The 51st Annual Sovereign Awards

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF AWARDING THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THOROUGHBRED RACING IN CANADA APRIL 23, 2026

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The Jockey Club of Canada Welcomes You to the 51st Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony

On behalf of Chief Steward, Doug Anderson 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 extend 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 51 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) and Special Sovereign 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

MEMBERS

Mike Ambler

Barry Anderson

Kevin Attard

Roger Attfield

Lisa Balaz

Rick Balaz

James Bannon

Gary Barber

Lindy Barrow

David Anderson

Hazel Bennett

Don Ferguson

Robert Mark Krembil

Sue Leslie

Ross McKague

Sherry McLean

Vicki Pappas

Frank Romeo

Michael Vanin

Jeffrey Begg

Craig Bernick

Ian Black

Ray Bouchard

Paul Braverman

John Brnjas

Andrij Brygidyr

Barbara Burke

Theodore Burnett

Josie Carroll

Mark Casse

Derek Chin

David Clancy

Katherine Curry

Colleen Dalos

Don Danard

Rolph Davis

Richard Day

Catherine Day Phillips

Michael P. De Paulo

Frank Di Giulio, Jr.

John Di Scola

William Diamant

Mark Dodson

Darren Dunn

Arika Everatt-Meeuse

John Fielding

Charles Fipke

Sean Fitzhenry

Nicholas Gonzalez

Jeff Goy

Jon Green

Gabe Grossberg

Nancy Guest

Maureen Hewitt-Topp

Andrew Hudson

Rene Hunderup

Keith Johns

Horatio Kemeny

Steven Kemp

Robert Krembil

Mitchell Kursner

Curtis Landry

HONORARY MEMBER

Everett R. Dobson

Robert Landry

Greg Lang

Patrick Lawley-Wakelin

James J. Lawson

Michael Lay

George Ledson

Gordon Lickrish

Michael Loughry

Bruce Lunsford

Mark Mache

Earle I. Mack

Rajendra Maharajh

Karen McCleave

Bernard McCormack

John Menary

David Milburn

Barbara Minshall

Shawn Minshall

Peter Mosakos

Adrian Munro

Liam O’Rourke

Charles Overland

John C. Oxley

Todd Phillips

Mike Rogers

Jaime Roth

Tom Ryan

Mark Samuel

Yvonne Schwabe

Michael Secker

Stephen Shefsky

Suzi Shoemaker

John G. Sikura

R. Glenn Sikura

Geoff Smith

Murray Smith

Steven Smith

George Strawbridge Jr.

Frank Stronach

Robert Tiller

Lou Tucci

Tom Valiquette

Howard Walton

Wesley Ward

Charlotte Weber

John Whitson

David Willmot

Gail Wood

Order of Presentation

Special Sovereign Award

Ron Turcotte Celebration

Outstanding Writing

Outstanding Photograph

Outstanding Digital Audio/Visual and Broadcast

Outstanding Groom sponsored by OLG

Outstanding Off-track Worker

Outstanding Western Canadian Backstretch 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 Breeder

Outstanding Broodmare

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 sponsored by H. B. P. A. of Ontario

Champion Older Main Track Female

Champion Older Main Track Male

Outstanding Owner sponsored by H. B. P. A. of Ontario

Horse of the Year sponsored by H. B. P. A. of Ontario

to all fellow nominees, and best of luck racing and breeding in 2026.

Evening Emcees

The 51st annual Sovereign Awards mark the fourth 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).

Special thanks to the following

Woodbine Broadcasting Department

Video Production & Online Streaming

Michael Burns Photography

Program Photos

Dave Landry Photography

Cover Photo

R. Glenn Sikura, Chris Tian Photography, Mr. Will Wong, for their photo contributions

Jeff Bratt and Dawn Lupul

Emcees

Deanne Penny, Sportswood Printing

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Program Design and Printing

Jennifer Morrison

Editorial Contributions

Ride Every Stride

Horse of the Year cooler and Outstanding Groom, Off-track Worker, and Western Canadian Backstretch Worker jackets

Thank you to all of our Sponsors

Outstanding Groom, Off-track Worker, and Western Canadian Backstretch

Worker gift bags

The Jockey Club of Canada

Sovereign Awards Committee

Chair: Doug Anderson

James Bannon

Colleen Dalos

R. Glenn Sikura

Frank Romeo

Michael Vanin

White Heather Pipes and Drums

Pipes and Drums

Special Sovereign Award Doug Anderson

Invited to join The Jockey Club of Canada in 2019, it did not take Doug Anderson long to immerse himself into the inner workings of the organization. He was elected to the Board of Stewards in 2022, and succeeded Yvonne Schwabe as chair of the Sovereign Awards Committee that fall. Since then, Doug's commitment to honouring the founders of The Jockey Club of Canada and their mission has been paramount.

Doug was appointed Chief Steward of The Jockey Club of Canada in 2024 and also sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division).

In the mid-1990s, Doug had his first foray into horse racing, and enjoyed tremendous success with four-time Sovereign Award champion, A Bit O'Gold. Among the many individuals involved in “Goldie's” success were Doug's wife, Rita, and Catherine Day Phillips. Doug bred and owned a number of thoroughbreds with Rita over the following years, with Catherine as their trainer. His sense of humour can be appreciated through the mare Hot Pants and the naming of her offspring. A keen supporter of thoroughbred aftercare, Doug's regular riding horse is one of Hot Pants' foals.

Outstanding

Jamie Attard Dave Briggs Eric

A Long Way (and a long wait) to the Top published March 7, 2025 on CanadianThoroughbred.com

As she moved her eyes from behind the viewfinder of her Canon EOS Mark II camera and set her sights on the finish line, Ericka Rusnak couldn’t believe what she was witnessing, no matter how many times she’d dreamt it before. And though she couldn’t hear it among the roars of the raucous crowd, at the very same moment track announcer Robert Geller proclaimed, “A Prince becomes the King.”, a realization hit her.

A horse she bred had just won the King’s Plate.

How divine intervention led No Time to a Woodbine Oaks championship in memory of Boss Lady J published July 29, 2025 on TIP.OntarioRacing.com

Looking down from balcony of the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Saratoga Springs, NY, Ontario breeder Arika Everatt-Meeuse thought she was going to vomit.

It was exactly 26 days after her mother, Boss Lady J, had died. Everatt-Meeuse had spent much of the trip crying and now the hammer was about to fall on one of the last foals out of the late Janeane Everatt’s favourite mare. Everatt-Meeuse was beside herself with worry and grief fretting about where Count to Three’s yearling filly was going to land.

Mitchell & Molly Rollins

Canadian Breeders Shaken by Tariff Threats

published March 14, 2025 on BloodHorse.com

The prospect of a 25% tariff being levied every time a horse enters the United States from Canada has unnerved Canadian owners and breeders, casting a shadow of uncertainty across the ongoing breeding season and upcoming yearling sales.

The whipsaw nature of the U.S. government's communication regarding the tariff has been enough so far for some Canadian breeders to cancel breeding contracts with Kentucky stud farms and start changing plans to sell yearlings at U.S. sales in the summer and fall.

Joe Nevills Natalie Voss

Kentucky Derby Alum Mohaymen Living A Non-Traditional Stallion’s Life In Ontario

published May 6, 2025 on The Paulick Report

The life of Mohaymen has largely been a story about best-case scenarios.

He was a proverbial first-round draft pick of a Thoroughbred. If one were to draw up the ideal Kentucky stallion prospect from scratch from the page to the physical, Mohaymen would be the result.

A son of commercial juggernaut Tapit, and out of the blue hen Grade 2 winner Justwhistledixie, the colt came from a family bursting with ontrack success, and that only became more apparent when half-brother New Year's Day won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile just months after Mohaymen was born.

As Woodbine Opens Its Season, Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson Is Waiting In The Wings – For Now

published April 28, 2025 on The Paulick Report

It’s 9 a.m. on April 26, and the front side of Woodbine Racetrack is slowly coming to life. The paddock is getting its last few sweepings before horses and people fill the saddling stalls on the Toronto, Ontario, track’s opening day. The jockeys’ weight room is only just being unlocked and the physiotherapist is just flipping his lights on in the room with the massage table. Track employees are trickling in, bagged lunches in hand. The grandstand is shaking sleep from its eyes and still, Emma-Jayne Wilson can’t walk 50 feet without being flagged down.

Congratulations to all Sovereign Awards finalists and winners, including Special Sovereign Award recipient, Doug Anderson.

Thank You

to each of our Sovereign Awards sponsors.

