Canada introduced the Outstanding Off-track Worker Award as a way to honour the unsung heroes who make thoroughbred racing in Canada possible through their hard work and dedication at off-track thoroughbred racing, training, boarding, breeding, sales, and aftercare farms and facilities.

Jennifer, who was born in Ontario, learned to ride horses at a young age when living in Connecticut. Once settled in Alberta as a teenager, she worked for Glenview Stables and manager Brian Ferguson, a Windfields Farm alumni, learning the intricacies of farm management, from painting fences to barn care. She pursued performing arts in school at Mount Royal and worked as a fly-fishing guide on the famous Bow River, which she still does today. But the lure of horses was too strong. While raising her son Hunter, Jennifer went to work at the famed Bar None Ranches for Mike Vanin. She also had a love for working with polo horses and she played at the Calgary Polo Club before moving over to Highfield.

To say she is merely the farm manager at the very successful Highfield Stock Farm would do Jennifer

little justice. Her position is all-encompassing and includes very long days during the breeding season. Jennifer manages Highfield’s leading Canadian stallion, Fed Biz, and oversees his very busy breeding schedule. She also foals out mares for Highfield and their clients, and preps their youngstock for sale.

“We foal anywhere from 70 to 80 mares a year,” said Jennifer, who also helps Munro in planning the matings of his mares.

Jennifer has developed a work safety, health, and education program with detailed regulations for her staff. She is also keen on visiting other farms throughout North America and prides herself on learning from other successful managers in the business. “It’s a generous crowd out there,” she says. “People are happy to share their knowledge.”

Jennifer’s passion for thoroughbred horses shines through each Highfield horse on the track or in the sales ring.

“I was so surprised when I found out I would receive this award,” said Jennifer. “I’m excited to go to the awards and meet up with all the other great breeders and farm managers.”

Congratulations to Jennifer Buck, the first recipient of the Outstanding Off-track Worker Award!

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Living Magic

CH. F. 2, by Justify – Living the Life *Ire (Footstepsinthesand *GB)

Trainer: Phil Schoenthal

Owner: HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing, LLC

Breeder: HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing LLC

2023: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 1 second – 1 thirds – $192,917

Winner: Chelsey Flower S. My Dear S. MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd Presque Isle Debutante S. 3rd Astoria S.

Tripolina

B. F. 2, by Constitution

– Ballykiss (Street Boss)

Trainer: Kevin Attard

Owner: X-Men Racing 3, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC

Breeder: WinStar Farm, LLC

2023: 3 Starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds – $108,999

Winner: Display S. MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd Mazarine S. (G3)

Witwatersrand

B. F. 2, by Connect – Carta de Oro (Medaglia d’Oro)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber

Breeder: G. Watts Humphrey Jr.

2023: 3 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $107,031

Winner: Mazarine S. (G3) MSW

Stakes Placings: 3rd Glorious Song S.

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Babbo

B. C. 2, by Kantharos – Calling Rhy Rhy (City Zip)

Trainer: Sid C. Attard

Owner: Lucio Tucci

Breeder: Robert G. Harvey

2023: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $217,912

Winner: Coronation Futurity AOC MSW

My Boy Prince

GR./RO. C. 2, by Cairo Prince – Hopping Not Hoping (Silent Name *Jpn)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber

Breeder: Murray Graham Smith

2023: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 2 seconds – 1 third – $429,638

Winner: Cup and Saucer S. Simcoe S. MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd bet365 Summer S. (G1) 3rd Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1)

Two Ghosts

DK. B./BR. G. 2, by Ghostzapper – Celia’s Song (Distorted Humor)

Trainer: Barbara J. Minshall

Owner: Hoolie Racing Stable, LLC

Breeder: Ghostzapper Syndicate & Brushy Hill Enterprises LLC

2023: 6 Starts – 2 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $130,559

Winner: Grey S. (G3) MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd Display S.

Babbo | Elysian Field | Fashionably Fab | Il Malocchio | Lucky Score | Mendocino Beano

Millie Girl | Moira | My Boy Prince | Paramount Prince | Patches O’Houlihan | Touch’n Ride

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Elysian Field

CH. F. 3, by Hard Spun – Elysian (Smart Strike)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Team Valor International and Barber, Gary

Breeder: Anderson Farms Ont. Inc.

2023: 7 Starts – 2 wins – 3 seconds – 0 thirds – $492,029

Winner: Woodbine Oaks

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Stakes Placings: 2nd Breeders’ S. 2nd Fury S. Presented by Stella Artois 2nd King’s Plate S.

Fashionably Fab

DK. B./BR. F. 3, by Silent Name *Jpn – Flashy’s Legacy (Curlin)

Trainer: Kevin Attard

Owner: Terra Racing Stable

Breeder: Terra Farms Ltd

2023: 7 Starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $196,420

Winner: Ashbridges Bay S. Eternal Search S. La Prevoyante S. Rondeau Bay S.

Stakes Placings: 3rd Bison City S.

Solo Album

CH. F. 3, by Curlin – Summer Solo (Arch)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Barber, Gary, and Rocco, Steven

Breeder: Payson Stud Inc.

2023: 8 Starts – 2 wins – 3 second – 0 thirds – $160,099

Winner: Selene S. (G3) MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd Maple Leaf S. (G3)

2nd Ontario Damsel S.

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Paramount Prince

CH. G. 3, by Society’s Chairman – Platinum Steel (Eddington)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Langlois, Michael J. and Barber, Gary

Breeder: Ericka Nadine Rusnak

2023: 6 Starts – 2 wins – 2 seconds – 1 third – $566,568

Winner: King’s Plate S. Plate Trial S.

Stakes Placings: 2nd Queenston S. 3rd Prince of Wales S.

Patches O’houlihan

B. G. 3, by Reload – Maythefourthbwithu (Silent Name *Jpn)

Trainer: Robert P. Tiller

Owner: Frank D. Di Giulio, Jr.

Breeder: Frank Di Giulio Jr.

2023: 7 Starts – 6 wins – 0 seconds

– 0 thirds – $301,882

Winner: Bold Venture S. (G3)

Vigil S. (G3)

Lake Huron S.

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Touch’n Ride

B. G. 3, by Candy Ride *Arg – Niigon’s Touch (Niigon)

Trainer: Layne S. Giliforte

Owner: Chiefswood Stables Limited

Breeder: Chiefswood Stables Limited

2023: 5 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds

– 1 third – $317,257

Winner: Ontario Derby (G3)

Breeders’ S. MSW

Game *fr Bay mare, 2005

Montjeu *Ire - Pretty *Ire, by Darshaan *GB

8 starters, 6 winners, 3 Blacktype Winners, 1 Blacktype Placer

Progeny earnings: $1,326,392

Game – a name befitting a broodmare whose progeny have been just that on the racetrack. With progeny earnings of over $1.3 million, the French-bred mare has had tremendous success when bred to 1999 Belmont Stakes winner, Lemon Drop Kid. That cross has produced offspring which have fared particularly well in the Canadian Triple Crown and Triple Tiara, with three of four foals placing or winning in the marquee races: Season Ticket captured the 2015 Wonder Where Stakes and was third in that year’s Woodbine Oaks; Game’s highest earner, Belichick, put an end to Mighty Heart’s Triple Crown bid with a score in the 2020 Breeders’ Stakes after running second to him in the Queen’s Plate on his way to earning almost $480,000; and, most recently, Wickenheiser ran second in both the 2023 Woodbine Oaks and Wonder Where Stakes.

Game’s first foal, Broken Game, was a stakes winner and Group 2-placed in Peru and the mare is expecting a foal by Maclean’s Music in 2024.

