The Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is a
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Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
horse racing
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honour created in 1975 by the
Jockey Club of Canada The Jockey Club of Canada was formed in 1973 to oversee thoroughbred horse racing in Canada. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the club is responsible for the annual Sovereign Awards program and the Canadian Graded Stakes Committee.
Founding members:
* C ...
. 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
Filly
A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use:
*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
*In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...
Thoroughbred horse competing in
Canada
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.
Past winners
*1973 :
Square Angel
*1975 :
Momigi
Momigi (foaled 1972 in Ontario) was a Canadian three-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
Momigi was bred by E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario. She was sold to Japanese veterinarian Koichiro Hayata whose Hayata F ...
*1976 :
Bye Bye Paris
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*1977 :
Northernette
Northernette (foaled March 4, 1974 – after 1998) was a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. A Canadian champion at both ages two and three, she was also a Grade I stakes winner in the United States.
Background
Northernette was a bay m ...
*1978 :
La Voyageuse
La Voyageuse (foaled 1975 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who was a three-time Sovereign Award winner. She was bred and raced by prominent Quebec businessman and major racing stable owner Jean-Louis Levesque.
Retired to broo ...
*1979 :
Kamar
*1980 :
Par Excellance
*1981 :
Rainbow Connection
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*1982 :
Avowal
*1983 :
Northern Blossom
*1984 :
Classy 'n Smart
Classy 'n Smart (May 20, 1981 – September 28, 1999) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by Sam-Son Farm, she won five of nine career starts, including two legs of what would later be known as the Canadian Triple T ...
*1985 :
La Lorgnette
{{Infobox racehorse
, horsename = La Lorgnette
, image =
, caption =
, sire = Val de l'Orne
, grandsire = Val de Loir
, dam = The Temptress
, damsire = Nijinsky
, sex = Filly
, foaled = 1982
, country = Canada
, colour = Bay
, breed ...
*1986 :
Carotene
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*1987 :
Once From Heaven
*1988 :
Tilt My Halo
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* ...
*1989 :
Blushing Katy
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*1990 :
Lubicon
*1991 :
Dance Smartly
Dance Smartly (1988–2007) was a Champion Thoroughbred racemare who went undefeated in 1991 while winning the Canadian Triple Crown and becoming the first horse bred in Canada to ever win a Breeders' Cup race. She was inducted into both the Can ...
*1992 :
Hope For A Breeze
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*1993 :
Deputy Jane West
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*1994 :
Alywow
{{Infobox racehorse
, horsename = Alywow
, image =
, caption =
, sire = Alysheba
, grandsire = Alydar
, dam = Triple Wow
, damsire = Coastal
, sex = Filly
, foaled = February 7, 1991
, death_date = {{dda, 2002, 3, 2, 1991, 2, 7
, co ...
*1995 :
Scotzanna
*1996 :
Silent Fleet
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*1997 :
Cotton Carnival
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*1998 :
Kirby's Song
*1999 :
Gandria
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*2000 :
Catch the Ring
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*2001 :
Dancethruthedawn
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*2002 :
Lady Shari
*2003 :
Too Late Now
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*2004 :
Eye of the Sphynx
*2005 :
Gold Strike
*2006 :
Kimchi
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*2007 :
Sealy Hill
Sealy Hill (April 14, 2004 – February 23, 2021) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who won three Sovereign Awards in 2007, including Canadian Horse of the Year. In 2013, she was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Owned ...
*2008 :
Ginger Brew
*2009 :
Milwaukee Appeal
*2010 :
Biofuel
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*2011 :
Inglorious
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*2012 : Irish Mission
*2013 : Leigh Court
*2014 : Lexie Lou
*2015 : Academic
*2016 : Caren
*2017 : Holy Helena
*2018 :
Wonder Gadot
*2019 : Desert Ride
*2020 : Curlin's Voyage
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References
The official Sovereign Awards at the Jockey Club of Canada
Sovereign Award winners
Horse racing awards
Horse racing in Canada