Emma-Jayne Wilson: The Comeback aired August 16, 2025 on FanDuelTV

https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=n9CG3qR71Ts&feature=youtu.be

The Career of Robertino Diodoro aired August 15, 2025 on TheHorses.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LClO47Le9_o

Free Rein: It Runs in the Family aired April 11, 2025 on Woodbine.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Lx9ljVo_wGk&t=111s

CHIEFSWOOD STABLES LIMITED

Congratulations TO THE 2025 SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINEES

Best of luck tonight from the Chiefswood Stables Limited team.

Rose Day

Rose Day

WhenRose Day walked into Barn 1 at Woodbine Racetrack in 2001, she had never seen a horse up close before: the young mother was seeking a second job and her cousin, Velor, had told her about hotwalking.

“I had no idea what that was,” said Rose, who met trainer Mike Doyle that day. “They showed me how to hold the horse and how to do it. In 10 minutes, I was walking him on my own.”

Twenty-five years later, Rose is the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Groom Award sponsored by OLG, her hard work, dedication, and passion standing out to nominators and current employers, Sid and Larry Attard.

Rose followed her mother to Canada from Jamaica as a teenager, along with her siblings. She began studying nursing at Seneca College; but, when she became pregnant with her first child and school became too expensive, she made her

way to Woodbine. That first horse she walked, a gelding named Attawapiskat, turned into one of the first horses she would learn to groom.

On April 22, 2001, she took Attawapiskat over to race, and he won. She was hooked, making the racetrack her permanent job, the picture from that first win still hanging on her wall today. Rose then worked for Audre Cappuccitti for 11 years. When Audre passed away, Rose went “next door” to trainer Sid Attard, where she has been ever since.

She talks fondly about her first “big horse,” Kingsport, who earned almost $800,000 and won numerous stakes races, and then Babbo, who won the $250,000 Coronation Futurity in 2023. Sadly, Babbo passed away in December. “I look at his picture on my wall every day.”

She loves every one of the horses she looks after each day, regularly caring for up to six of them at a time. “As soon as I walk into the shedrow I am a completely different person. My horses start hollering for me, just like they are saying ‘mummy’s here’. They are my family.”

Speaking of family, Rose is extremely proud of hers. Her husband, Anthony Bend, also works at Woodbine, her son works for Colebrook Farms, one daughter is a hairstylist, and another works in airport security while attending university. Her youngest daughter, Shayeann Day-Wilson, plays basketball for Team Canada.

Congratulations, Rose, on your Outstanding Groom Award!

Outstanding

Tove Morgan

Tove Morgan

The

jobs of off-track workers occur away from the bright lights and festivities of the racetrack, but they are critical roles in the world of horse racing. Born in Denmark, Tove Morgan was just a toddler when she came to Canada with her family. She remembers settling in Manitoba where her father was a cattle farmer. “There were always horses around,” she said. That sparked a lifelong love for Tove who, for almost 50 years, has been an integral part of some of the most successful racing and breeding outfits in Canada. This evening, she is being presented with the 2025 Outstanding Off-track Worker Award.

As soon as she was out of school, Tove sought to work with with horses, joining the Hamilton Hunt Club as the “whipper-in”, the person on horseback who assists the huntsman by managing the hounds, after finding her way east to Ontario. Tove discovered thoroughbreds in the mid-1970s and worked for successful trainer Tom O’Keefe at Woodbine and later for the famed Kinghaven Farms.

When Tove’s husband, Brian, took out his trainer’s licence in the late 1990s, Tove returned to the racetrack. One of the couples’ first students was Dennis Morrison and Karin Schmidt’s Gregorian Chance, who became a graded stakes winner and a finalist for Champion Sprinter in Canada in 1999. Tove also spent many years with Hall of Fame trainer and 2024 E. P. Taylor Award of Merit recipient, Roger Attfield.

Tove took up a job at Adena Springs North in the early 2000s as a night watchperson, observing the pregnant broodmares through the night and assisting them during foaling. In 2013, she assumed a similar role at Glenn Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Nobleton, where she has been ever since. Part of anywhere from 20 to 40 foalings each breeding season, she preps yearlings and works on the property through the summer and fall. Tove has brought hundreds of star racehorses into the world, and it is understandably hard for her to pinpoint all of her favourites. One of them, however, could also be poised for a big night at the Sovereign Awards: Corsia Veloce is a finalist for both Champion Two-year Old Female and Champion Female Turf Horse.

“I just love being around horses,” says Tove. “I have never questioned that this is what I have wanted to do.”

And as for receiving the Outstanding Off-track Worker Award from The Jockey Club of Canada? “It is an honour to be recognized and it makes you feel special.”

Congratulations, Tove!

Jodie Hiesinger

Jodie Hiesinger

Asa teenager, Jodie Hiesinger discovered the racetrack when she was looking for a recreational horse to ride. She was fascinated with thoroughbreds and began working with them parttime, on weekends and in the summer, learning as much as she could about the breed and racing. In 2013, she signed up for the Professional Racetrack Exercise Rider Program at Olds College of Agriculture and Technology in Olds, Alberta. Soon after graduation, she joined the barn of trainer Rod

Cone, who describes her as very generous with her time and knowledge, and loyal to the horses first and foremost.

For Cone, Jodie began as an exercise rider before he encouraged her to apply for her assistant trainer's license. His faith in Jodie was rewarded when she scored well on the test, a source of pride for both of them. “He is much more than a boss to me, he has been a mentor,” she says of the man she calls “Gramps.”

“While working for Rod, I’ve had the opportunity to travel extensively,” notes Jodie. “I’ve spent several winters in Northern California at the nowclosed Golden Gate Fields, where I also galloped for several large trainers. I briefly galloped in Southern California as well, and spent two winters in Phoenix, Arizona grooming, galloping, and ponying.”

Very involved in rehoming racehorses once their on-track careers have come to a close, Jodie has three of her own which she uses on a daily basis as pony horses in the mornings and for the races. It was while riding one of these retirees that Jodie suffered a serious injury while ponying on Century Mile's opening day in 2024. Her list of broken bones included an ankle, five ribs, and shoulder, which caused her to miss the remainder of the meet, although she continued to assist the Cone barn from home and occasionally visited the track. Despite the challenges of returning to physical work after several surgeries, Jodie’s resilience got her back to the track and on a pony in 2025. Refusing to miss more time, she did not have the plate and screws which had been inserted in her leg removed until that November, neither complaining nor letting them hinder her work ethic.

At the outset of the 2026 Alberta thoroughbred season, Jodie has added the position of HBPA of Alberta Backstretch Coordinator to her busy schedule.

“I am excited for the year, can’t wait.”

Congratulations, Jodie, on being named the inaugural winner of the Outstanding Western Canadian Backstretch Worker Award!

CONGRATULATING

Outstanding Western Canadian Backstretch Worker

Jodie Hiesinger

Corsia Veloce

Trainer: Josie Carroll

Owner: Glenn Sikura and Mario Serrani

Breeder: Hill ‘N’ Dale Farms & M. Serrani

2025: 3 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds – $522,360

Winner: Johnnie Walker Natalma S. (G1) Catch A Glimpse S. MSW

Piper’s Gift Dixie Law

B. F. 2, by Yorkton – Piper’s Legacy (Silent Name *JPN)

Trainer: Dale A. Desruisseaux

Owner: Hillsbrook Farms

Breeder: Garland E. Williamson

2025: 5 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds – $330,860

Winner: Mazarine S. Presented by Ketel One (G3) Cup and Saucer S. MSW

Trainer: Dale A. Desruisseaux

Owner: Chiefswood Stables Limited

Breeder: Chiefswood Stables Limited

2025: 5 Starts – 3 wins – 1 second – 0 thirds – $316,080

Winner: Glorious Song S. Princess Elizabeth S. MSW

Two Out Hero

Trainer: Riley Mott

Owner: David S. Romanik, Warren Cheekes, Deborah K. Dougherty, C2 Racing

Stable, LLC, BAG Racing Stable, LLC and Robert Liedel

Breeder: Green Lantern Stables, LLC

2025: 4 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $384,488

Winner: bet365 Summer S. (G1) MSW

Stakes Placings: 3rd bet365 Soaring Free S.

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Manfred and Penny Conrad

Breeder: Ballycroy Training Centre & Villa Rosa Farms

2025: 5 Starts – 2 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $228,360

Winner: Victoria S. MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd bet365 Algonquin S. 2nd bet365 Soaring Free S.

Trainer: Kevin Attard

Owner: Gold Square LLC

Breeder: Corser Thoroughbreds LLC

2025: 3 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $184,580

Winner: bet365 Soaring Free S. MSW

Stakes Placings: 3rd bet365 Summer S. (G1)

TRUE NORTH

Proud to celebrate Darley-sired horses on the Sovereign Awards shortlists...

