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TORONTO, December 14 - The Sovereign Awards were announced Friday night at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.
OUTSTANDING JOCKEY
Patrick Husbands
OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE JOCKEY
Tyler Pizarro
OUTSTANDING TRAINER
Mark Casse
OUTSTANDING OWNER IN CANADA
Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc.
OUTSTANDING BREEDER
Adena Springs
OUTSTANDING BROODMARE
Lover's Talk
CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY
Dancing Allstar
CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD MALE
Kodiak Kowboy
CHAMPION THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY
Sealy Hill
CHAMPION THREE-YEAR-OLD MALE
Alezzandro
CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE ON THE MAIN TRACK
Financingavailable
CHAMPION OLDER MALE HORSE ON THE MAIN TRACK
True Metropolitan
CHAMPION SPRINTER
Financingavailable
CHAMPION MALE TURF HORSE
Cloudy's Knight
CHAMPION FEMALE TURF HORSE
Sealy Hill
HORSE OF THE YEAR
Sealy Hill
OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH
Michael Burns, Jr.
By Dawn's Early Light
The Toronto Star
OUTSTANDING FILM/VIDEO/BROADCAST
Horse Racing Alberta & WhiteIron Productions
The Alberta Derby
CTV - Alberta
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER STORY
Allan Besson
Graduation Day Celebration
The Winnipeg Free Press
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY
Paul Wiecek
Holding Life by the Reins
The Winnipeg Free Press
SPECIAL SOVEREIGN AWARD OF MERIT
Louis Romanet
Vote Totals
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Dancing Allstar 118
Officer Cherrie 114
Authenicat 52
Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
Kodiak Kowboy 159
Bear Holiday 75
Stuck in Traffic 58
Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Sealy Hill 174
Bear Now 109
Dance to My Tune 19
Champion Three-Year-Old Male
Alezzandro 109
Leonnatus Anteas 102
Mike Fox 46
Champion Older Female on the Main Track
Financingavailable 149
She's Indy Money 81
Monashee 65
Champion Older Male on the Main Track
True Metropolitan 193
Palladio 48
Stonetown 33
Champion Female Turf Horse
Sealy Hill 181
Essential Edge 60
Financingavailable 36
Champion Male Turf Horse
Cloudy's Knight 188
Sky Conqueror 87
Eccentric 35
Champion Sprinter
Financingavailable 109
Stradivinsky 63
She's Indy Money 27
Bear Now 27
Horse of the Year
Sealy Hill 113
Cloudy's Knight 90
True Metropolitan 62
Outstanding Broodmare
Lover's Talk 71
Victorious Answer 46
Fascigrant 42
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey
Tyler Pizarro 193
Matt Moore 58
Dean Deverell 39
Outstanding Jockey
Patrick Husbands 173
Emma-Jayne Wilson 62
Mario Gutierrez 21
Emile Ramsammy 21
Outstanding Trainer
Mark Casse 166
Terry Jordan 45
Reade Baker 44
Outstanding Owner in Canada
Melnyk Racing Stables 119
Bahadur Cheema 111
Bear Stables 33
Outstanding Breeder
Adena Springs 127
Eugene Melnyk 118
Gustav Schickedanz 31
Sovereign Sketches of Winners
Dancing Allstar, Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
2007 stats: 7-5-2-0 $299,428
Best Beyer (Daily Racing Form speed rating): 88 (sprint)
Dancing Allstar was excellent both at Woodbine and Hastings in 2007, winning stakes races out east and west. The Millennium Allstar chestnut won the My Dear Stakes at Woodbine on July 2 and was second, beaten a head-bob, to Bear Holiday, a two-year-old colt Sovereign Award contender in the Colin. Bob Cheema's B.C.-bred was three-for-three in Hastings stakes, taking the CTHS Sales Stakes, the Jack Diamond Futurity and the Fantasy.
Kodiak Kowboy, Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
2007 stats: 7-4-1-1 $549,991
Best Beyer (Daily Racing Form speed rating): 99 (sprint)
Kodiak Kowboy is a U.S.-based colt which ran at Woodbine twice, winning the Victoria Stakes, but is best known for his third-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. The Posse bay also won the Grade 3 Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs and the Grade 2 Saratoga Special at Saratoga. The Kentucky-bred also finished second in the Grade 2 Futurity for trainer Steve Asmussen, and owners Vinery Stables and Fox Hill Farm.
Sealy Hill, Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
2007 stats: 8-4-3-0 $958,389
Best Beyer (Daily Racing Form speed rating): 99 (turf)
Sealy Hill won four stakes races in 2007 including all three legs of the Canadian Filly Triple Tiara, the Labatt Woodbine Oaks at Woodbine, the Labatt Bison City Stakes at Fort Erie (on DQ reversal) and the Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine; the first filly to do so. The Ontario-bred, trained by Mark Casse for Melnyk Racing Stables Inc., also finished second in the Grade 2 Canadian and the Grade 1 E.P. Taylor on turf. The Point Given dark bay also won the Grade 3 Bourbonette Breeders' Cup at Turfway Park.
Alezzandro, Champion Three-Year-Old Male
2007 stats: 6-2-2-1 $551,550
Best Beyer (Daily Racing Form speed rating): 90 (route)
Alezzandro competed in all three legs of the Canadian Triple Crown, finishing second in the Queen's Plate, but denying Mike Fox a chance at the Triple Crown with a win in the Prince of Wales at Fort Erie. The High Yield dark bay colt, trained by Kevin Attard for the Knob Hill Stable and the Estate of Steve Stavro, also finished second in the Plate Trial and the Ontario Derby.
True Metropolitan, Champion Older Male on the Main Track
2007 stats: 10-7-1-1
Best Beyer: 102
True Metropolitan is a Trans-Canada superstar. The son of Proud and True won multiple stakes at three different Canadian racetracks, Woodbine, Hastings and Northlands, where he won the Speed to Spare by 10 lengths at odds of 1-5. The Bob Cheema-owned gelding is about as prohibitive a favorite to retain his championship title in the category.
Cloudy's Knight, Champion Male Turf Horse
2007 stats: 9-3-3-1
Best Beyer: 105
S J Stables homebred Cloudy's Knight captured three graded stakes in 2007, two in Canada and one in the United States. The seven-year-old gelding was a hard-luck second to Last Answer in his first journey northward. The son of Lord Avie followed up with a one-length victory in the Grade 2 Sky Classic and a narrow score in the Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International.
Financingavailable, Champion Older Female on the Main Track
2007 stats: 7-5-2-0
Best Beyer: 101
Arguably, K.K. Sangara's most important acquisition ever, Financingavailable returned to her stakes-winning form, garnering four added-money titles, including three on Woodbine's Polytrack. The daughter of Kiridashi retired to the breeding shed shortly after her Ontario Fashion victory with a record of 15 wins and seven seconds from 28 starts.
Sealy Hill, Champion Female Turf Horse
2007 stats: 8-4-3-0
Best Beyer: 99
After strong performances in the opening two-thirds of the Triple Tiara (Series for Canadian-bred three-year-old fillies) Mark Casse trainee Sealy Hill made an effective transition to turf racing in July. The Point Given filly was a powerful winner of the Wonder Where, closing from more than a dozen lengths off the pace to win by daylight. The Melnyk Racing Stables homebred also ran second in the two premiere late-season turf events for older fillies and mares, the Canadian and the $1 million E.P. Taylor.
Financingavailable, Champion Sprinter
2007 stats: 7-5-2-0
Best Beyer: 101
The Lorne Richard's trainee had such a well-rounded season in 2007 that she made the finals in three different categories (Turf Mare, Older Dirt Mare and Sprinter). Five of the six-year-old's seven starts came at sprint distances. All three of her sprint wins came traveling six furlongs (two on Polytrack and one on turf), including the Ballade and her career finale, the Ontario Fashion.
Lover's Talk, Outstanding Broodmare
If any dam is more due to be named Champion Broodmare, it is Lover's Talk, a 23-year-old daughter of Vice Regent that was bred by none other than E.P. Taylor. The bay has produced four stakes winners, including 5-for-7 Love Grows, 11-time winner Barley Talk, speedy Wild Whiskey and triple stakes-winner Torrid Affair. Lover's Talk qualified this year when Thunder Gulch filly Lyrically finished third to Bear Now in the Duchess.
Patrick Husbands, Outstanding Jockey
Canadian victories: 149
Canadian stakes: 21
Graded Canadian stakes wins: 4
Patrick Husbands won races in bunches in 2007, leading all Canadian riders in total wins (149), total stakes (21) and total purse earnings ($8.8 million). Husbands won at a 20 per cent rate, an impressive figure considering he rode in over 700 races. Highlights of the season include a Triple Tiara sweep with Sealy Hill, a Coronation Futurity upset aboard Kesagami and an added-money double with rising star Officer Cherrie.
Tyler Pizarro, Outstanding Apprentice Jockey
Canadian victories: 141
Canadian stakes: 0
Tyler Pizarro dominated the Woodbine win column among apprentices. Scoring at a 13.9 per cent rate, Pizarro won 124 races at the Toronto oval, good enough for a share of third-place in the standings. His mounts earned over $5.2 million. He never connected in a stakes event, though he did guide Executive Flight to runner-up finishes in the Ballade, Victoriana and Classy n'Smart.
Mark Casse, Outstanding Trainer
Canadian victories: 84
Canadian stakes: 13
Canadian graded stakes wins: 2
Mark Casse enjoyed a career year at Woodbine in 2007. His 84 tallies at the Toronto oval is 15 more than his previous high for a meet (69 in 2002). He finished with 24 tallies more than his nearest pursuer. He was just as dominant with his stakes runners, winning 13, including the Labatt Woodbine Oaks with Sealy Hill. This winter, he is racing at the Fair Grounds. The Indianapolis native is just 45 wins away from 1,000 during his career.
Melnyk Racing Stables, Outstanding Owner in Canada
Canadian victories: 15
Canadian stakes: 6
Canadian graded stakes wins: 1
Even though their Woodbine win total dipped from 22 to 15 in 2007, Melnyk Racing Stables led all owners at Woodbine with earnings of $2,030,805, a sharp increase of 31.9 per cent over 2006, when they were third. The key difference was a stellar season from Point Given filly Sealy Hill, who earned the lion's share of her $958,389 in Canada, where she captured the Labatt Woodbine Oaks, swept the Triple Tiara and was a runner-up in the $1 million E.P. Taylor Stakes. Gouldings Green, Sterwins and Breeders' Stakes hero Marchfield added Toronto stakes for Team Melnyk.
Adena Springs, Outstanding Breeder
A regular finalist in the Outstanding Breeder category, Frank Stronach's Adena Springs produced nine different stakes winners in 2007 at its Aurora (Adena North) operation. From 148 starters, 82 Adena-breds successfully made it to the winner's circle on a total of 132 occasions. At Woodbine, Awesome Action won the Ontario Jockey Club and Labeeb Stakes, Executive Choice captured the Steady Growth, Just Rushing scored in the Vigil and The Niagara Queen won the Flaming Page.
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