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Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
Two Bit Racing Stable’s A Bit O’Gold, a winner of three stakes in seven starts with earnings of nearly $600,000 in 2005, was named the Sovereign Award winner as Canadian Horse of the Year on Dec. 16.
The 4-year-old was also named champion older horse and champion male turf horse. The 3-year-old champion in 2004 became the first to win the Sovereign for older male since Frost King in 1981-82.
Catherine Day Phillips trains A Bit O’Gold, a son of Gold Fever who won the Dominion Day (Can-III) on the dirt and the Sky Classic (Can-II) and the Chinese Cultural Centre Stakes (Can-II) on the Woodbine turf course.
The Jockey Club of Canada announced the names of the recipients of Sovereign Awards at the Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel in Toronto.
Here’s a complete list of awardees:
Horse of the Year: A Bit O’Gold
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly: Knights Templar
Champion 2-Year-Old Male: Edenwold
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly: Gold Strike
Champion 3-Year-Old Male: Palladio
Champion Older Female: One for Rose
Champion Older Male Horse: A Bit O’Gold
Champion Female Turf Horse: Ambitious Cat
Champion Male Turf Horse: A Bit O’Gold
Champion Sprinter: Judiths Wild Rush
Outstanding Broodmare: Native Rights
Outstanding Breeder: Adena Springs
Outstanding Trainer: Reade Baker
Outstanding Owner: Stronach Stables
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey: Emma-Jayne Wilson
Outstanding Jockey: Todd Kabel
Outstanding Newspaper Story: Beverley Smith, "Obituary: Jerry Meyer"
Outstanding Feature Story: Peter Gross, "The Amazing Story of Jack Lauzon"
Outstanding Photograph: Dave Landry, "Emma’s Classic WIn"
Outstanding Film/Video/Broadcast: CBC Radio Canada, "LIfe and Times of Northern Dancer"
E.P. Taylor Award of Merit: Michael C. Byrne
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