Chi Chi Time

Trainer: Pat Jarvis

Owner: Wil – A – Way Farm, Gail C. Jewsbury and Pat Jarvis

Breeder: Gladys Dittloff & Karen Dittloff

2025: 4 Starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds – $88,000

Winner: BC Cup Hong Kong Jockey Club H. CTHS Sales S. River Rock Casino S. MOC

No Time

B./BR.

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Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber

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

2025: 7 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $387,460

Winner: Woodbine Oaks Presented by Stella Artois AOC

Stakes Placings: 3rd Ontario Damsel S.

Winterberry

B./BR.

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: D. J. Stable LLC

Breeder: Anderson Farms Ont. Inc.

2025: 5 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $293,000

Winner: Bison City S. Fury S. Presented by Stella Artois

Stakes Placings: 3rd Woodbine Oaks

Presented by Stella Artois

Horse Racing Alberta Congratulates

all of the 2025 Sovereign Awards finalists, including Avana, Big Hug, Take Charge Tom, and Outstanding Western Canadian Backstretch Worker Award winner, Jodie Hiesinger

Best of luck in 2026

Take Charge Tom Mansetti Borealis Trail

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Trainer: Rachel Halden

Owner: Chiefswood Stables Limited

Breeder: Chiefswood Stables Limited

2025: 6 Starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 1 third – $253,256

Winner: Ontario Derby (G3) MSW

Stakes Placings: 2nd Breeders’ S.

Trainer: Kevin Attard

Owner: Al and Bill Ulwelling

Breeder: Jungle Racing, LLC

2025: 8 Starts – 3 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $925,000

Winner: HPIbet Marine S. (G3) King’s Plate S. Woodstock S.

Stakes Placings: 2nd Ontario Derby (G3) 2nd Prince of Wales S.

Trainer: Robertino Diodoro

Owner: Randy Howg

Breeder: Randy Howg

2025: 8 Starts – 4 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $340,755

Winner: Canadian Derby (G3) Derby Trial S. Mine That Bird Derby Riley Allison Derby

Stakes Placings: 3rd Texas Derby

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ChiefswoodLimitedStables Anderson Farms Ont. Inc. Frank Di Giulio Jr.

2025, IN CANADA:

Starters: 19 | Winners: 7

73 Starts – 9 wins – 13 seconds – 10 thirds

Earnings: $984,844

Stakes wins: 3

A finalist in this category twice in the last five years, David Anderson’s Anderson Farms Ont. Inc. produces top-class racehorses in Canada and internationally, most of which are scooped up at the top yearling sales throughout North America.

In 2025, David bred more than a dozen stakes horses in Canada, including some in partnership. The star of the group was Winterberry, who is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Female for 2025. Winterberry, owned by D. J. Stable, LLC and trained by Mark Casse, won the Bison City Stakes, the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Tiara, and the Fury Stakes Presented by Stella Artois. She was also third in the prestigious Woodbine Oaks Presented by Stella Artois.

David is also the breeder of Elysian Field, the 2023 Sovereign Award Champion Three-year Old Female who returned in 2025 to win the Grade 3 Seaway Stakes. Another Anderson-bred of 2025 was the ultra-consistent Shifty, who was second in the Woodbine Oaks and Bison City Stakes and third in the Wonder Where Stakes.

In partnership with Peter A. Berglar Racing Interests, LLC David bred Wonder Where Stakes winner Aristella, and with 552727 Ontario Ltd, he bred classic-placed Faber.

2025, IN CANADA:

Starters: 32 | Winners: 15

114 Starts – 25 wins – 13 seconds – 14 thirds

Earnings: $2,127,858

Stakes wins: 5

Robert and Mark Krembil have been breeding top class racehorses at their Nobleton, Ontario farm for about 25 years, and a plethora of stakes winners have come from their breeding program. Finalists in this category in 2024, the Krembils, who also have a training centre in Loretto, raced seven stakes horses in 2025, six of them at Woodbine.

Three of their homebred stakes winners are up for Sovereign Awards this evening as well as their top producing mare, Aurora Lights. Simcoe is a finalist for Champion Male Sprinter following wins in the Grade 3 Vigil Stakes and Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes. His half-brother, Borealis Trail, winner of the Grade 3 Ontario Derby, is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male. Both geldings are out of the mare Aurora Lights, who is a finalist for Outstanding Broodmare, a lifetime achievement award.

Piper’s Gift, whose sire, Yorkton, and dam, Piper's Legacy, were both bred by Chiefswood, was one of the top two-year old fillies of last season, winning the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Stakes and Glorious Song Stakes. The farm was also represented by graded stakes-placed Western Whirl and Piper’s Factor and Ontario-bred Playmea Tune, who won the Forego Stakes at Turfway Park in Kentucky in the spring.

2025, IN CANADA:

Starters: 22 | Winners: 15

149 Starts – 32 wins – 29 seconds – 23 thirds

Earnings: $1,547,022

Stakes wins: 4

The Di Giulio name is synonymous with Canadian horse racing dating back to the early 1980s when Frank Sr. first began claiming and racing horses. Frank Jr. partnered with his father soon after and has carried on the stable, building it up to be one of the most successful racing and breeding programs of the new millennium.

The star of Frank’s barn in 2025 was the popular Patches O’Houlihan, the 2024 Horse of the Year and Champion Male Sprinter who won the Grade 2 bet365 Highlander Stakes and Thorncliffe Stakes early in the season. Produced from Frank’s bargain mare Maythefourthbwithu, a $5,000 yearling purchase, Patches O’Houlihan was by Reload.

Another fast member of the Frank Di Giulio stable in 2025 was Go Kart Mozart, a son of Souper Speedy from the mare Stormy Adieu. Go Kart Mozart won five of eight races including the Lake Huron Stakes and Lake Erie Stakes. He was also third in the Lake Superior Stakes, rendering him the champion of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series for colts and geldings.

Frank is also the breeder of Twin City, who raced for Brent, Russell, and Roy McLellan and Stuart Simon in 2025, finishing third in the Grade 2 bet365 King Edward Stakes.

Dixie Chicken Aurora Lights Gladiator Queen

Grey/roan mare, 2001

Great Gladiator – Ascot Sarah (Ascot Knight)

7 runners, 6 winners, 2 Graded Black-type Winners, 1 Black-type Placer

Progeny Earnings: $1,037,669

Two offspring of Aurora Lights join her as 2025 Sovereign Award finalists; Simcoe is a finalist for Champion Male Sprinter and Borealis Trail is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male. All three of them are owned by Robert and Mark Krembil’s Chiefswood Stables Limited, which has farms in Nobleton and Loretto, Ontario.

Simcoe, the fifth foal of Aurora Lights, won both the Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes and Grade 3 Vigil Stakes in 2025 and was second in the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes. The son of Uncle Mo has earnings of over $406,000. Borealis Trail, by Quality Road, debuted at three years old in 2025, winning the Grade 3 Ontario Derby and finishing second in the Breeders’ Stakes, the third jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown. Prior to 2025, Aurora Lights had Aurora Way, a 2014 gelding by Giant’s Causeway, who finished second in the 2017 Prince of Wales Stakes.

Chiefswood Stables signed the $800,000 ticket for Aurora Lights at the 2007 Keeneland September Yearling Sale and she subsequently won the Grade 3 and Selene Stakes and Grade 3 Sabin Stakes, earning over $277,000. She produced a colt by American Pharoah in 2025.

7 runners, 7 winners, 3 Black-type Winners, 1 Graded Black-type Placer, 2 Black-type Placers

Progeny Earnings: $2,009,587

Bred by Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry, Dixie Chicken was a good racehorse for the couple, but it is as a broodmare that she really shone. The stakes-placed earner of over $201,000 has produced seven foals to race, with all of them recording at least one career victory and six of them winning or placing in stakes races.

In 2025, Dixie chicken added two stakes horses to her resume: Tom's Magic and Wyoming Bill. Tom's Magic races for CJ Thoroughbreds and Mo Speed Racing and tallied the Breeders' Stakes, Tale of the Cat Stakes, and Black Gold Stakes to go along with second-place finishes in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby and King's Plate Stakes. Wyoming Bill ran second in the Grade 2 bet365 King Edward Stakes.

Dixie Chicken’s second foal was Dixie Moon, who won the 2018 Woodbine Oaks presented by Budweiser and earned over $632,000 for the Fitzhenrys, while her first foal, Guy Caballaro, won the Plate Trial Stakes.

The mare was sold to John Ropes for $77,000 in 2023 while carrying a foal by Charlatan. Now named Happy Marsden, Catherine Day Phillips purchased the colt as agent for Sean Fitzhenry for $240,000 from the 2025 Keeneland Association September Yearling Sale. The mare also has a yearling colt by Omaha Beach.

