The Jockey Club of Canada has announced the finalists for the 2007 Sovereign
Awards. TRUE METROPOLITAN (Proud and True), the 2006 champion older horse in
Canada, is a strong candidate to repeat following an outstanding season in which
he captured six stakes in his homeland. Northern Dancer Breeders’ Cup Turf S.
(Can-G2) hero SKY CONQUEOR (Sky Classic), a Grade 1 winner in the United States,
and Canadian International (Can-G1) victor CLOUDY’S KNIGHT (Lord Avie) are both
finalists in the male turf horse category. The three-year-old male division is
also very contentious, with Prince of Wales S. winner ALEZZANDRO (High Yield),
Queen’s Plate winner MIKE FOX (Giant’s Causeway) and last year’s champion
juvenile, LEONNATUS ANTEAS (Stormy Atlantic), all in the mix for top honors.
The 33rd annual Sovereign Award ceremonies will take place at the Westin
Harbour Castle in Toronto on December 14.
The 2007 Sovereign Award finalists (in alphabetical order) are:
Champion two-year-old filly: Authenicat (D’wildcat),
Dancing Allstar (Millennium Allstar), Officer Cherrie (Officer)
Champion two-year-old male: Bear Holiday
(Harlan’s Holiday), Kodiak Kowboy (Posse), Stuck in Traffic (Kiridashi)
Champion three-year-old filly: Bear Now
(Tiznow), Dance to My Tune (Stravinsky), Sealy Hill (Point Given)
Champion three-year-old male: Alezzandro,
Leonnatus Anteas, Mike Fox
Champion older female: Financingavailable
(Kiridashi), Monashee (Wolf Power [SAf]), She’s Indy Money (A.P. Indy)
Champion older male: Palladio (Lycius),
Stonetown (Elajjud), True Metropolitan
Champion female turf horse: Essential
Edge (Storm Cat), Financingavailable, Sealy Hill
Champion male turf horse: Cloudy’s
Knight, Eccentric (GB) (Most Welcome [GB]), Sky Conqueror
Champion sprinter: Bear Now,
Financingavailable, She’s Indy Money, Stradivinsky (Stravinsky)
Outstanding broodmare: Fascigrant (L’emigrant), Lover’s Talk (Vice Regent), Victorious Answer (Northern Answer)
Outstanding breeder: Adena Springs,
Eugene Melnyk, Gustav Schickedanz
Outstanding owner: Bear Stables, Bahadur
(Bob) Cheema, Melnyk Racing Stables
Outstanding trainer: Reade Baker, Mark
Casse, Terry Jordan
Outstanding apprentice jockey: Dean
Deverell, Matt Moore, Tyler Pizarro
Outstanding jockey: Mario Gutierrez, Patrick Husbands, Emile Ramsammy,
Emma-Jayne Wilson