Mendocino Beano

Dark bay/brown mare, 2008

Smart Strike – Trishyde Slew, by Seattle Slew

5 starters, 5 Winners, 1 Graded Blacktype Winner, 2 Blacktype Winners, 1 Blacktype Placer

Progeny earnings: $1,253,560

Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry bred and raced Mendocino Beano, who provided them with a maiden special weight victory and a third in the Grade 3 Ontario Colleen Stakes. But, it has been in the breeding shed where the Ontariobred has really left her mark. From five foals, each of which have run and won, her progeny earnings stand at just over $1.2 million.

Mendocino Beano’s highest earner is Tone Broke, who captured two-thirds of the 2019 Canadian Triple Crown and finished third in that year’s Queen’s Plate on his way to amassing over $500,000 in earnings. She also produced overnight stakes winner Stallion Heiress and the stakes-placed winner Conquest Fleetfeet.

Mendocino Beano’s final foal, Millie Girl, is a finalist for 2023 Champion Older Main Track Female after capturing the Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes and Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes along with placings in the Grade 2 Royal North Stakes, Grade 2 Nassau Stakes, and Grade 3 Seaway Stakes.

Sunday Affair

Dark bay/brown mare, 2007

A. P. Indy – Million Gift *Jpn, by Sunday Silence

7 Starters. 6 Winners. 2 Graded Blacktype Winners, 1 Blacktype Placer

Progeny earnings: $1,811,024

Chiefswood Stables Limited’s Sunday Affair was a finalist for this lifetime achievement award at the 2021 Sovereign Awards, and has long been a star in the breeding shed for her owners. The beautifully-bred mare boasts champions A. P. Indy as her sire and Sunday Silence as her broodmare sire, and has progeny earnings of over $1.8 million. Her first foal, Nipigon, was stakes-placed at two, four, and five.

Sunday Affair’s 2014 foal, Yorkton, boasts five stakes wins and five stakes placings, including back-to-back scores in the Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes.

Her most recent stakes horse is Weyburn, who captured the 2021 Grade 3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct before annexing the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Sir Shackleton Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The Pioneerof the Nile colt was also third in the Grade 3 Westchester Stakes at Belmont Park last year and has over $560,000 in career earnings.

Wickenheiser Weyburn Millie Girl

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SUNDAY AFFAIR 2023 Sovereign Award Finalist for Outstanding Broodmare

MULTIPLE GRADED STAKES WINNER From The Family of VIOLENCE 11 G1Ws • 6 Millionaires • 2 Champions

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In Canada:

Starters 42; Winners 19

Earnings $1,934,913

Starts 221; Wins 27; 2nd 33; 3rd 28

Frank and Frieda Stronach’s legendary Adena Springs North, in Aurora, Ontario, was voted Outstanding Breeder for the 13th time in 2022, more than any other Canadian breeder in the history of the Sovereign Awards. The Adena Springs-bred star of 2023 was once again Moira, the 2022 Horse of the Year who came back at four and won the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes at Woodbine. Campaigned by Madaket Stables LLC, SF Racing LLC and X-Men Racing, Moira placed in four graded stakes at Woodbine before ending her season with an impressive third-place finish in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita. Moira, by Adena’s star stallion Ghostzapper, is a finalist for Champion Female Turf Horse this evening.

The debut victory by their homebred filly Shamans Girl in the $150,000 Shady Well Stakes was a highlight. A daughter of Adena stallion Shaman Ghost, by Ghostzapper, Shamans Girl is out of the Stronachs’ Woodbine Oaks-winning mare, Ginger Brew. Adena Springs also saw Malibu Mambo finish third in the Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International.

In addition to their Canadian successes, Stronach runners were in the winner’s circle 27 times internationally, and their stalwart gelding, Silent Poet, was second in the Grade 3 Golden Gate Handicap.

In Canada:

Starters 19; Winners 9

Earnings $1,453,485

Starts 78; Wins 13; 2nd 14; 3rd 7

This is the third time David Anderson’s Anderson Farms has been a finalist for Outstanding Breeder since David went on his own following the passing of his father Bob in 2010. Bob Anderson bred many champions at the St. Thomas, Ontario farm, and his son has continued that legacy, though a Sovereign Award for Outstanding Breeder would be a first for the family. The star Andersonbred in 2023 was the three-year old filly Elysian Field, a daughter of Hard Spun who won the Woodbine Oaks and finished a solid second in the King’s Plate to Paramount Prince. Elysian Field, a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Female, just missed by a nose in the Breeders’ Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on the grass to another top colt of 2023, Touch’n Ride. Elysian Field, produced from the Smart Strike mare, Elysian, raced for Gary Barber and Team Valor International.

Anderson Farms also bred a pair of two-year old fillies who were stakes winners in 2023: Inudation, by Collected, won the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Stakes for owners Al and Bill Ulwelling, and Airosa, by Uncle Mo, won the Catch a Glimpse Stakes. South of the border, Northern Invader, bred by Anderson Farms and Peter Berglar, won the Gio Ponti Stakes at Aqueduct. The farm’s international runners amassed 19 wins and earned over $556,000.

In Canada:

Starters 36; Winners 11

Earnings $1,757,355

Can. Starts 139; Wins 16; 2nd 20; 3rd 19

Robert and Mark Krembil’s Chiefswood Stables Limited has bred and raced dozens of stakes winners and has received two Sovereign Awards as Outstanding Owner. This evening, they seek their first Outstanding Breeder Award. One of their stars in 2023 was Touch’n Ride, a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male tonight. A son of Candy Ride (ARG) out of the Krembils’ mare Niigon’s Touch, Touch’n Ride broke his maiden in his second career start. The victory was impressive enough that trainer Layne Giliforte sent the gelding to the King’s Plate. The bay encountered some trouble, but finished a good fifth behind Paramount Prince before coming back to win the gruelling 1 1/2 mile Breeders’ Stakes despite being carried out in deep stretch. Touch’n Ride was placed first in his sophomore finale, the Grade 3 Ontario Derby, after the front-running filly Solo Album was disqualified from the victory.

Chiefswood also bred promising juveniles Piper’s Factor, second in both the Grade 3 Grey Stakes and the Coronation Futurity, and Western Whirl, third in the Display Stakes. Collective Force, third in the Grade 3 Valedictory Stakes, and Hard Edge, second in the Zadracarta Stakes, were two other stakes horses for the farm last year. The farm’s top older colt, Weyburn, also captured the Sir Shackleton Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

In Canada:

Starters 14; Winners 7

Earnings $1,146,284

Starts 73; Wins 11; 2nd 12; 3rd 4

Sean Fitzhenry, along with his wife Dorothy, has been breeding, selling, and racing thoroughbreds for about 20 years and has put together an enviable broodmare band. From just 14 runners, Sean bred several notable horses of the 2023 Canadian racing season, highlighted by multiple graded stakes winner Millie Girl, a finalist for Champion Older Main Track Female tonight. Millie Girl, by Hard Spun, won the Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes and Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes for Kingfield Racing Stable, Ltd., Braconcrest Inc. and Apricot Valley Thoroughbreds. Trained by Catherine Day Phillips, Millie Girl was also second in the Grade 3 Seaway Stakes and third in the Grade 2 Nassau Stakes and Grade 2 Royal North Stakes. Millie Girl’s dam, Mendocino Beano, is a finalist for Outstanding Broodmare.

The Fitzhenrys also bred the good three-year old colt Kaukokaipuu, by Mr. Speaker, who won the Queenston Stakes and was a gritty second in both the Prince of Wales Stakes and the Grade 3 Marine Stakes. Additionally, three-year old filly Wickenheiser, a daughter of the Fitzhenry’s former broodmare, Game (FR), was second in the Woodbine Oaks and Wonder Where Stakes in 2023.

