The Canadian Champion Two-Year-Old Colt is a

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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 2-Year-Old

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Thoroughbred horse competing in Canada.

Past winners

*1975 : Proud Tobin *1976 : Sound Reason *1977 :

Overskate {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Overskate , image = , caption = , sire = Nodouble , grandsire = Noholme , dam = Overstate , damsire = Speak John , sex = Stallion , foaled = 1975 , country = Canada , colour = Chestnut , breed ...

*1978 : Medaille d'Or *1979 : Allan Blue *1980 : Bayford *1981 : Deputy Minister *1982 :

Sunny's Halo Sunny's Halo (February 11, 1980 – June 3, 2003) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1983 Kentucky Derby. In 1986, Sunny's Halo was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Background Foaled at Oshawa, Ontario, Sunny's Halo wa ...

*1983 : Prince Avatar *1984 : Dauphin Fabuleux *1985 :

Grey Classic Grey Classic (1983–1989) was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Background Bred and raced by Ernie L. Samuel's Sam-Son Farm of Milton, Ontario, Grey Classic was conditioned for racing by Olympic equestrian Gold Medalist and Canad ...

*1986 : Blue Finn *1987 :

Regal Classic Regal Classic (March 28, 1985 - April 5, 2012) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1987, he earned the Sovereign Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Colt after winning the Summer Stakes, Cup and Saucer, Grey Stakes and Coronation Futurity, plus ...

*1988 : Mercedes Won *1989 :

Sky Classic Sky Classic (March 17, 1987 – April 30, 2015) was a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. A son of U.K. Triple Crown champion Nijinsky, in 1989 Sky Classic won the Sovereign Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Male Horse in Canada but injur ...

*1990 : Rainbows For Life *1991 : Free at Last *1992 : Truth of It All *1993 : Comet Shine *1994 :

Talkin Man Talkin Man (foaled 1992) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who was the Canadian Champion 2-year-old colt of 1994 after winning the Coronation Futurity and Grey Stakes. At age three, he won the Gotham Stakes and Wood Memorial before finishing twelfth a ...

*1995 : Gomtuu *1996 : Cash Deposit *1997 : Dawson's Legacy *1998 : Riddell's Creek *1999 : Exciting Story *2000 : Highland Legacy *2001 : Rare Friends *2002 : Added Edge *2003 : Judiths Wild Rush *2004 : Wholelottabourbon *2005 : Edenwold *2006 : Leonnatus Anteas *2007 :

Kodiak Kowboy Kodiak Kowboy (foaled April 16, 2005 in Kentucky) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Vinery Stables and Fox Hill Farms and trained by Steve Asmussen. He was also trained by Larry Jones for part of his career. In 2007 he won a ...

*2008 :

Mine That Bird Mine That Bird (foaled May 10, 2006) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2009 Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds and came second in the Preakness Stakes and third in the Belmont Stakes. He had earnings of $2,228,637 and was inducte ...

*2009 : Hollinger *2010 : Madman Diaries *2011 : Maritimer *2012 : Uncaptured *2013 : Go Greeley *2014 : Conquest Typhoon *2015 : Riker *2016 : King and His Court *2017 : Admiralty Pier *2018 : Avie’s Flatter *2019 : Mr. Hustle *2020 : Gretzky The Great {{div col end

References

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