6 runners, 6 winners, 1 Champion, 1 Graded Black-type Winner, 1 Black-type Placer

Progeny Earnings: $2,396,165

Gladiator Queen has the distinction of being the dam of one of the greatest Canadian-bred sprinters of all time, Pink Lloyd. The grey mare, who has been a resident at John Carey’s T. C. Westmeath Stud in Shelburne, Ontario for 20 years, became eligible for this lifetime achievement award when her threeyear old of 2025, Regal Guest, placed third in the Queenston Stakes at Woodbine.

Bred by David Sorokolit, Gladiator Queen won two of 17 races and was third in the La Prevoyante Stakes in 2004. Coincidentally, she was ridden in many of her races by Eurico Rosa da Silva, who was the regular rider of Pink Lloyd.

Carey bought Gladiator Queen once she was retired from racing and, in 2011, bred her to his own stallion, Old Forester. The resulting foal was the remarkable Pink Lloyd, who won eight Sovereign Awards, including five consecutive Champion Male Sprinter titles and the 2017 Horse of the Year honour. Pink Lloyd won 29 of 38 career races and earned over $1.8 million.

Thanks to Pink Lloyd, Carey sold some pricey youngsters from Gladiator Queen including Regal Guest, a full brother to Pink Lloyd, who was purchased by Nancy Guest for $150,000 in 2023. Each of Gladiator Queen’s six runners have been winners.

Celebrating Every Moment

Every stride. Every win. Every milestone matters. Keeneland is proud to celebrate its sales graduates recognized as finalists for the 51st Sovereign Awards, honoring the dedication, talent and moments that carry horses from the sales ring to racing’s highest honors.

Champion Older Main Track Male

Dresden Row

Champion Older Main Track Female

Avana

Caitlinhergrtness

Champion Two-Year Old Male

Casson

Two Out Hero

Champion Two-Year Old Female

Corsia Veloce

Champion Three-Year Old Male

Mansetti

Champion Three-Year Old Female

Winterberry

Champion Male Turf Horse

Gas Me Up

Champion Female Turf Horse

Corsia Veloce

Champion Male Sprinter

Gas Me Up

Champion Female Sprinter

Gal in a Rush

Ms. Tart

Outstanding Broodmare

Aurora Lights

Dixie Chicken

Gal in a Rush

Trainer: Miguel Clement

Owner: West Point Thoroughbreds, Chris Larsen, and Titletown Racing Stables

Breeder: Tom & Mary Lou Teal & Adena Springs

2025: 6 Starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 1 third – $260,500

Winner: Presque Isle Downs Masters S. (G2)

Stakes Placings: 2nd Ontario Fashion S.

Presented by Tanqueray (G3) 2nd Whimsical S.

Presented by Crown Royal (G3)

3rd Satin and Lace S.

Little Teddy

Ms. Tart

Trainer: Santino C. Di Paola

Owner: York Tech Racing Stable

Breeder: Susan Rasmussen & H. Lothian

2025: 6 Starts – 4 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $299,320

Winner: Eternal Search S. Zadracarta S. AOC

AOC

Stakes Placings: 2nd Algoma S. 2nd Ballade S.

Trainer: John Ennis

Owner: Judy Pryor and Mullholland Springs

Breeder: Sovereign Farm, LLC

2025: 12 Starts – 5 wins – 0 seconds – 2 thirds – $297,876

Winner: HPIbet Royal North S. (G3) Satin and Lace S.

AOC

AOC

CLM

Stakes Placings: 3rd Whimsical S.

Presented by Crown Royal (G3)

3rd Holiday Inaugural S.

Presented by Claiborne Farm

Speightstown - Sunday Affair, by A.P. Indy

Graded Stakes Winning Son of Leading Sire and Sire of Sires, PIONEEROF THE NILE (sire of American Triple Crown Champion AMERICAN PHAROAH, sire of 51 Black Type Winners, 56 Black Type Placed, plus top sires CAIRO PRINCE, CLASSIC EMPIRE, THOUSAND WORDS, etc.) $3,500 STUD FEE

the Nile - Sunday Affair, by A.P. Indy

WEYBURN

$5,000 STUD FEE Standing at Adena Spring North, contact Tony Gattellaro: 647-871-4393, tgattellaro@adenastallions.com

Also, the third-leading active sire of 2 year-olds. From 2 crop of racing age, sire of 14 winners from 32 starters, 57 foals of racing age. A Graded Stakes Winning son of influential sire and sire of sires SPEIGHTSTOWN and a multiple graded winner of $546,000+

Champion Male Sprinter

Gas Me Up

Simcoe My Boy Prince

Trainer: Peter Eurton

Owner: Exline-Border Racing LLC, Michael Jawl, Aaron Kennedy and Tom Zwiesler

Breeder: Sam-Son Farm

2025: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $463,988

Winner: bet365 King Edward S. (G2) Joe Hernandez S. (G2) AOC

Stakes Placings: 3rd Rogers Woodbine Mile S. (G1)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber

Breeder: Murray Graham Smith

2025: 6 Starts – 1 win – 3 seconds – 0 thirds – $516,000

Winner: Elusive Quality S.

Stakes Placings: 2nd Jaipur S. (G1) 2nd Rogers Woodbine Mile S. (G1) 2nd bet365 Highlander S. (G2)

Trainer: Katerina Vassilieva

Owner: Chiefswood Stables Limited

Breeder: Chiefswood Stables Limited

2025: 7 Starts – 5 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $373,559

Winner: Bold Venture S. (G3) Branded Cities Vigil S. (G3) AOC AOC AOC

Stakes Placings: 2nd Jacques Cartier S. (G3)

UNCLE MO

MSW, Saratoga, 28 Aug

Won by 14 lengths

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Won by 4¼ lengths

2010 Eclipse Champion 2YO

2015 Champion Freshman Sire

2015 Champion 2YO Sire

FIERCENESS

MSW, Saratoga, 25 Aug

Won by 11¼ lengths

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Won by 6½ lengths

2023 Eclipse Champion 2YO

Watch this space!

Fee: $50,000

Xarel Forde Austin Adams Pietro Moran Outstanding

2025, IN CANADA:

434 Starts – 41 wins – 63 seconds – 58 thirds

Earnings: $1,704,468

Stakes wins: 4

In his second full season of riding, Austin Adams recorded career bests across the board, and won his first stakes race. Born in Waterdown, Ontario, Austin played hockey at a high level in school and also balanced an interest in horses and racing as his father, Andre, exercised horses at Woodbine. When Austin was 17, he signed up for the North American Racing Academy (N.A.R.A) in Lexington, Kentucky, igniting his passion to be a jockey.

Austin rode his first handful of races in 2023 and quickly served notice of his ability when topping $1 million in purse earnings in 2024.

His first stakes victory came in September 2025, when he rode his favourite filly, fellow Sovereign Award finalist Little Teddy, to victory in the Zadracarta Stakes following two consecutive stakes placings on the grey Ontario-bred. The pair combined to win the Eternal Search Stakes soon after. The young rider added two more stakes wins before the Woodbine season ended, finding the winner's circle with Catherine Day Phillips trainees Rapid Test and Kekoa.

Austin’s 41 victories at Woodbine put him in ninth-place in the competitive jockey colony.

2025, IN CANADA:

405 Starts – 53 wins – 35 seconds – 52 thirds

Earnings: $1,348,520 Stakes wins: 1

Barbados-born Xarel Forde got off to a fast start in his Canadian career as his first career mount was moved up from second to first through disqualification. That set the tone for the 21-year-old to embark on a promising campaign that saw him capture 42 races at Woodbine.

Before coming to Canada, Xarel rode at the Garrison Savannah in his homeland, the same track that has borne dozens of horsepeople who have made the successful transition to Canada, including jockey Patrick Husbands. This helped Xarel build a solid foundation and gain invaluable experience.

On several occasions, he had multiple-win days, including three at Woodbine on June 20, before he even rode his thirtieth mount. In August, Xarel guided veteran gelding Artemus Citylimits to an upset win in the Vice Regent Stakes on the grass, his first added-money victory. That win came for trainer Martin Drexler, a finalist for Outstanding Trainer this evening.

Xarel also had success when he visited Fort Erie Race Track in 2025, winning 11 races from his 20 starts there.

2025, IN CANADA:

835 Starts – 139 wins – 115 seconds – 136 thirds

Earnings: $5,991,845

Stakes wins: 6

In his second full season as an apprentice, Pietro Moran finished a clear second in the Woodbine rider standings, and his 139 victories were easily the best among Canadian apprentice riders. Incredibly, this was after eight months of rehabilitation following an injury to his back in a spill at Fort Erie in September 2024.

One of nine children to jockeys David and Maria Moran, Pietro had his first full season in 2024 when he was a finalist for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. He essentially doubled his wins and purses from 2024 to 2025 and, most notably, won Canada’s most famous horse race, the $1 million King’s Plate, aboard Al and Bill Ulwelling’s Mansetti.

Pietro and Mansetti, who is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male this evening, won two other stakes races together in 2025, including the Grade 3 Marine Stakes. The young jockey also won the Grade 3 Seaway Stakes aboard Elysian Field, the Ashbridges Bay Stakes on Ella It Is, and the Georgian Bay Stakes on Rhaenyra.

Pietro was voted the 2025 Eclipse Award-winning Outstanding Apprentice Jockey this January in Miami, becoming only the fifth Canadian jockey to win that prestigious prize.

Real People. Real Lives. Real Impact.

PDJF provides financial assistance to jockeys who suffered catastrophic injuries while on the track resulting in permanent disabilities.

To date, PDJF has dispersed over $15 million directly to fallen riders.

Triple Crown Jockeys (l to r) Victor Espinoza-American Pharoah, Jean Cruguet-Seattle Slew, Steve Cauthen-Affirmed, and Ron Turcotte-Secretariat (seated)

2025, IN CANADA:

437 Starts – 90 wins – 89 seconds – 64 thirds

Earnings: $4,138,662

Stakes wins: 7

Rafael Manuel Hernandez Sahin Civaci Pietro Moran Outstanding

Canada’s reigning Outstanding Jockey, Sahin Civaci had another stellar campaign in 2025, winning 89 races through to October 13 before moving his tack to New York. He returned to win the Grade 3 bet365 Grey Stakes aboard the impressive two-year old The Big Con (GB) in early November, his 90 total wins good for fourth-place in the Woodbine rider standings.

Sahin’s keen ability to judge pace and find the best trip for his mounts was often on display in some of the biggest races of the Woodbine meeting, and he was a popular choice to put aboard out-of-town horses in stakes races. One of his biggest days was on October 4 when he guided Breath Away (GB) to a thrilling win in the Grade 2 Dance Smartly Stakes. Later that same afternoon, he rode millionaire Tawny Port to a second-place finish, by just a nose, in the Grade 1 Canadian International. He rode both horses for trainer Miguel Clement.

Additional highlights for Sahin included guiding 17-to-1 shot Cool Kiss to an upset win in the Grade 3 Durham Cup and the fast American filly Cy Fair, who went from her Algonquin Stakes win at Woodbine to a Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint victory at Del Mar in November. Other stakes winners for Sahin in 2025 were Literate and Friendly Ghost, and he compiled a 21 percent win rate.

2025, IN CANADA:

632 Starts – 148 wins – 101 seconds – 69 thirds

Earnings: $6,484,294

Stakes wins: 23

The talented and consistent Rafael Hernandez rode hard to the wire to win the Woodbine jockey title by just nine victories. Rafael, in his tenth full season riding at Woodbine, won 148 races at the meeting and his purse earnings marked a personal best. His most impressive accomplishment of the 2025 campaign was the 23 stakes races he won, easily the highest among the Woodbine jockey colony. His win-rate was an impressive 23 percent.

Rafael, who was voted the 2020 Sovereign Award Outstanding Jockey, rode many of the biggest equine stars of 2025. He was the regular partner of Dixie Law, who won the Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes and the Cup & Saucer Stakes against the boys and is a finalist for Champion Two-year Old Female this evening. He was also on board Aristella when she won the third jewel of the Triple Tiara, the Wonder Where Stakes. Another big win for Rafael in 2025 was his shrewd ride on Tom’s Magic to capture the $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes by a head over rival Borealis Trail.

Some of Rafael’s other regular mounts in 2025 were Simcoe, who is a finalist for Champion Male Sprinter, Caitlinhergrtness, a finalist for Champion Older Main Track Female and Grade 3 winner Sultana. Rafael was also a go-to rider for out-of-town trainers, tallying graded stakes victories on Haunted Dream (IRE), Les Reys (FR), and Oujda (FR).

2025, IN CANADA:

835 Starts – 139 wins – 115 seconds – 136 thirds

Earnings: $5,991,845

Stakes wins: 6

Apprentice jockey Pietro Moran not only dominated his own category in 2025 but he came within just nine victories of taking the overall Woodbine riding title. Pietro, the son of jockeys David and Maria, is a natural in the saddle and, following an impressive first year as an apprentice in 2024, was in high demand throughout the 2025 season. Juggling school, in which he has been studying kinesiology, and his racing career, Pietro was the busiest jockey in Canada, riding in over 800 races.

The Irish-born rider also won the biggest race in Canada in just his second full year as a jockey, the King’s Plate, taking Al and Bill Ulwelling’s Mansetti virtually gate to wire. Pietro and the Kevin Attard-trained Mansetti won two other stakes races together in 2025, including the Grade 3 Marine Stakes.

Pietro was just the third apprentice rider to win the Plate, following in the footsteps of Sandy Hawley in 1970 and Emma-Jayne Wilson in 2007. In January 2026, Pietro received the Eclipse Award as North America’s Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, becoming only the fifth rider to accomplish the feat following a season based in Canada.

Corsia Veloce

Trainer: Josie Carroll

Owner: Glenn Sikura and Mario Serrani

Breeder: Hill ‘N’ Dale Farms & M. Serrani

2025: 3 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds – $522,360

Winner: Johnnie Walker Natalma S. (G1) Catch A Glimpse S. MSW

Little Teddy

Ready for Shirl

B. F. 4, by More Than Ready – Perfect Shirl (Perfect Soul *IRE)

Trainer: Santino C. Di Paola

Owner: York Tech Racing Stable

Breeder: Susan Rasmussen & H. Lothian

2025: 6 Starts – 4 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $299,320

Winner: Eternal Search S. Zadracarta S. AOC AOC

Stakes Placings: 2nd Algoma S. 2nd Ballade S.

Trainer: Roger L. Attfield

Owner: Charles E. Fipke

Breeder: Charles Fipke

2025: 8 Starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 3 thirds – $324,800

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

Stakes Placings: 2nd Nassau S. (G2)

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

3rd bet365 Dance Smartly S. (G2)

3rd Belle Mahone S. (G3)

Gas Me Up

My Boy Prince

Trainer: Riley Mott

Owner: David S. Romanik, Warren Cheekes, Deborah K. Dougherty, C2 Racing

Stable, LLC, BAG Racing Stable, LLC and Robert Liedel

Breeder: Green Lantern Stables, LLC

2025: 4 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $384,488

Winner: bet365 Summer S. (G1) MSW

Stakes Placings: 3rd bet365 Soaring Free S.

Trainer: Peter Eurton

Owner: Exline-Border Racing LLC, Michael Jawl, Aaron Kennedy and Tom Zwiesler

Breeder: Sam-Son Farm

2025: 6 Starts – 3 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $463,988

Winner: bet365 King Edward S. (G2) Joe Hernandez S. (G2) AOC

Stakes Placings: 3rd Rogers Woodbine Mile S. (G1)

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber

Breeder: Murray Graham Smith

2025: 6 Starts – 1 win – 3 seconds – 0 thirds – $516,000

Winner: Elusive Quality S.

Stakes Placings: 2nd Jaipur S. (G1) 2nd Rogers Woodbine Mile S. (G1) 2nd bet365 Highlander S. (G2)

Outstanding Trainer

Mark E. Casse Kevin Attard Martin Drexler

2025, IN CANADA:

422 Starts – 65 wins – 70 seconds – 58 thirds

Earnings: $4,386,423

Stakes wins: 10

Kevin won his first Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer for a strong 2024 campaign that saw him saddle his first ever Breeders' Cup winner, Moira. Kevin snapped a remarkable reign by dual Hall of Famer, Mark Casse, winning the award by one voting point.

In 2025, Kevin won his second consecutive King’s Plate and his third in the past four years with Mansetti. Mansetti was also victorious in the Woodstock Stakes and Grade 3 HPIbet Marine Stakes in 2025 and is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male this evening.

Several more of Kevin’s pupils are finalists for Sovereign Awards this evening, including Champion Male Turf Horse and Champion Male Sprinter finalist Gas Me Up, who won the Grade 2 bet365 King Edward Stakes and finished third in the Grade 1 Rogers Woodbine Mile before concluding his campaign at Santa Anita with trainer Peter Eurton. Caitlinhergrtness, who won the 2024 King's Plate, is a finalist for Champion Older Main Track Female after wins in the Grade 3 Ontario Matron Stakes and My Charmer Stakes Presented by Claiborne Farm. One of Kevin's juvenile stars of 2025 was bet365 Soaring Free Stakes winner, Two Out Hero, who also finished third in the Grade 1 bet365 Summer Stakes and is a finalist for Champion Two-year Old Male.