In Canada:

Starters 19; Winners 10 Earnings $905,112

Can. Starts 90; Wins 17; 2nd 14; 3rd 6

The farm that Ernie Samuel built more than half a century ago has received the Sovereign Award as Outstanding Breeder 11 times. The legendary farm, which dispersed its horses in 2021, is no longer home to the blue-blooded broodmares of years past, but the Sam-Son bloodlines live on. The farm is a finalist for top breeder after being represented by six stakes horses in 2023, the majority of which raced in the U. S. Sam-Son was the breeder of 10 winners of over $900,000 in Canada in 2023, a list headed by Fury Stakes winner, Ticker Tape Home. Owned by Live Oak Plantation, Ticker Tape Home, by Medaglia d’Oro, was sold as a yearling by Sam-Son for $625,000.

There were 15 Sam-Son-bred winners south of the border last year, including two-time Grade 3 winner Mission of Joy. Sporting decades of successful Sam-Son bloodlines, Mission of Joy was also a close third in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland. Ancient Peace was second in the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks and Grade 3 Remington Park Oaks and Tio Magico, still co-owned by Sam-Son, was third in the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita. Additionally, both Ladywearsthering and Secrets Told were third in stakes races at Golden Gate in northern California in 2023.

Dedicated to finding adoptive homes and new careers for former Thoroughbred racehorses.

Congratulations to all Sovereign Awards finalists.

Sean Fitzhenry Sam-Son Farm

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Fashionably Fab

DK. B./BR. F. 3, by Silent Name *Jpn – Flashy’s Legacy (Curlin)

Trainer: Kevin Attard

Owner: Terra Racing Stable

Breeder: Terra Farms Ltd

2023: 7 Starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $196,420

Winner: Ashbridges Bay S.

Eternal Search S.

La Prevoyante S.

Rondeau Bay S.

Stakes Placings: 3rd Bison City S.

Loyalty

DK. B./BR. F. 4, by Hard Spun – Slew’s Quality (Elusive Quality)

Trainer: Josie Carroll

Owner: Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck) and LNJ Foxwoods

Breeder: Best A Luck Farm LLC & Godolphin LLC

2023: 5 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $205,599

Winner: Bessarabian S. (G2)

Hendrie S. (G3) AOC

Stakes Placings: 3rd Ontario Fashion S.

Presented by Tanqueray (G3)

Our Flash Drive

B. M. 5, by Ghostzapper – Dynamotor (Dynaformer)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Live Oak Plantation

Breeder: Live Oak Stud

2023: 6 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds – $189,415

Winner: Royal North S. (G2)

Whimsical S. (G3)

Dream Shake

DK. B./BR. G. 5, by Twirling Candy – Even Song (Street Cry *Ire)

Trainer: Michael Stidham

Owner: Exline-Border Racing, LLC, Eurton, Peter, Hausman, Richard and Stonestreet Stables LLC

Breeder: Dunwoody Farm

2023: 6 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $138,171

Winner: Connaught Cup S.

Presented by Bulleit Bourbon (G2) AOC

Stakes Placings: 3rd Kennedy Road S. (G2)

Lucky Score

B. G. 5, by Lookin at Lucky – Miss Matzo (Royal Academy)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Pantofel Stables, LLC, Wachtel Stable, and Barber, Gary

Breeder: James Everatt, Janeane Everatt & Arika Everatt-Meeuse

2023: 8 Starts – 1 win – 2 seconds - 3 thirds$318,220

Winner: Highlander S. (G2)

Stakes Placings: 2nd Nearctic S. (G2)

3rd Ricoh Woodbine Mile S. (G1)

3rd Connaught Cup S.

Presented by Bulleit Bourbon (G2)

3rd King Edward S. (G2)

Patches O’houlihan

B. G. 3, by Reload – Maythefourthbwithu (Silent Name *Jpn)

Trainer: Robert P. Tiller

Owner: Frank D. Di Giulio, Jr.

Breeder: Frank Di Giulio Jr.

2023: 7 Starts – 6 wins – 0 seconds

– 0 thirds – $301,882

Winner: Bold Venture S. (G3)

Vigil S. (G3)

Lake Huron S.

Lake Superior S. OC OC

In Celebration of Your Success

Keeneland is immensely proud to celebrate its sales graduates who are finalists for the 49th annual Sovereign Awards. This honor is a testament to the relentless dedication and exceptional talent of both the horses and the incredible teams that stand behind them. Thank you for granting Keeneland the privilege of sharing in this remarkable journey.

Champion Two-Year-Old Female

Tripolina

Witwatersrand

Champion Two-Year-Old Male

Two Ghosts

Champion Three-Year-Old Female

Solo Album

Champion Female Turf Horse

Moira

Champion Male Turf Horse

Lucky Score

Palazzi

Champion Older

Main Track Female

Millie Girl

Champion Older

Main Track Male

Treason

Tyson

Champion Female Sprinter

Loyalty

Champion Male Sprinter

Dream Shake

Lucky Score

Outstanding Broodmare

Game (FR)

Sunday Affair

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In Canada:

Starts 499; Wins 68; 2nd 95; 3rd 61

Earnings $ 1,105,517

Growing up in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Fraser Aebly was barely a teenager when he first sat on a retired racehorse owned by his father Derek. Knowing that he wanted to pursue a career riding races, Fraser learned the ropes of horse care through working for top trainers such as Tim Rycroft. He soon graduated to galloping horses and, in 2022, went to work for trainer Steve Henson at Hastings in Vancouver. His first ever mount in a race came for Steve on the 11-1 longshot Quagmire on September 18, 2022, and he guided the gelding to a handy victory. After winning three races from 23 mounts in 2022, Fraser rode at racetracks across Canada in 2023, competing in just shy of 500 races. He won an unlisted stakes race aboard Just Jimmy in the CTHS Sales Stakes in August, one of 29 wins he collected at Hastings. Fraser spent much of his summer commuting between there and Assiniboia Downs, where he added another 23 victories. He moved his tack to Woodbine in October, and he fit right in. With former rider Gerry Olguin as his agent, the 19-year old won 16 races before the Woodbine season ended, giving him 68 wins for the year and earnings of just over $1.1 million.

In Canada:

Starts 452; Wins 41; 2nd 52; 3rd 53

Earnings $981,124

It was a good omen when Amanda Vandermeersch won the first race of the 2023 Woodbine meet last April. Guiding longshot Silver Tunes, Amanda kicked off her first full season as a jockey with flair, and it would lead to the Simcoe, Ontario resident winning 41 races and earning her first Sovereign Award nomination. Amanda grew up on her family’s tobacco farm and worked in nursing for a few years before the thought of riding racehorses appeared on her radar. Amanda credits a neighbour, owner Maureen Hewitt-Topp, for encouraging her to exercise some thoroughbreds on her farm. Amanda then took a job exercising horses for trainer Saul McHugh, and rode her first three races late in 2021. She won 15 races from 128 mounts in 2022 before polishing her riding skills at the popular Palm Meadows Training Centre in Florida in early 2023. Amanda, who came close in some stakes races last season, was Fort Erie’s leading apprentice rider with 18 wins, putting her sixth in that track’s overall jockey standings.

In Canada:

Starts 600; Wins 100; 2nd 82; 3rd 74

Earnings $2,956,521

In her first full season riding races, Sofia Vives pulled away from the pack with the most wins of any apprentice in 2023, winning 100 races between Woodbine and Fort Erie. Her impressive win total at Woodbine, 88, put her fourth in the rider standings behind reigning champion Kazushi Kimura, Sahin Civaci, and Rafael Hernandez, and ahead of champions Emma-Jayne Wilson and Patrick Husbands. Sofia also rode at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Born in Walterboro, South Carolina, and raised in horse country in Ocala, Florida, Sofia followed her father, former jockey Lazaro Vives, to the barns of dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse, who gave Sofia a leg up to start her riding career. The young rider galloped as many horses as she could each day and rode in her first race late in 2022 at Woodbine. She had just over a dozen mounts that year, winning four of them, and then embarked on a busy first year as a rookie rider. It wasn’t long before Sofia was riding for top stables and racking up wins virtually every day, gaining invaluable experience while competing in a very contentious jockey colony. Horses ridden by Sofia in Canada earned almost $3 million.

