TORONTO, February 10, 2023– The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 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 2022, will be announced during our 48th Annual Sovereign Award ceremony which will be held on the evening of Thursday, April 13, 2023 at Universal Eventspace in Vaughan, Ontario. Moira and jockey Rafael Hernandez winning the 163rd Queen’s Plate at Woodbine (Michael Burns Photo) 2022 Sovereign Awards Finalists The finalists in each of the following categories are listed in alphabetical order. Champion Two-Year-Old Female Cairo Consort Last Call Renegade Rebel Champion Two-Year-Old Male Philip My Dear Poulin in O T Velocitor Champion Three-Year-Old Female Moira Sister Seagull Souper Hoity Toity Champion Three-Year-Old Male Hall of Dreams Ironstone Sir for Sure Champion Older Main Track Female Infinite Patience Lady Speightspeare Our Flash Drive Champion Older Main Track Male Soy Tapatio War Bomber (Ire) Who’s the Star Champion Female Turf Horse Fev Rover (Ire) Lady Speightspeare Moira Champion Male Turf Horse Filo di Arianna (Brz) Philip My Dear Ready for the Lady Sir for Sure Champion Female Sprinter Hazelbrook Lady Speightspeare Our Flash Drive Champion Male Sprinter Arzak Filo di Arianna (Brz) Lucky Score Outstanding Broodmare Cosa Rara Count to Three Include Katherine Outstanding Breeder Adena Springs Sam-Son Farm Tall Oaks Farm Outstanding Owner Schickedanz, Bruno Ulwelling, Al and Bill X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC Outstanding Trainer Attard, Kevin Carroll, Josie Casse, Mark E. Outstanding Apprentice Jockey Jones, Slade Prescod, N’Rico Santo, Kimal Outstanding Jockey Hernandez, Rafael Manuel Husbands, Patrick Kimura, Kazushi Wilson, Emma-Jayne Horse of the Year The Horse of the Year finalists will be announced during the 48th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony. The 2022 Media Sovereign Awards finalists, the winner of the Award for Outstanding Groom 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 48th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony on the evening of Thursday, April 13, 2023 at Universal Eventspace in Vaughan, Ontario. Courtesy of Jockey Club of Canada Lady Speightspeare and jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson winning the Seaway Stakes on September 17, 2022 at Woodbine (Michael Burns Photo) Share This:Share
