2017 Sovereign Award finalists announced

The Jockey Club of Canada has released finalists for the 2017 Sovereign Awards. The 43rd Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony will take place Thursday, April 19, at Woodbine Racetrack.

To be eligible to receive a Sovereign Award in each divisional category, a horse must have raced in Canada at least three times for all three-year olds and up, and twice for all two-year-olds.

The owner, trainer, breeder, jockey and apprentice jockey categories require a minimum of 10 starts in Canada.

The Outstanding Broodmare Award is a lifetime achievement award. The mare must have a Canadian-bred stakes horse (by definition, the horse must have come first, second or third in a stakes race) in the current year and must have produced a different Canadian-bred stakes horse in a previous year.

The finalists for 2017 Horse of the Year will be announced on the night of the awards ceremony.

The 2017 Sovereign Award finalists are:

CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY:

Dixie Moon

Dream It Is

Wonder Gadot

CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD MALE:

Admiralty Pier

Archaggelos

Be Vewy Vewy Quiet

CHAMPION THREE-YEAR-OLD FEMALE:

Daz Lin Dawn

Enstone

Holy Helena

Inflexibility

CHAMPION THREE-YEAR-OLD MALE:

Channel Maker

Mr Havercamp

Tiz a Slam

CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE:

Ami’s Mesa

Moonlit Promise

Gamble’s Ghost

CHAMPION OLDER MALE:

Gigantic Breeze

Melmich

Pink Lloyd

CHAMPION FEMALE TURF HORSE:

Enstone

Inflexibility

Starship Jubilee

CHAMPION MALE TURF HORSE:

Channel Maker

Johnny Bear

Tower of Texas

CHAMPION FEMALE SPRINTER:

Ami’s Mesa

Jennifer Lynnette

Moonlit Promise

CHAMPION MALE SPRINTER:

Ikerrin Road

Pink Lloyd

Yorkton

OUTSTANDING BROODMARE:

Keen Victory

Loving Vindication

Miss Crissy

Victorious Ami

OUTSTANDING BREEDER:

Adena Springs

Anderson Farms Ont. Inc.

Tall Oaks Farm

OUTSTANDING OWNER:

Chiefswood Stable

Ivan Dalos

Stronach Stables

OUTSTANDING TRAINER:

Josie Carroll

Mark Casse

Catherine Day Phillips

Norman McKnight

OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE JOCKEY:

Ridge Balgobin

Brandon A. Duchaine

Rey Williams

OUTSTANDING JOCKEY:

Luis Contreras

Eurico Rosa Da Silva

Rico W. Walcott