Outstanding Apprentice Jockey

Fraser Aebly

Amanda Vandermeersch Sofia Vives

Michael Bye

Congratulations to all the finalists, winners, and their connections. Proudly supporting our breeders!

12 Ontario-bred nominees

4 Ontario-sired nominees

3 Ontario-bred sales graduate nominees Join us at the 2024 Premier Yearling Sale on Wednesday, August 28th.

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In Canada:

Starts 558; Wins 129; 2nd 101; 3rd 83 Earnings $6,252,811 Stakes wins 15

This is the first Sovereign Award nomination for Sahin Civaci who began his riding career in Canada in 2014 at Hastings Racecourse in his hometown, Vancouver, British Columbia. While born in Canada, Sahin grew up in Ankara, Turkey, his family’s country of origin. There, he took school courses sponsored by the Turkish Jockey Club that included horse care and riding. He would later return to Vancouver to launch his career as a jockey.

In the years since he moved his tack to Woodbine in 2019, Sahin has steadily improved his skills. He won 29 races that first season in Ontario, a number that grew to 70 in 2022 and 129 in 2023. It was the best year of his career so far, and saw him finish second in the jockey standings behind reigning champion Kazushi Kimura.

The soft-spoken rider won 15 stakes races, including guiding Team Valor International and Gary Barber’s Elysian Field to victory in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, his first Canadian classic victory. Sahin and Elysian Field came back to finish a good second in the King’s Plate to Paramount Prince. He also won graded stakes races on Il Malocchio, Lucky Score, Palazzi, and Solo Album, as well as two black-type races aboard My Boy Prince, all of whom are Sovereign Award finalists this evening.

In Canada:

Starts 647; Wins 119; 2nd 80; 3rd 89 Earnings $5,142,707 Stakes wins 9

One of Canada’s perennial leading riders after making Ontario his home eight years ago, Rafael Hernandez won this award in 2020 and has been runner-up each of the last two years. In 2023, Rafael not only had another superb Woodbine campaign, but he landed a special milestone, winning his 3,000th career race on July 14 aboard Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry’s Bill Needle. Rafael was also the regular rider for a number of the stars of last year: He partnered the flashy grey colt Tyson to victory in the Grade 2 Seagram Cup Stakes and Grade 3 Dominion Day Stakes and that Josie Carroll-trainee is a finalist for Champion Older Main Track Male in 2023. Rafael teamed up with Millie Girl, who won the Grade 3 Maple Leaf Stakes and Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes to stamp herself one of the top older mares of the season. The Catherine Day Phillips trainee is a finalist for Champion Older Main Track Female this evening. Certainly a satisfying win for Rafael last season came with one of his favourite mounts, reigning Horse of the Year, Moira, who won the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes for her first graded stakes win. Rafael and Moira then went on to finish third in the Grade 1 E. P. Taylor Stakes. Rafael also won graded stakes races on Dream Shake, another Sovereign Award finalist, and Ready to Venture (GB).

In Canada:

Starts 816; Wins 161; 2nd 158; 3rd 113 Earnings $7,177,876 Stakes wins 15

Canada’s riding sensation, Kazushi Kimura, seeks his third consecutive Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey only six years into his riding career. The Japanese-born jockey burst onto the scene in 2018 with 104 victories, won the Sovereign Award as Outstanding Apprentice that year and repeated in 2019. He was also the Eclipse Award Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in 2019. It has been a smooth transition for Kazushi as a journeyman and in 2023, he won more races at Woodbine than he ever has and set a personal best for purse money. He won 15 stakes races including the third jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Stakes, aboard Chiefswood Stables Limited’s Touch’n Ride. Kazushi won graded stakes races aboard Loyalty, a contender for Champion Female Sprinter for 2023, and Wolfie’s Dynaghost and Treason, both finalists for Champion Older Main Track Male. Kazushi won at an exceptional 20 percent rate in 2023. In addition, Kazushi accomplished milestones south of the border in 2023: He won his first American Grade 1 race with Gold Phoenix (IRE) in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita and rode in his first Kentucky Derby, also a Grade 1, finishing 12th aboard Mandarin Hero (JPN).

Sahin Civaci

Rafael Manuel Hernandez Kazushi Kimura

Cindy Pierson Dulay

Thank you to everyone here tonight to honour our great horses.

My deepest appreciation to the racing community.

Your ongoing support and dedication play an integral role in my business and success.

Thank you again!

Sahin Civaci

DAVE LANDRY

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Fev Rover *IRE

B. M. 5, by Gutaifan *Ire

– Laurelita *Ire (High Chaparral *Ire)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Tracy Farmer

Breeder: Manister House Stud

2023: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $787,320

Winner: Beverly D. S. (G1)

E. P. Taylor S. (G1)

Nassau S. (G2)

Stakes Placings: 3rd Diana S. (G1)

Moira

B. F. 4, by Ghostzapper

– Devine Aida (Unbridled’s Song)

Trainer: Kevin Attard

Owner: Madaket Stables LLC, SF Racing LLC and X-Men Racing

Breeder: Adena Springs

2023: 6 Starts – 1 win – 3 seconds – 2 thirds – $445,317

Winner: Canadian S. Presented by the Japan Racing Association (G2)

Stakes Placings: 2nd Dance Smartly S. (G2)

2nd Nassau S. (G2)

2nd Belle Mahone S. (G3)

3rd E. P. Taylor S. (G1)

3rd Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup

Filly & Mare Turf (G1)

Our Flash Drive

B. M. 5, by Ghostzapper – Dynamotor (Dynaformer)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Live Oak Plantation

Breeder: Live Oak Stud

2023: 6 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds – $189,415

Winner: Royal North S. (G2) Whimsical S. (G3)

Lucky Score

B. G. 5, by Lookin at Lucky – Miss Matzo (Royal Academy)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Pantofel Stables, LLC, Wachtel Stable, and Barber, Gary

Breeder: James Everatt, Janeane Everatt & Arika Everatt-Meeuse

2023: 8 Starts – 1 win – 2 seconds

– 3 thirds – $318,220

Winner: Highlander S. (G2)

Stakes Placings: 2nd Nearctic S. (G2)

3rd Ricoh Woodbine Mile S. (G1)

3rd Connaught Cup S.

Presented by Bulleit Bourbon (G2)

3rd King Edward S. (G2)

My Boy Prince

GR./RO. C. 2, by Cairo Prince

– Hopping Not Hoping (Silent Name *Jpn)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber

Breeder: Murray Graham Smith

2023: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 2 seconds

– 1 third – $429,638

Winner: Cup and Saucer S.

Simcoe S.

MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd bet365 Summer S. (G1)

3rd Prevagen Breeders’ Cup

Juvenile Turf (G1)

Palazzi

B. G. 5, by Pioneerof the Nile – Kindle (Indian Charlie)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber

Breeder: HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC & Pioneerof the Nile Syndicate

2023: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds

– 0 thirds – $169,267

Winner: Pattison Singspiel S. (G3) AOC AOC

CHIEFSWOOD STABLES

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023

SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINEES

Best of luck tonight from the Chiefswood Stables team.

Congratulations to the 2023 Sovereign Award Finalists

Mark & Tina CASSE

MICHAEL BURNS

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In Canada:

Starts 406; Wins 73; 2nd 66; 3rd 61

Earnings $4,295,580 Stakes wins 12

For the seventh time in his career, Kevin Attard is a finalist for Canada’s Outstanding Trainer. Kevin’s barn is home to many horses, and his 12 stakes wins came with 10 different horses for half a dozen different owners.

His preparation of the three-year old Velocitor last year was a highlight, as Al and Bill Ulwelling’s gelding finished fourth in the King’s Plate before battling to victory in the Prince of Wales Stakes, the second consecutive win in the second jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown for Kevin and the Ulwellings. He sent out the two-year old filly Inudation, also owned by the Ulwellings, to win the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Stakes. Three of Kevin’s stakes winners from 2023 are Sovereign Award finalists including Terra Racing Stables’ Fashionably Fab, who won three stakes last year. His star pupil, Moira, won the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes and was third in the Grade 1 E. P. Taylor Stakes before finishing a close third in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita. Tripolina, a finalist for Champion Two-year Old Female, won the Display Stakes over the colts for X-Men Racing 3, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC. Kevin’s other stakes winners were Love to Shop, who beat colts in the Toronto Cup for Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC, and the two-year olds Airosa, Pipit, War Painter, and Zippy Gizmo.

In Canada:

Starts 556; Wins 113; 2nd 105; 3rd 81 Earnings $7,821,080 Stakes wins 24

A member of both the Canadian and U. S. Horse Racing Halls of Fame, Mark Casse has been atop the Outstanding Trainer category for more than a decade, having won twelve consecutive times. Incredibly, his stable set a new record in 2023 for purse earnings at Woodbine and its starters collected over $7.8 million in Canada. Mark trained the winners of 113 races and 24 stakes races in Canada. His 24 stakes wins in Canada, ten of them graded, were by 21 different horses, of which 12 are Sovereign Awards finalists this evening. Among the stars for the Mark Casse team in 2023 was Fev Rover (IRE) who provided Mark with his first victory in the Grade 1 E. P. Taylor Stakes. Already a Grade 1 winner on turf in the U. S. during the year, Fev Rover also won the Grade 2 Nassau Stakes at Woodbine.

Mark’s trainees took home the two most prestigious races for three-year olds as Elysian Field won the Woodbine Oaks and Paramount Prince won the King’s Plate. Gary Barber’s My Boy Prince won the $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes before he finished a strong third in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Our Flash Drive had another big season for the Casse team with two graded stakes wins. His other graded winners included Lucky Score, Palazzi, Solo Album, Souper Hoity Toity, and Conglomerate, who won the year’s final graded stakes race, the Grade 3 Valedictory Stakes.

In Canada:

Starts 357; Wins 86; 2nd 59; 3rd 42 Earnings $2,982,917 Stakes wins 2

This is the first Sovereign Award nomination for Martin Drexler, who finished second in the trainer standings at Woodbine in 2023 thanks to a career year. Martin set personal records with winners in Canada, 86, and purses, which totaled just shy of $3 million.

Born in Slovakia, Martin went to Winnipeg, Manitoba as a teenager and fell in love with horseracing at Assiniboia Downs, where his father was a physician for the jockeys. Martin worked as a mutuel clerk, hotwalker, and groom, studying under some of the top trainers in Manitoba before taking out his trainer’s license and racing his first horse in 2002. Martin has gradually built up his stable and is now a fixture at the top of the trainer standings. Il Malocchio, a finalist for Champion Older Main Track Female, won the Grade 3 Trillium Stakes and was third in the Grade 3 Seaway Stakes and Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes for Martin last year. Old Chestnut, owned by Bruno Schickedanz, was third in both the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes and the Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes. Carrothers, claimed last winter at Gulfstream Park, came north for Martin and was second in the Grade 2 Eclipse Stakes and Grade 2 Seagram Cup Stakes. Martin also had a good season with his young horses with Hurricane Clair winning the Muskoka Stakes and finishing second in the South Ocean Stakes. Martin had an impressive 24 percent win rate at Woodbine in 2023.

Outstanding Trainer

Kevin Attard Mark Casse Martin Drexler

Congratulations TO THE 2023 SOVEREIGN AWARD FINALISTS!

Kevin Attard offers sincere thanks to his Owners for their trust and loyalty throughout the 2023 Racing Season and once again gives special recognition to his dedicated team for all their hard work, commitment and dedication.

KEVIN ATTARD RACING STABLE

Il Malocchio

B. M. 5, by Souper Speedy – Egbert Bay (Sligo Bay *Ire)

Trainer: Martin Drexler

Owner: Franco S. Meli

Breeder: Franco Meli

2023: 6 Starts – 1 win – 0 seconds – 2 thirds – $123,430

Winner: Trillium S. Presented by Stella Artois (G3)

Stakes Placings: 3rd Ontario Matron S. (G3) 3rd Seaway S. (G3)

Infinite Patience

B. M. 6, by Sungold – Montero (Louis Quatorze)

Trainer: Barbara Heads

Owner: Decoursey, William and R. N. H. Stable

Breeder: William DeCoursey

2023: 5 Starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds – $126,027

Winner: Ballerina S.

BC Cup Distaff H. Delta Colleen H. Northlands Distaff H.

Millie Girl

B. M. 5, by Hard Spun – Mendocino Beano (Smart Strike)

Trainer: Catherine Day Phillips

Owner: Kingfield Racing Stable, Ltd., Braconcrest Inc. and Apricot Valley Thoroughbreds

Breeder: Sean Fitzhenry

2023: 7 Starts – 3 wins – 1 second – 2 thirds – $257,344

Winner: Maple Leaf S. (G3) Ontario Matron S. (G3) AOC

Stakes Placings: 2nd Seaway S. (G3)

3rd Nassau S. (G2)

3rd Royal North S. (G2)

THE BEST IN HIS FIELD

$35,000 S&N

Sovereign Award finalists Elysian Field, Loyalty, Millie Girl: all daughters of Hard Spun. They are among his 26 Black Type performers in 2023 – no stallion under $65k could top that. The best indeed...

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Treason

B. G. 5, by Constitution – Cougarstown (Speightstown)

Trainer: Josie Carroll

Owner: LNJ Foxwoods and MSK Racing Ventures, LLC

Breeder: Ramspring Farm

2023: 4 Starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $135,876

Winner: Eclipse S. Presented by Don Julio (G2)

Stakes Placings: 2nd King Edward S. (G2) 2nd Dominion Day S. (G3)

Tyson

GR/RO. C. 4, by Tapit – Honouring (Smart Strike)

Trainer: Josie Carroll

Owner: Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. (J. G. Sikura) and Stetch Run Ventures, LLC

Breeder: Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc and Stetch Run Ventures, LLC

2023: 7 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 2 thirds – $319,967

Winner: Seagram Cup S. (G2)

Dominion Day S. (G3) AOC

Stakes Placings: 3rd Jockey Club Gold Cup S. (G1)

3rd Eclipse S. Presented by Don Julio (G2)

Wolfie’s Dynaghost

B. G. 5, by Ghostzapper – Dynaire (Dynaformer)

Trainer: Jonathan Thomas

Owner: Woodslane Farm

Breeder: Woodslane Farm

2023: 8 Starts – 5 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $541,246

Winner: Autumn S. (G2)

Prairie Bayou S.

Twinspires Kentucky Cup Classic S. Allowance

Handicap

Stakes Placings: 3rd Durham Cup S. (G3)

Outstanding Owner sponsored by HBPA of Ontario

In Canada:

Starts 96; Wins 22; 2nd 19; 3rd 15 Earnings: $1,873,307 Stakes wins 6

Gary Barber has been one of Ontario horse racing’s most successful owners in the last decade and this evening he seeks his first Sovereign Award as Outstanding Owner. A film producer in Hollywood, Gary is a staunch supporter of racing in Ontario and led all owners by earnings at Woodbine in 2020 and 2021. Gary’s statistics as a sole owner in 2023 were impressive once again as he won 22 races, six of them stakes, and his horses collected over $1.8 million. Among those winners were My Boy Prince, a CTHS Ontario Yearling Sale purchase who won the Cup and Saucer Stakes and Simcoe Stakes before finishing a gallant third in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. The colt also placed in the Grade 1 Summer Stakes and is a finalist for Champion Two-year Old Male this evening. Gary also won graded stakes races with Conglomerate, Palazzi, and Witwatersrand. In partnership, Gary won two of the biggest races in the country last year: Paramount Prince, whom he owns with Mike Langlois, won the King’s Plate and Plate Trial Stakes and Elysian Field, co-owned with Team Valor International, won the Woodbine Oaks. Gary was also co-owner of graded stakes winners Lucky Score and Solo Album.

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In Canada:

Starts 126; Wins 17; 2nd 18; 3rd 13 Earnings $1,776,738 Stakes wins 2

A winner in this category in 2017 and 2018, Chiefswood Stables is the powerhouse breeding and racing operation of Robert and Mark Krembil. The stable ended 2023 just two wins shy of 400 victories since its first winner in 2000, and last year the Chiefswood horses won 17 races in Canada, two of them stakes races. They were third in the owner’s standings at Woodbine by purse earnings. Touch’n Ride, a gelding by Candy Ride (ARG), was their Woodbine-based star after being given plenty of time to develop by trainer Layne Gliforte. Touch’n Ride, a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male, broke his maiden at second asking with an impressive 91 Beyer Speed Figure before reeling back to finish a troubled fifth in the King’s Plate. In the 1 1/2 mile Breeders’ Stakes, Touch’n Ride won a hard-fought battle with top filly Elysian Field to win by a nose. He completed his first season of racing with a second-place finish in the Grade 3 Ontario Derby but was placed first when the winner, Solo Album, was disqualified. Other top Chiefswood performers in 2023 were graded stakes-placed two-year old Piper’s Factor, older horse Collective Force, and stakes-placed Western Whirl.

In Canada:

Starts 569; Wins 81; 2nd 91; 3rd 65 Earnings $2,887,883 Stakes wins 2

Toronto businessman Bruno Schickedanz won his first Sovereign Award for Outstanding Owner in 2022 and is up for a repeat after another banner season with his runners. Since 2015, Bruno has led all owners at Woodbine by number of wins and did so again in 2023, with his runners heading to the winner’s circle 58 times. He also topped all owners by purses at $1.8 million to go along with being the leading owner at Fort Erie Race Track for the third straight year, collecting 23 victories at the border oval. Bruno had 569 starts with his horses in Canada last year, a personal record, which helped him win his first North American leading owner title by wins at 178 from over 1,100 starters. Bruno’s star horses of 2023 included his consistently good gelding, War Bomber (IRE), who won the Grade 2 King Edward Stakes on the Woodbine turf. The hard-knocking son of War Front, who was claimed by Bruno for $25,000 in 2021, was also second in the Grade 2 Connaught Cup Stakes. Another claimed horse, Old Chestnut, was third in the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes and Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes. Old Chestnut is trained by Martin Drexler, a finalist for Outstanding Trainer this evening.

Gary Barber Chiefswood Stables Limited

Bruno Schickedanz

Congratulations to the 2023 Sovereign Award nominees. We wish you success in the upcoming racing season.

From the HBPA

Board of Directors & Staff

Horse of the Year

2023 HORSE OF THE YEAR

The three finalists are:

1. 2.

3. Canada’s Horse of the Year for 2023 is:

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2022 HORSE OF THE YEAR

Moira

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1998: Awesome Again

2002: Roland Roberts

2007: Louis Romanet

2011: Sue Leslie

2017: Sam Lima

2019: Harvey Warner

2020: Sam-Son Farm

THE JOCKEY CLUB OF CANADA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

2016: Tyler Hehn

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MAN OF THE YEAR

1975: E.P. Taylor

1976: Jack Diamond

1977: E.P. Taylor

1978: Ron Turcotte

1979: George C. Hendrie

1980: Jack Stafford

1981: Jim Bentley

1982: Jean-Louis Levesque

1983: Joe Thomas

2018: Bobby Mihalik

HORSE OF THE YEAR

1951: Bull Page

E.P. Taylor

1952: Canadiana

E.P. Taylor

1953: King Maple

Mrs. G. McMacken

1954: Queen’s Own

E.P. Taylor

1955: Ace Marine

Larkin Maloney

1956: Canadian Champ

Bill Beasley

1957: Hartney

Col. K.R. Marshall

1958: Nearctic

Windfields Farm

1959: Wonder Where

1984: Jim Coleman

1985: George Gardiner

1986: D.G. (Bud) Willmot

1987: Lawrence D. Regan

1988: Sandy Hawley

1989: George C. Frostad

1990: James W. Wright

1991: Ernest L. Samuel

1992: Charles Baker

E.P. TAYLOR AWARD OF MERIT

1994: Jack H. Kenney

1995: Charles Taylor

1998: David S. Willmot

1999: George M. Hendrie

2000: Honourable

Michael D. Harris

2005: Michael C. Byrne

2010: Robert Anderson

2015: R.J (Russell) and Lois Bennett

2016: Frank Stronach

2018: Gustav Schickedanz

2018: William D. Graham

2021: Ivan Dalos

2022: Dale Saunders

1970: Fanfreluche

Jean-Louis Levesque

1971: Lauries Dancer

Mrs. A.W. Stollery

1972: La Prevoyante

Jean-Louis Levesque

1973: Kennedy Road

Mrs. A.W. Stollery

1974: L’Enjoleur

Jean-Louis Levesque

1975: L’Enjoleur

Jean-Louis Levesque

1976: Norcliffe

Norcliffe Stable

1977: L’Alezane

Jean-Louis Levesque

1978: Overskate

L. Maloney & Conn Smythe

1960: Victoria Park

Windfields Farm

1961: Hidden Treasure

Bill Beasley

1962: Crafty Lace

Jerome M. Jacobs

1963: Canebora

Windfields Farm

1964: Northern Dancer

Windfields Farm

1965: George Royal

E.C. Hammond & R.W. Hall

1966: Victorian Era

Windfields Farm

1967: He’s a Smoothie

Bill Beasley

1968: Viceregal

Windfields Farm

1969: Jumpin Joseph

Warren Beasley

1988: Play the King

Kinghaven Farms

1989: With Approval

Kinghaven Farms

1990: Izvestia

Kinghaven Farms

1991: Dance Smartly

Sam-Son Farm

1992: Benburb

Knob Hill Stable

1993: Peteski

Earle I. Mack

1994: Alywow

Kinghaven Farms

1995: Peaks and Valleys

Pin Oak Stable

1996: Mt. Sassafras

Stafford Farms

1979: Overskate

Stafford Farms

1980: Glorious Song

Frank Stronach & Nelson Bunker Hunt

1981: Deputy Minister

Kinghaven Farms & Centurion Farm

1982: Frost King

Bill Marko & Ted Smith

1983: Travelling Victor

R.J. Bennett

1984: Dauphin Fabuleux

Sam-Son Farm

1985: Imperial Choice

Sam-Son Farm

1986: Ruling Angel

Sam-Son Farm

1987: Afleet

Richard Kennedy & Taylor Made Farms

2007: Sealy Hill

Melnyk Racing

Stables, Inc.

2008: Fatal Bullet

Bear Stables, Ltd.

2009: Champs Elysees (GB)

Juddmonte Farms Inc.

2010: Biofuel

Brereton Jones

2011: Never Retreat

Team Block

2012: Uncaptured

John C. Oxley

2013: Up with the Birds

Sam-Son Farm

2014: Lexie Lou

Gary Barber

Minshall Farms

1997: Chief Bearhart

Sam-Son Farm

1998: Chief Bearhart

Sam-Son Farm

1999: Thornfield

Knob Hill Stable

2000: Quiet Resolve

Sam-Son Farm

2001: Win City

Frank Di Giulio Jr.