Kevin also won graded stakes races with Sultana and Hammerhead.

2025, IN CANADA:

495 Starts – 97 wins – 85 seconds – 70 thirds Earnings: $5,734,337 Stakes wins: 12

A member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Mark Casse won his sixth consecutive Woodbine training title by wins in 2025. It was his sixteenth time as leading trainer by wins, and he has won this award a record 16 times. A highlight for Mark in 2025 was winning his 4,000th career race, which came at Colonial Downs. He is just the fourteenth trainer in history to reach that plateau.

Mark sent out Gary Barber’s No Time to win the prestigious Woodbine Oaks Presented by Stella Artois, his fifth Oaks victory and second in the past three years. No Time is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Female as is her stablemate, Winterberry, who stretched out her speed to win the Bison City Stakes after finishing third in the Oaks.

Other horses from the Casse stable who are on the list of Sovereign Award finalists this evening include the hardknocking Ontario-bred turf sprinter My Boy Prince, who was second in the Grade 1 Rogers Woodbine Mile, Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes, and Grade 2 bet365 Highlander Stakes. Older male Swift Delivery, who won the Grade 3 Seagram Cup Stakes, and the two-year old colt Casson, are also finalists .

Mark also won graded stakes at Woodbine with the mares Elysian Field and Creed’s Gold and conditioned 2024 Sovereign Award Champion Two-year Old Female, Nitrogen, to 2025 Eclipse Award Champion Three Year Old Filly honours.

2025, IN CANADA:

412 Starts – 81 wins – 57 seconds – 62 thirds

Earnings: $2,928,905 Stakes wins: 6

This is the second time Martin Drexler has been a Sovereign Award finalist. He began training in the early 2000s at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg before coming to Ontario in 2006. In 2017, his stable eclipsed the $1,000,000 earnings mark for the first time, and, since then, his runners have steadily amassed more wins and higher purse earnings almost every year. Martin finished second in the trainer standings at Woodbine in 2025, the third consecutive year he has been runner-up behind Mark Casse. It was also the third straight year that the Drexler barn won 100 races or more in North America.

In his 20th year training at Woodbine, Martin's six stakes wins came with six different horses owned by five different ownership groups, and five of those came in graded stakes events. One of the stars of his stable was Cool Kiss, who won the Grade 3 Durham Cup Stakes for Stephen Chesney and Cory Hoffman, who had claimed the Ontario-bred on Hallowe'en night the previous fall. Classic Mo Town and Old Chestnut both won graded stakes races for Martin and owner Bruno Schickedanz on May 31, the Grade 2 bet365 Eclipse Stakes and Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes, respectively, while Literate won the Grade 3 Trillium Stakes Presented by Don Julio for American owners C2 Racing Stable, LLC just under two months later. Martin’s other stakes winners of 2025 were Ontariobreds Hurricane Clair and Artemus Citylimits.

The HBP A of Ontari o ’ s Board of Dir ectors a nd Staff extend th eir con gratulati ons to the 20 25 Sover eign Award nominee We wish you the ver y best of luck this ev ening a nd continued success th roughout the upcoming ra cing season

Avana

Trainer: Barbara Heads

Owner: Peter Redekop B. C. Ltd.

Breeder: Bryan Anderson & Carol Anderson

2025: 7 Starts – 5 wins – 2 seconds – 0 thirds – $157,600

Winner: BC Cup Distaff H. Delta Colleen H. Monashee H. Northlands Distaff H. ALW

Stakes Placings: 2nd Emerald Downs S. 2nd Harbourview S.

Big Hug

Trainer: Rick Hedge

Owner: Empire Equestrian and Karredge Farm

Breeder: Chalet Stable

2025: 10 Starts – 4 wins – 1 second – 2 thirds – $170,000

Winner: Alberta Fall Classic Distaff Handicap Lynn Chouinard Founders Distaff H.

R. A. Red McKenzie H.

R. K. Red Smith H.

Stakes Placings: 2nd Northlands Distaff H.

3rd La Canada S. (G3)

3rd Wilshire S. (G3)

Caitlinhergrtness

Trainer: Kevin Attard

Owner: WinStar Farm LLC

Breeder: Jesse Korona

2025: 8 Starts – 3 wins – 3 seconds – 0 thirds – $476,380

Winner: Belle Mahone S. (G3) Ontario Matron S. (G3) My Charmer S. Presented by Claiborne Farm

Stakes Placings:

2nd bet365 Dance Smartly S. (G2)

2nd Bessarabian S. (G3)

2nd Trillium S. Presented by Don Julio (G3)

Ready for Shirl

B. F. 4, by More Than Ready – Perfect Shirl (Perfect

Trainer: Roger L. Attfield

Owner: Charles E. Fipke

Breeder: Charles Fipke

2025: 8 Starts – 2 wins – 1 second – 3 thirds – $324,800

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

Stakes Placings:

2nd Nassau S. (G2)

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

3rd bet365 Dance Smartly S. (G2)

3rd Belle Mahone S. (G3)

Congradulations

to all the 2025 Sovereign Award finalists this evening.

Best wishes go to our sales graduates and to all the connections of finalists

CAITLINHERGRTNESS and LITTLE TEDDY, both sold by the Cara Bloodstock agency.

Bernard and Karen McCormack

Dresden Row

Champion

Trainer: Lorne Richards

Owner: True North Stable and Bloom Racing

Stable (Jeffrey Bloom)

Breeder: TCR Ranch

2025: 5 Starts – 1 win – 2 seconds – 2 thirds – $186,855

Winner: HPIbet Autumn S. (G3)

Stakes Placings:

2nd Durham Cup S. (G3)

2nd Seagram Cup S. (G3)

3rd bet365 Highlander S. (G2)

Judo

Swift Delivery

Trainer: Steve Keplin, Jr.

Owner: James Parisien

Breeder: Gary & Mary West Stables Inc.

2025: 12 Starts – 6 wins – 1 second – 2 thirds – $127,155

Winner: Free Press S. Harvey Warner Manitoba Mile S R. J. Speers Memorial S. ALW AOC SOC

Stakes Placings: 2nd Already Dia Overnight S.

Trainer: Mark E. Casse

Owner: Gary Barber, Team Valor International, LLC, Travis Kelce, Bruce Zoldan and Steven Rocco

Breeder: Hunt-Steeple Hill

2025: 7 Starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third – $179,977

Winner: Seagram Cup S. (G3) AOC

2025, IN CANADA:

Bruno Schickedanz ChiefswoodLimitedStables Al and Bill Ulwelling Outstanding Owner

120 Starts – 27 wins – 13 seconds – 17 thirds

Earnings: $2,279,748

Stakes wins: 5

Three horses owned and bred by Robert and Mark Krembil's Chiefswood Stables Limited are finalists for Sovereign Awards for racing brilliance in 2025 – Borealis Trail, Piper's Gift, and Simcoe. The farm is also represented in the Outstanding Broodmare category by their mare Aurora Lights, the dam of both Borealis Trail and Simcoe.

Previously a two-time winner for Outstanding Owner at the Sovereign Awards, Chiefswood Stables Limited won with 23 percent of its starters in Canada in 2025 , their 27 winners from 120 runners almost doubling the farm’s victories from a year ago. The stable, which is managed by former jockey Robert Landry, was second by purse earnings in the Woodbine standings last season.

The stars for Chiefswood in 2025 include crack sprinter Simcoe, who won the Grade 3 Vigil Stakes and the Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes. Trained by Katerina Vassilieva, he is a finalist for Champion Male Sprinter this evening. The Krembil’s three-year old gelding, Borealis Trail, won the Grade 3 Ontario Derby and finished a close second in the Breeders’ Stakes. The Rachel Halden trainee is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male. Piper’s Gift, a finalist for Champion Two-year Old Female, won the prestigious Princess Elizabeth Stakes as well as the Glorious Song Stakes under the tutelage of trainer Dale Desruisseaux. Other key performers for them in 2025 included graded stakes-placed Western Whirl and Piper’s Factor, and stakes-placed Roscar.

520 Starts – 94 wins – 66 seconds – 66 thirds

Earnings: $2,993,568 Stakes wins: 2

For the 11th consecutive year, Bruno Schickedanz led all owners at Woodbine by wins and his horses won the most purse money for the third straight year. Predominantly operating a claiming stable, Bruno started almost four times as many horses as any other owner in Canada last year, and won 94 races between Woodbine and Fort Erie.

Bruno won his first Sovereign Award for Outstanding Owner in 2022 and he has been a finalist each year since then. A land developer and homebuilder, he has a deep passion for horse racing and provides many opportunities for a variety of trainers to join his team.

There were many good horses for Bruno in 2025, but his most memorable day was likely May 31, when his horses won two graded stakes races: Old Chestnut, an eight-year old son of Speightstown, won the Grade 3 Jacques Cartier Stakes that afternoon for trainer Martin Drexler, who is a finalist for Outstanding Trainer this evening. Later on the card, Drexler also sent out Classic Mo Town, claimed for $25,000 at Gulfstream in 2024, to win the Grade 2 bet365 Eclipse Stakes in the Schickedanz colours. Bruno’s Hunt Master was another stakes-calibre runner for the owner last year, finishing second in the Overskate Stakes. Among the multiple winners for Bruno last season were Tabloid Material, who notched four wins, and Purr Factor, who had two wins; both horses were trained by Devon Gittens.

2025, IN CANADA:

82 Starts – 19 wins – 12 seconds – 15 thirds

Earnings: $2,168,521

Stakes wins: 4

This is the second Outstanding Owner nomination for the father and son team of Al and Bill Ulwelling, who hail from Minnesota and fell in love with Canadian racing about a decade ago. Today, the Ulwellings foal their mares in Ontario at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms and race their horses in the care of 2024 Sovereign Award Outstanding Trainer, Kevin Attard.

The 2025 season was easily the biggest for the Ulwellings since their early days of racing horses at Canterbury Downs in their home state. Mansetti, a son of Collected who they purchased for just $40,000US from the 2024 Ocala Breeders' Sale Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training , won Canada’s most prestigious race, the $1 million King’s Plate, for the Ulwellings. Ridden by apprentice Pietro Moran and beautifully developed by Attard, Mansetti also won the Woodstock Stakes and Grade 3 HPIbet Marine Stakes leading up to his Plate score. He just missed in the second jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown, getting caught mere strides before the wire in the Prince of Wales Stakes, while another Ulwelling runner, Faber, finished behind him in third. Mansetti is a finalist for Champion Three-year Old Male tonight.

The Ulwellings also had stakes success with two offspring of their mare Starmaline in 2025: Rhaenyra won the Georgian Bay Stakes and her older half-brother, Jokestar, was graded stakes-placed twice.

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PAST Winners

SPECIAL SOVEREIGN

1978: Jean Romanet

1979: Honourable Frank Drea

1983: John Finney

1983: Sunny’s Halo

1988: Richard Duchossois

1991: Rothmans Ltd.

1992: Milt Dunnell

1998: Awesome Again

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

2002: Roland Roberts

2007: Louis Romanet

2011: Sue Leslie

2017: Sam Lima

2019: Harvey Warner

2020: Sam-Son Farm

2023: Red McKenzie

2024: Emma-Jayne Wilson

2024: Moira

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

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

2024: Roger Attfield

1958: Nearctic Windfields Farm

1959: Wonder Where 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

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

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

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

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

Two Bit Racing Stable

2006: Arravale

Robert Costigan

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

2015: Catch a Glimpse

Gary Barber, Michael Ambler & Windways Farm

2016: Caren Robert Marzilli

2017: Pink Lloyd Entourage Stable

2018: Wonder Gadot

Gary Barber

2019: Starship Jubilee

Blue Heaven Farm

2020: Mighty Heart

Lawrence Cordes

2021: Mighty Heart

Lawrence Cordes

2022: Moira Madaket Stables LLC, SF Racing LLC and X-Men Racing

2023: Fev Rover (IRE) Tracy Farmer

2024: Patches O'Houlihan Frank Di Giulio Jr.

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

2023: My Boy Prince

2024: He's Not Joking

CHAMPION THREE-YEAR OLD FEMALE

1975: Momigi

1976: Bye Bye Paris

1977: Northernette

1978: La Voyageuse

1979: Kamar

1980: Par Excellence

1981: Rainbow Connection

1982: Avowal

1983: Northern Blossom

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

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

1984: Classy ‘N Smart

1985: La Lorgnette

1986: Carotene

1987: One From Heaven

1988: Tilt My Halo

1989: Blushing Katy

1990: Lubicon

1991: Dance Smartly

1992: Hope For A Breeze

2000: Poetically

2001: Ginger Gold

2002: Brusque

2003: My Vintage Port

2004: Simply Lovely

2005: Knights Templar

2006: Catch the Thrill

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

2023: Witwatersrand

2024: Nitrogen

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

1991: Bolulight

1992: Benburb

1993: Peteski

1994: Bruce’s Mill

1995: Peaks And Valleys

1996: Victor Cooley

1997: Cryptocloser

1998: Archers Bay

1999: Woodcarver

1993: Deputy Jane West

1994: Alywow

1995: Scotzanna

1996: Silent Fleet

1997: Cotton Carnival

1998: Kiry’s Song

1999: Gandria

2000: Catch The Ring

2001: Dancethruthedawn

2002: Lady Shari

2003: Too Late Now

2004: Eye of the Sphynx

2005: Gold Strike

2006: Kimchi

2007: Sealy Hill

2008: Ginger Brew

2009: Milwaukee Appeal

2010: Biofuel

2000: Kiss A Native

2001: Win City

2002: Le Cinquieme Essai

2003: Wando

2004: A Bit O’Gold

2005: Palladio

2006: Shillelagh Slew

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: Sky Promise

2019: Global Access

2020: Mighty Heart

2021: Frosted Over

2022: Sir For Sure

2023: Paramount Prince

2024: Dresden Row

2011: Inglorious

2012: Irish Mission

2013: Leigh Court

2014: Lexie Lou

2015: Academic

2016: Caren

2017: Holy Helena

2018: Wonder Gadot

2019: Desert Ride

2020: Curlin’s Voyage

2021: Munnyfor Ro

2022: Moira

2023: Elysian Field

2024: Caitlinhergrtness

PAST Winners

THE JOCKEY CLUB OF CANADA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

2016: Tyler Hehn

2017: Tyson Lautenschlager

2018: Bobby Mihalik

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

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

2023: Tyson

2024: Paramount Prince

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

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: 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

2023: Millie Girl

2024: Fashionably Fab

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

1993: Apelia

1994: King Ruckus

1995: Scotzanna

1996: Langfuhr

1997: Glanmire

1998: Deputy Inxs

1999: Deputy Inxs

2000: One Way Love

2001: Mr. Epperson

2002: Wake At Noon

2003: Soaring Free

2004: Blonde Executive

2005: Judiths Wild Rush

2006: Judiths Wild Rush

2007: Financingavailable

2008: Fatal Bullet

CHAMPION MALE SPRINTER

2009: Field Commission

2010: Hollywood Hit

2011: Essence Hit Man

2012: Essence Hit Man

2013: Phil’s Dream

2014: Calgary Cat

2015: Stacked Deck

2016: Noholdingback Bear

2017: Pink Lloyd

2018: Pink Lloyd

2019: Pink Lloyd

2020: Pink Lloyd

2021: Pink Lloyd

2022: Filo Di Arianna (BRZ)

2023: Patches O’Houlihan

2024: Patches O’Houlihan

CHAMPION

FEMALE SPRINTER

2009: Tribal Belle

2010: Indian Apple Is

2011: Atlantic Hurricane

2012: Roxy Gap

2013: Youcan’tcatchme

2014: Hillaby

2015: Miss Mischief

2016: River Maid

2017: Ami’s Mesa

2018: Moonlit Promise

2019: Summer Sunday

2020: Artie’s Princess

2021: Amalfi Coast

2022: Hazelbrook

2023: Loyalty

2024: Play the Music

TOP GRASS HORSE

1975: Victorian Queen

1976: Victorian Queen

1977: Momigi

1978: Overskate

1979: Overskate

1980: Overskate

1981: Ben Fab

1982: Frost King

1983: Kingsbridge

1984: Bounding Away

1985: Imperial Choice

1986: Carotene

1987: Carotene

1988: Carotene

1989: Charlie Barley

1990: Izvestia

1991: Sky Classic

1992: Rainbows For Life

1993: Hero’s Love

1994: Alywow

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

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)

2023: Lucky Score

2024: Filo di Arianna (BRZ)

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: Catch a Glimpse

2016: Lexie Lou

2017: Starship Jubilee

2018: Starship Jubilee

2019: Starship Jubilee

2020: Theodora B.

