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10 The Game, January 2008
Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper
(left to right) Iris Bristow, Eugene Melnyk, Bill Bristow, and Laura Melnyk
accept the award for Horse of the Year, Sealy Hill, from presenter Dick Bonnycastle (right).
HORSE OF THE YEAR - Sealy Hill
(Other two nalists for Horse of the Year -
Cloudy’s Knight & True Metropolitan)
OUTSTANDING JOCKEY - Patrick Husbands OUTSTANDING APPRENTICE - Tyler Pizarro OUTSTANDING TRAINER - Mark Casse OUTSTANDING OWNER - Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. OUTSTANDING BREEDER - Adena Springs OUTSTANDING BROODMARE - Lover’s Talk CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD FILLY - Dancing Allstar CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD MALE - Kodiak Kowboy CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD FILLY - Sealy Hill CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD MALE - Alezzandro CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE Main Track - Financingavailable
CHAMPION OLDER MALE HORSE Main Track - True Metropolitan
CHAMPION SPRINTER - Financingavailable CHAMPION MALE TURF HORSE - Cloudy’s Knight CHAMPION FEMALE TURF HORSE - Sealy Hill
SPECIAL SOVEREIGN AWARD OF MERIT - Louis Romanet
OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH - Michael Burns, Jr., By Dawn’s Early Light, The Toronto Star OUTSTANDING FILM/VIDEO/BROADCAST - Horse Racing Alberta & WhiteIron Productions ,
2007 Sovereign Winners
The Jockey Club of Canada’s 2007 Sovereign Awards were announced Friday, December 14 at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.
The big winners of the evening: (left to right) Outstanding Jockey Patrick Husbands; Eugene Melnyk, (Outstanding Owner - Melnyk Racing Stables Ltd.; Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, Champion Female Turf Horse and Horse of the Year, Sealy Hill) Outstanding Trainer Mark Casse.
Tyler Pizarro was presented with the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey by Bill Tallon (right)
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
In recognition of his distinguished career in service to the world of Thoroughbred horse racing and breed- ing the Jockey Club of Canada presented a special Sovereign Award to Mr. Louis Romanet (left), Director General of France Galop and Chair of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.
Making the presentation was former Jockey Club of Canada President Michael Byrne (right).
Spooky!
The Race Of ce Staff at Woodbine had the Halloween Spirit on October 31.
Seen here from left to right are: Sheryl McSwain, James Perron, Susan Brinen, Michelle Waltho, Krista Tipping, and Penny Dozier.
Did You Know.....
That David Seftel, a track physician at Golden Gate Fields in California, presented to the Jockeys’ Guild Assembly, documentation of the dangers of the continued use of lead saddle weights by jockeys. Along with David, Carl Hornung, a Professor at the University of Kentucky, showed that study results revealed lead levels in swabs taken near jockeys’ room scales and saddle storage areas at 42 racetracks to be
in excess of the upper allowable limit of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The lead count near the scale was 3521 micrograms, and 1,339 at the valet table. The upper allowable limit for lead by the EPA is 200 micrograms.
Low level lead exposure can cause kidney problems, high blood pressure and gout.
The lead weights and saddle mats which are used to reach the assigned weight in a race have been removed from Golden Gate Fields since the study results were revealed.
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