The Sovereign Award for Outstanding Breeder is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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 Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

honor 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: * ...

. 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

breeder A breeder is a person who selectively breeds carefully selected mates, normally of the same breed to sexually reproduce offspring with specific, consistently replicable qualities and characteristics. This might be as a farmer, agriculturalist, ...

whose horse(s) have competed in Thoroughbred races in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

during the year. The award's counterpart in the

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is the

Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor for breeders. Created in 1971, it is part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually. Its Canadian counterpart is the Sovereign Award for Outstanding ...

. Past winners:

*1975 : Bory Margolus *1976 :

E. P. Taylor Edward Plunket Taylor, CMG (January 29, 1901 – May 14, 1989) was a Canadian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist. He was a famous breeder of Thoroughbred race horses, and a major force behind the evolution of the Canadian horse-racing ...

*1977 :

Conn Smythe Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe, Military Cross, MC (; February 1, 1895 – November 18, 1980) was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs ...

*1978 : J. Louis Levesque *1979 : Kinghaven Farms *1980 : Marvin W. Hamilton *1981 : Tom Webb *1982 : