Casse, Catch a Glimpse Top Sovereign Nominees
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Catch A Glimpse
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT) winner Catch a Glimpse and her trainer, Mark Casse, are nominated for multiple Sovereign Awards, which will be presented during a ceremony April 8.
Catch a Glimpse, owned by Gary Barber, Michael James Ambler, and Windways Farm, won the Natalma Stakes (Can-IIT) before taking the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf to give Casse—a seven-time Sovereign Award winner as outstanding trainer—his first World Championships victory. The City Zip filly is up for champion 2-year-old filly and champion female turf horse honors.
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The Jockey Club of Canada will host the 41st annual Sovereign Awards ceremony to honor the Canadian champions of 2015 and to celebrate Thoroughbred racing in Canada at Woodbine.
The celebration includes an opportunity to walk the Sovereign Award Red Carpet upon arriving at cocktail hour, followed by a buffet-style gourmet dinner and the presentation of the Sovereign Award trophies to Canada's racing champions of 2015, including Canada's 2015 Horse of the Year.
This year's event will once again be held on the eve of the start of Thoroughbred racing in Canada with Woodbine's 2016 Thoroughbred season beginning the next day at 1 p.m. ET April 9.
The 2015 Sovereign Award finalists, selected by 41 voters across Canada and the United States, are:
| Champion 2-Year-Old Filly: |
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Ami's Mesa |
| Champion 2-Year-Old Male: |
| Amis Gizmo Conquest Daddyo Riker Shakhimat |
| Champion 3-Year-Old Female: |
| Champion 3-Year-Old Male: |
| Breaking Lucky Danish Dynaformer Lucky Lindy Shaman Ghost |
| Champion Older Female: |
| Cactus Kris Miss Mischief Touching Promise Uchenna |
| Champion Older Male: |
| Are You Kidding Me Golden Sabre Melmich Stacked Deck |
| Champion Female Turf Horse: |
| Button Down Catch a Glimpse Habibi Strut the Course |
| Champion Male Turf Horse: |
| Are You Kidding Me Danish Dynaformer Interpol Reporting Star |
| Champion Female Sprinter: |
| Cactus Kris Caren Miss Mischief Skylander Girl |
| Champion Male Sprinter: |
| Bye Bye Bernie Calgary Cat Stacked Deck Tower of Texas |
| Outstanding Broodmare: |
| Awesome Lass Rare Opportunity Star Guest Uproar |
| Outstanding Breeder: |
| Adena Springs Eugene Melnyk Sam-Son Farm Tall Oaks Farm |
| Outstanding Owner: |
| Conquest Stables Ivan Dalos Riversedge Racing Stables Sam-Son Farm |
| Outstanding Trainer: |
| Kevin Attard Roger Attfield Josie Carroll Mark Casse |
| Outstanding Apprentice Jockey: |
| Fanny Crausaz Kayla Pizarro Erika Smilovsky Isabelle Wenc |
| Outstanding Jockey: |
| Luis Contreras Eurico Da Silva Patrick Husbands Rico Walcott |
The four finalists for 2015 Horse of the Year honors will be announced on the evening of the awards ceremony.
Media Award Categories:
The judging for the 2015 Media Sovereign Award categories will be performed by the Journalism Professors at Humber, School of Media Studies and Information Technology, in Toronto, Ontario. The three finalists in each of the three media categories will be announced before Feb. 29.