The Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse is a

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horse racing honour. Created in 1975 by the

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, it is part of the

Sovereign Award {{refimprove, date=October 2021 The Sovereign Award is given annually since 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada to the outstanding horses and people in Canadian Thoroughbred racing. The most prestigious award for horses is Sovereign Horse of the Y ...

s program and is awarded annually to the top 3-Year-Old

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Thoroughbred horse competing in Canada.

Past winners

*1975 :

L'Enjoleur L'Enjoleur (1972 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian Thoroughbred race horse. Bred and owned by prominent Montreal businessman Jean-Louis Lévesque, L'Enjoleur was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Buckpasser, a son of another Hall o ...

*1976 :

Norcliffe Norcliffe (1973–1984) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by U.S. Hall of Fame Champion Buckpasser out of the mare Drama School by Northern Dancer. Owned by the Norcliffe Stable of Charles F. Baker, Chairman o ...

*1977 :

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*1978 : Overskate *1979 :

Steady Growth Steady Growth (April 4, 1976 – September 20, 1995) was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Background Bred and raced by Bud Willmot's Kinghaven Farms, Steady Growth was out of the mare Crelita, a daughter of Crepello, winner of the 19 ...

*1980 : Ben Fab *1981 : Frost King *1982 : Runaway Groom *1983 : Bompago *1984 : Key to the Moon *1985 : Imperial Choice *1986 :

Golden Choice Golden Choice (foaled 1983) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate. Sired by Val de l'Orne, the 1975 Prix du Jockey Club winner, his damsire was Barachois, a son of No ...

*1987 :

Afleet Afleet (1984 - 2014) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the 1987 Canadian Horse of the Year and Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Colt. Career Afleet's best season came in 1987 d ...

*1988 : Regal Intention *1989 :

With Approval With Approval (May 9, 1986 – June 21, 2010) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1989 under jockey Don Seymour. Even though he missed the rest of his three-year-old season due to injury, he was named th ...

*1990 :

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*1991 : Bolulight *1992 :

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*1993 : Peteski *1994 : Bruce's Mill *1995 : Peaks and Valleys *1996 : Victor Cooley *1997 : Cryptocloser *1998 :

Archers Bay Archers Bay (1995–2002) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse known for winning the first two legs of the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown. He was sired by Silver Deputy and out of the stakes-winning mare, Adorned, a daughter of the 1975 French De ...

*1999 :

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*2000 : Kiss A Native *2001 : Win City *2002 : Le Cinquieme Essai *2003 : Wando *2004 : A Bit O'Gold *2005 : Palladio *2006 : Shillelagh Slew *2007 : Alezzandro *2008 : Not Bourbon *2009 : Eye of the Leopard *2010 : Big Red Mike *2011 :

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*2012 : Strait of Dover *2013 : Up With the Birds *2014 : Heart to Heart *2015 :

Shaman Ghost Shaman Ghost (foaled May 5, 2012) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2015 Queen's Plate and was named Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Colt. In 2016, he won two graded stakes races in the ...

*2016 : Amis Gizmo *2017 : Channel Maker *2018 : Sky Promise *2019 : Global Access *2020 : Mighty Heart {{div col end

References

Sovereign Awards at The Jockey Club of Canada
Sovereign Award winners Horse racing awards Horse racing in Canada