2021: Jolie Olimpica

2022: Lady Speightspeare

2023: Fev Rover (IRE)

2024: Full Count Felicia

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

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

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

2023: Mendocino Beano

2024: Platinum Steel

PAST Winners

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: Ernest L. Samuel

1985: Ernest L. Samuel

1986: Kinghaven Farms

1987: Kinghaven Farms

1988: Ernest L. Samuel

1989: Kinghaven Farms

1990: Kinghaven Farms

1991: Ernest L. Samuel

1992: Knob Hill Stable

1993: Frank Stronach

1994: Frank Stronach

1995: Frank Stronach

1996: Minshall Farms

1997: Frank Stronach

1998: Frank Stronach

1999: Frank Stronach

2000: Sam-Son Farm

2001: Sam-Son Farm

2002: Stronach Stable

2003: Stronach Stable

2004: Sam-Son Farm

2005: Stronach Stable

2006: Sam-Son Farm

2007: Melnyk Racing Stables

2008: Bear Stables

2009: Melnyk Racing Stables

2010: Sam-Son Farm

2011: TIE

Donver Stable

Glen 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

2020: Live Oak Plantation

2021: Live Oak Plantation

2022: Bruno Schickendanz

2023: Gary Barber

2024: Gary Barber

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

2003: Sam-Son Farm

2004: Sam-Son Farm

2005: Adena Springs

2006: Adena Springs

2007: Adena Springs

2008: Adena Springs

2009: Eugene Melnyk

2010: Adena Springs

2011: Gardiner Farms Ltd.

2012: William D Graham

2013: Sam-Son Farm

2014: Sam-Son Farm

2015: Adena Springs

2016: Adena Springs

2017: Adena Springs

2018: Tall Oaks Farm

2019: Sam-Son Farm

2020: Live Oak Plantation

2021: Sam-Son Farm

2022: Adena Springs

2023: Adena Springs

2024: 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

2007: Mark Casse

2008: Mark Casse

2009: Roger Attfield

2010: Roger Attfield

2011: Mark Casse

2012: Mark Casse

2013: Mark Casse

2014: Mark Casse

2015: Mark Casse

2016: Mark Casse

2017: Mark Casse

2018: Mark Casse

2019: Mark Casse

2020: Mark Casse

2021: Mark Casse

2022: Mark Casse

2023: Mark Casse

2024: Kevin Attard

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 Duffy

1983: Larry Attard

1984: Chris Loseth

1985: Don Seymour

1986: Larry Attard

1987: Don Seymour

1988: Sandy Hawley

1989: Don Seymour

1990: Don Seymour

1991: Mickey Walls

1992: Todd Kabel

1993: Robert Landry

1994: Robert Landry

1995: Todd Kabel

1996: Emile Ramsammy

1997: Emile Ramsammy

1998: David Clark

1999: Patrick Husbands

2000: Patrick Husbands

2001: Patrick Husbands

2002: Patrick Husbands

2003: Todd Kabel

2004: Todd Kabel

2005: Todd Kabel

2006: Todd Kabel

2007: Patrick Husbands

2008: Patrick Husbands

2009: Patrick Husbands

2010: Eurico Rosa Da Silva

2011: Luis Contreras

2012: Luis Contreras

2013: Eurico Rosa Da Silva

2014: Patrick Husbands

2015: Eurico Rosa Da Silva

2016: Eurico Rosa Da Silva

2017: Eurico Rosa Da Silva

2018: Eurico Rosa Da Silva

2019: Eurico Rosa Da Silva

2020: Rafael Hernandez

2021: Kazushi Kimura

2022: Kazushi Kimura

2023: Kazushi Kimura

2024: Sahin Civaci

OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE JOCKEY

1975: Jeff Fell

1976: Chris Loseth

1977: Brad Smythe

1978: Ron Hansen

1979: Ray Creighton

1980: Valerie Thompson

1981: Richard Dos Ramos

1982: Richard Dos Ramos

1983: Robert King Jr.

1984: Robert King Jr.

1985: Nancy Jumpsen

1986: Todd Kabel

1987: Jim McAleney

1988: Jim McAleney

1989: Maree Richards

1990: Mickey Walls

1991: Mickey Walls

1992: Stanley Bethley

1993: Constant Montpellier

1994: Dave Wilson

1995: Dave Wilson

1996: Neil Poznansky

1997: Rui Pimentel

1998: Helen Vanek

1999: Ben Russell

2000: Cory Clark

2001: Chantal Sutherland

2002: Chantal Sutherland

2003: Julia Brimo

2004: Corey Fraser

2005: Emma-Jayne Wilson

2006: Emma-Jayne Wilson

2007: Tyler Pizarro

2008: Janine Stianson

2009: Omar Moreno

2010: Omar Moreno

2011: Ryan Pacheco

2012: Scott Williams

2013: Skye Chernetz

2014: Sheena Ryan

2015: Erika Smilovsky

2016: Kayla Pizarro

2017: Rey Williams

2018: Kazushi Kimura

2019: Kazushi Kimura

2020: Mauricio Malvaez

2021: Mauricio Malvaez

2022: Slade Jones

2023: Sofia Vives

2024: Sofia Vives

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

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

Allan de la Plante AND Julie Wright

2023: Jason Halstead

2024: Mary Jane Sibbitt

PAST Winners

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY

1984: Lou Cauz

1985: Bruce Walker

1986: Muriel Lennox

1987: David McFarlane

1988: Suzanne Zwarun

1989: Perry Lefko

1990: Brian Pound

1991: Bruce Walker

1992: Dr. Steven Brown

1993: Curtis Stock

1994: Perry Lefko

1995: Bill Tallon

1996: Jay Hovdey

1997: Susan Rhodemyre

1998: Jennifer Morrison-Learn

1999: Jennifer Morrison-Learn

2000: George Williams

2001: Muriel Lennox

2002: Bruce Walker

2003: Paul Wiecek

2004: Darryl Kaplan

2005: Peter Gross

2006: Paul Wiecek

2007: Paul Wiecek

2008: Peter Gross

2009: Bruce Walker

2010: Perry Lefko

2011: Jennifer Morrison

OUTSTANDING WRITING

2012: Denise Ryan

2013: Alex Campbell

2014: David Briggs

2015: Curtis Stock

2016: Beverley Smith

2017: Perry Lefko

2018: Hayley Morrison

2019: David Briggs

2020: Chris Lomon

2021: Hayley Morrison

2022: George Williams

2023: Jennifer Morrison

2024: Mike McIntyre

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

2023: Michelle Armata

2024: Victor James

OUTSTANDING HANDICAPPER

2017: Michael Eisen

2018: Nick Noce

2019: Paul Shurman

OUTSTANDING OFF-TRACK WORKER AWARD

2023: Jennifer Buck

2024: Ian Dick

OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER STORY

1975: Milt Dunnell

1976: Jim Proudfoot

1977: Jim Coleman

1978: Scott Young

1979: George Gross

1980: Archie McDonald

1981: Larry Millson

1982: Archie McDonald

1983: Pat McMahon

1984: Larry Sicinski

1985: Curtis Stock

1986: Neil Campbell

1987: Tom Slater

OUTSTANDING FILM/VIDEO/BROADCAST

1984: Jo Jo Chintoh

1985: CBC

1986: Brad Diamond

1987: CBC

1988: CBC

1989: Brad Diamond

1990: CKVR

1991: Brad Diamond

1992: Aiken Scherberger

1993: CBC

1994: CBC

1995: Morgan Elliott

1996: Morgan Elliott

1997: Anne Pick

1998: Tom Wolski

1999: OJC Broadcast

2000: Paradox Pictures

2001: Tommy Wolski’s –Sport of Kings

2002: Great North Productions

1988: Paul Delean

1989: Paul Delean/ Jacqueline Duke

1990: Perry Lefko

1991: Curtis Stock

1992: George Williams

1993: Curtis Stock

1994: Curtis Stock

1995: George Williams

1996: Curtis Stock

1997: Muriel Lennox

1998: George Williams

1999: Curtis Stock

2003: Horse Racing

Alberta & White Iron Productions

2004: Woodbine Entertainment Group

2005: CBC Radio Canada

2006: Horse Racing

Alberta & WhiteIron Productions

2007: Horse Racing

Alberta & WhiteIron Productions

2008: Horse Racing

Alberta & WhiteIron Productions

2009: Woodbine Entertainment Group Broadcast Department

2010: CBC Television Network Sports

2011: Sport of Kings –Tommy Wolski

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL

2000: Curtis Stock

2001: Curtis Stock

2002: Steve Simmons

2003: Paul Wiecek

2004: Paul Wiecek

2005: Beverley Smith

2006: Dave Perkins

2007: Allan Besson

2008: Beverley Smith

2009: Curtis Stock

2010: Beverley Smith

2011: Beverley Smith

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

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

2023: Woodbine Entertainment

2024: Horse Racing Alberta