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Jockey Club Of Canada Announces 2022 Sovereign Awards Finalists

February 10, 2023

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
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
Lady Speightspeare and jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson winning the Seaway Stakes on September 17, 2022 at Woodbine (Michael Burns Photo)
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