Virtual Presentation Planned for Sovereign Awards
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Eurico da Silva, a finalist for 2019, celebrates after winning his sixth Sovereign Award last April
As a result of the ongoing concerns about COVID-19 and following the Province of Ontario's State of Emergency regulations, the winners of the 45th Annual Sovereign Awards will be announced through a virtual presentation no later than May 31, The Jockey Club of Canada announced April 17.
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2019 Sovereign Awards ceremony was scheduled to take place April 16.
Detailed information, including the date and time, will be announced once they have been confirmed, The Jockey Club of Canada said.
Aside from the Horse of the Year category, which has not been announced, the list of finalists includes:
Champion 2-Year-Old Female:
Curlin's Voyage
Infinite Patience
Owlette
Champion 2-Year-Old Male:
Dotted Line
Mr. Hustle
Muskoka Gold
Champion 3-Year-Old Female:
Amalfi Coast
Desert Ride
Hidden Grace
Champion 3-Year-Old Male:
Explode
Global Access
Tone Broke
Champion Older Main Track Female:
Here's Hannah
Lift Up
She's the Berries
Champion Older Main Track Male:
Mr Ritz
Pink Lloyd
Special Forces
Champion Female Turf Horse:
Amalfi Coast
Holy Helena
Starship Jubilee
Champion Male Turf Horse:
El Tormenta
Global Access
Tiz a Slam
Champion Female Sprinter:
Amalfi Coast
Here's Hannah
Sister Peacock
Summer Sunday
Champion Male Sprinter:
Pink Lloyd
Silent Poet
Yorkton
Outstanding Broodmare:
Avie's Empire
Cumulonimble
Loving Vindication
Outstanding Breeder:
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Sam-Son Farm
Tall Oaks Farm
Outstanding Owner:
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Sam-Son Farm
Stronach Stables
Outstanding Trainer:
Kevin Attard
Mark E. Casse
Norman McKnight
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey:
Shavon Belle
Daisuke Fukumoto
Kazushi Kimura
Outstanding Jockey:
Eurico Rosa da Silva
Rafael Manuel Hernandez
Patrick Husbands
2019 Media Finalists
Writing Category:
Dave Briggs — Royal Victory for the Quintessential "small guy"
Chris Lomon — Thoroughbred Racing's Beautiful Bond
Hayley Morrison — Walcott Worry-Free After Surviving Brain Tumour
Digital Audio/visual and Broadcast Category:
Horse Racing Alberta — Canadian Derby Invader
Horse Racing Radio Network — 160th Queen's Plate
Woodbine Entertainment Group — The Queen's Plate
Photograph Category:
Michael Bye — Cyclone Dan Winner of the 3rd Race J. Gomez up
Rebecca Brown — Lenny Seecharan, Hastings 2019
Alex Urosovic — Ricoh Woodbine Mile