2002: Wake At Noon

Bruno Schickedanz

2003: Wando

Gus Schickedanz

2004: Soaring Free

Sam-Son Farm

2005: A Bit O’Gold

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2006: Arravale

Robert Costigan

2015: Catch a Glimpse

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Past Winners

CHAMPION TWO-YEAR OLD MALE

1975: Proud Tobin

1976: Sound Reason

1977: Overskate

1978: Medaille d’Or

1979: Allan Blue

1980: Bayford

1981: Deputy Minister

1982: Sunny’s Halo

1983: Prince Avatar

1984: Dauphin Fabuleux

1985: Grey Classic

1986: Blue Finn

1987: Regal Classic

1988: Mercedes Won

1989: Sky Classic

1990: Rainbows For Life

1991: Free At Last

1992: Truth Of It All

1993: Comet Shine

1994: Talkin Man

1995: Gomtuu

1996: Cash Deposit

1997: Dawson’s Legacy

1998: Riddell’s Creek

1999: Exciting Story

2000: Highland Legacy

2001: Rare Friends

2002: Added Edge

2003: Judiths Wild Rush

2004: Wholelottabourbon

2005: Edenwold

2006: Leonnatus Anteas

2007: Kodiak Kowboy

2008: Mine That Bird

2009: Hollinger

2010: Madman Diaries

2011: Maritimer

2012: Uncaptured

2013: Go Greeley

2014: Conquest Typhoon

2015: Riker

2016: King and His Court

2017: Admiralty Pier

2018: Avie’s Flatter

2019: Mr. Hustle

2020: Gretzky The Great

2021: God of Love

2022: Philip My Dear CHAMPION

TWO-YEAR OLD FEMALE

1975: Seraphic

1976: Northernette

1977: L’Alezane

1978: Liz’s Pride

1979: Par Excellence

1980: Rainbow Connection

1981: Choral Group

1982: Candle Bright

1983: Ada Prospect

1984: Deceit Dancer

1985: Stage Flite

1986: Ruling Angel

1987: Phoenix Factor

1988: Legarto

1989: Wavering Girl

1990: Dance Smartly

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1991: Bucky’s Solution

1992: Deputy Jane West

1993: Term Limits

1994: Honky Tonk Tune

1995: Silken Cat

1996: Larkwhistle

1997: Primaly

1998: Fantasy Lake

1999: Hello Seattle

2000: Poetically

2001: Ginger Gold

2002: Brusque

2003: My Vintage Port

2004: Simply Lovely

2005: Knights Templar

2006: Catch the Thrill

CHAMPION THREE-YEAR OLD MALE

1975: L’Enjoleur

1976: Norcliffe

1977: Dance in Time

1978: Overskate

1979: Steady Growth

1980: Ben Fab

1981: Frost King

1982: Runaway Groom

1983: Bompago

1984: Key To The Moon

1985: Imperial Choice

1986: Golden Choice

1987: Afleet

1988: Regal Intention

1989: With Approval

1990: Izvestia

2007: Dancing Allstar

2008: Van Lear Rose

2009: Biofuel

2010: Delightful Mary

2011: Tu Endie Wei

2012: Spring in the Air

2013: Ria Antonia

2014: Conquest Harlanate

2015: Catch a Glimpse

2016: Victory to Victory

2017: Wonder Gadot

2018: Bold Script

2019: Curlin’s Voyage

2020: Lady Speightspeare

2021: Mrs. Barbara

2022: Cairo Consort

1991: Bolulight

1992: Benburb

1993: Peteski

1994: Bruce’s Mill

1995: Peaks And Valleys

1996: Victor Cooley

1997: Cryptocloser

1998: Archers Bay

1999: Woodcarver

2000: Kiss A Native

2001: Win City

2002: Le Cinquieme Essai

2003: Wando

2004: A Bit O’Gold

2005: Palladio

2006: Shillelagh Slew

CHAMPION THREE-YEAR OLD

2007: Alezzandro

2008: Not Bourbon

2009: Eye of the Leopard

2010: Big Red Mike

2011: Pender Harbour

2012: Strait of Dover

2013: Up with the Birds

2014: Heart to Heart

2015: Shaman Ghost

2016: Amis Gizmo

2017: Channel Maker

2018:

Josie Carroll

Past Winners

CHAMPION OLDER MALE

1975: Rash Move

1976: Victorian Prince

1977: Norcliffe

1978: Giboulee

1979: Overskate

1980: Overskate

1981: Driving Home

1982: Frost King

1983: Travelling Victor

1984: Canadian Factor

1985: Ten Gold Pots

1986: Let’s Go Blue

1987: Play the King

1988: Play the King

1989: Steady Power

1990: Twist the Snow

1991: Sky Classic

1992: Rainbows for Life

1993: Cozzene’s Prince

1994: King Ruckus

1995: Basqueian

1996: Mt. Sassafras

1997: Chief Bearhart

1998: Terremoto

1999: Deputy Inxs

2000: One Way Love

2001: A Fleets Dancer

2002: Wake At Noon

2003: Phantom Light

2004: Mobil

2005: A Bit O’Gold

2006: True Metropolitan

CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE

1975: Victorian Queen

1976: Momigi

1977: Reasonable Win

1978: Christy’s Mount

1979: La Voyageuse

1980: Glorious Song

1981: Glorious Song

1982: Eternal Search

1983: Eternal Search

1984: Sintrillium

1985: Lake Country

1986: Bessarabian

1987: Carotene

1988: Carotene

1989: Proper Evidence

1990: Diva’s Debut

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1991: Avant’s Gold

1992: Wilderness Song

1993: Dance for Donna

1994: Pennyhill Park

1995: Bold Ruritana

1996: Windsharp

1997: Woolloomooloo

1998: Santa Amelia

1999: Magic Code

2000: Saoirse

2001: Mountain Angel

2002: Small Promises

2003: One For Rose

2004: One For Rose

2005: One For Rose

2006: Financingavailable

2007: True Metropolitan

2008: Marchfield 2009: Marchfield 2010: Sand Cove

2011: Fifty Proof

2012: Hunters Bay 2013: Alpha Bettor

2014: Lukes Alley

2015: Are You Kidding Me

2016: Are You Kidding Me

2017: Pink Lloyd

2018: Mr Havercamp 2019: Pink Lloyd 2020: Skywire

2021: Mighty Heart

2022: Who’s the Star

CHAMPION SPRINTER

1980: La Voyageuse

1981: Eternal Search

1982: Avowal

1983: Fraud Squad

1984: Diapason

1985: Summer Mood

1986: New Connection

1987: Play the King

1988: Play the King

1989: Mr. Hot Shot

1990: Twist the Snow

1991: King Corrie

1992: King Corrie

Apelia

2007: Financingavailable

2008: Bear Now

2009: Serenading

2010: Impossible Time

2011: Embur’s Song

2012: Roxy Gap

2013: Sisterly Love

2014: Strut the Course

2015: Miss Mischief

2016: Midnight Miley

2017: Ami’s Mesa

2018: Escape Clause

2019: Here’s Hannah

2020: Souper Escape

2021: Skygaze

2022: Lady Speightspeare

CHAMPION MALE TURF HORSE

1995: Hasten To Add

1996: Chief Bearhart

1997: Chief Bearhart

1998: Chief Bearhart

1999: Thornfield

2000: Quiet Resolve

2001: Numerous Times

2002: Portculllis

2003: Perfect Soul

2004: Soaring Free

2005: A Bit O’Gold

2006: Sky Conqueror

2007: Cloudy’s Knight

2008: Rahy’s Attorney

2009: Champs Elysees (GB)

2010: Grand Adventure

2011: Musketier (GER)

2012: Riding the River

2013: Forte Dei Marmi (GB)

2014: Dynamic Sky

CHAMPION FEMALE TURF HORSE

1995: Bold Ruritana

1996: Windsharp

1997: Woolloomooloo

1998: Colorful Vices

1999: Free Vacation

2000: Heliotrope

2001: Sweetest Thing

2002: Chopinina

2003: Inish Glora

2004: Inish Glora

2005: Ambitous Cat

2006: Arravale

2007: Sealy Hill

2008: Callwood Dancer (IRE)

2009: Points of Grace

2010: Miss Keller (IRE)

2011: Never Retreat

2012: Irish Mission

2013: Solid Appeal

2014: Lexie Lou

2015: Interpol

2016: Conquest Enforcer

2017: Johnny Bear

2018: Mr Havercamp

2019: El Tormenta

2020: Say The Word

2021: Town Cruise

2022: Filo di Arianna (BRZ)

OUTSTANDING BROODMARE

1975: Reasonable Wife

1976: Northern Minx

1977: Doris White

1978: Fanfreluche

1979: Fitz’s Fancy

1980: Hangin Round

1981: Native Flower

1982: Yonnie Girl

1983: Two Rings

1984: Friendly Ways

1985: No Class

1986: Loudrangle

2015: Catch a Glimpse

2016: Lexie Lou

2017: Starship Jubilee

2018: Starship Jubilee

2019: Starship Jubilee

2020: Theodora B.

2021: Jolie Olimpica

2022: Lady Speightspeare

1987: Arctic Vixen

1988: Polite Lady

1989: Passing Mood

1990: Shy Spirit

1991: Classy ‘N Smart

1992: Ballade

1993: Bold Debra

1994: Rainbow Connection

1995: Sea Regent

1996: Amelia Bearhart

1997: Charming Sassafras

1998: Fleet Courage

1999: Sharpening Up

2000: Primarily

2001: Dance Smartly

2002: First Class Gal

2003: Radiant Ring

2004: Annasan

2005: Native Rights

2006: Dream Smartly

OUTSTANDING OWNER

1975: Jack Stafford

1976: George Gardiner

1977: Bory Margolus

1978: Conn Smythe

1979: James Shields

1980: Ernest L. Samuel

1981: Dave Kapchinsky

1982: Kinghaven Farms

1983: Bahnam K. Yousif 1984

Stable 2004: Sam-Son Farm 2005: Stronach Stable 2006: Sam-Son Farm

2007: Melnyk Racing Stables

2008: Bear Stables

2007: Lover’s Talk

2008: Kathie’s Colleen

2009: Pico Teneriffe

2010: Destroy

2011: Noble Strike

2012: Misty Mission

2013: Captivating

2014: Eye of the Sphynx

2015: Rare Opportunity

2016: Galloping Ami

2017: Victorious Ami

2018: In Return

2019: Loving Vindication

2020: Danceforthecause

2021: Avie’s Empire

2022: Count to Three

2011: TIE

Stable

Todd AND Patrick Kinsella

2012: John C. Oxley

2013: John C. Oxley

2014: John C. Oxley

2015: Sam-Son Farm

2016: Conquest Stables, LLC

2017: Chiefswood Stable Limited

2018: Chiefswood Stables Limited

2019: Sam-Son Farm

2009: Melnyk Racing Stables 2010: Sam-Son Farm

2020: Live Oak Plantation

2021: Live Oak Plantation

2022: Bruno Schickendanz

OUTSTANDING BREEDER

1975: Bory Margolus

1976: E.P. Taylor

1977: Conn Smythe

1978: Jean Louis Levesque

1979: Kinghaven Farms

1980: Marvin Hamilton

1981: Tom Webb

1982: Kinghaven Farms

1983: Russell J. Bennett

1984: Frank Stronach

1985: E.P. Taylor

1986: Kinghaven Farms

1987: Kinghaven Farms

1988: Ernest Samuel

1989: Kinghaven Farms

1990: Kinghaven Farms

1991: Ernest L. Samuel

1992: Knob Hill Stable

1993: Kinghaven Farms

1994: Kinghaven Farms

1995: Kinghaven Farms

1996: Minshall Farms

1997: Frank Stronach

1998: Frank Stronach

1999: Frank Stronach

2000: Sam-Son Farm

2001: Sam-Son Farm 2002: Sam-Son Farm

Sam-Son Farm

Sam-Son Farm

Adena Springs

OUTSTANDING TRAINER

1975: Gil Rowntree

1976: Lou Cavalaris

1977: “Red” Smith

1978: Frank H. Merrill, Jr.

1979: Jim Day

1980: Gerry Belanger

1981: Ron Brock

1982: Bill Marko

1983: Bill Marko

1984: Mike Doyle

1985: Jim Day

1986: Roger Attfield

1987: Roger Attfield

1988: Jim Day

1989: Roger Attfield

1990: Roger Attfield

1991: Jim Day

1992: Phil England

1993: Roger Attfield

1994: Daniel J. Vella

1995: Daniel J. Vella

1996: Barbara J. Minshall

1997: Mark Frostad

1998: Michael Wright, Jr.

1999: Mark Frostad

2000: Mark Frostad

2001: Robert P. Tiller

2002: Roger Attfield

2003: Robert P. Tiller

2004: Robert P. Tiller

2005: Reade Baker

2006: Mark Casse

OUTSTANDING JOCKEY

1975: Hugo Dittfach

1976: Chris Rogers

1977: Avelino Gomez

1978: Sandy Hawley

1979: Robin Platts

1980: Gary Stahlbaum

1981: Irwin Driedger

1982: Lloyd

Todd Kabel

2007: Mark Casse

Mark Casse

Roger Attfield

OUTSTANDING HANDICAPPER

OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE JOCKEY

Mark Casse 2021: Mark Casse 2022: Mark Casse

OUTSTANDING GROOM

2016: Dexter Brathwaite

2017: Alfredo Ramos

2018: Amanda Erwin

2019: Michael Williams

2020: Michelle Gibson

2021: Denzil Fonseca

2022: TIE

Amber Hutchinson AND Ricardo Nichalson

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL AUDIO/VISUAL & BROADCAST

2012: Horse Racing Alberta & WhiteIron Productions

2013: Woodbine Entertainment Group Broadcast Department

2014: Scott Jagow

2015: Talkin Horses

2016: Woodbine Entertainment Group Broadcast Department

OUTSTANDING WRITING

2012: Denise Ryan

2013: Alex Campbell

2014: David Briggs

2015: Curtis Stock

2017: Horse Racing Alberta

2018: Horse Racing Radio Network

2019: Woodbine Entertainment Group Broadcast Department

2020: Santino Di Paola

2021: Woodbine Entertainment Group Broadcast Department

2022: Woodbine Entertainment

2016: Beverley Smith

2017: Perry Lefko

2018: Hayley Morrison

2019: David Briggs

OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH

1975: Michael Burns

1976: Michael Burns

1977: Bob Gilmour

1978: Michael Burns

1979: Jeff Goode

1980: Wayne Glowack

1981: Bob Gilmour

1982: Jeff Goode

1983: Michael Burns

1984: Patricia Burns

1985: Michael Burns Jr

1986: Katey Barrett

1987: Boris Spremo

1988: Les Bazso

1989: Jeff Goode

1990: Michael Burns Jr.

1991: Mike Moore

1992: Jeff Goode

1993: Michael Burns Jr

1994: Michael Burns

1995: Ken Villeneuve

1996: Skip Dickstein

1997: Michael Burns Jr.

1998: Ryan Haynes

1999: David Landry

2000: David Landry

2001: Michael Burns Jr.

2002: Michael Burns Jr.

2003: Michael Burns Jr.

2004: David Landry

2005: David Landry

2006: David Landry

2007: Michael Burns Jr.

2008: Matt Waples

2020: Chris Lomon

2021: Hayley Morrison

2022: George Williams

2009: Michael Burns

2010: Tod Marks

2011: David Landry

2012: Michael Burns

2013: Patti Tubbs

2014: Cindy Pierson Dulay

2015: Chris Young

2016: Cody Gregory

2017: David Landry

2018: Santino Di Paola

2019: Michael R. Bye

2020: Will Wong

2021: Will Wong

2022: TIE

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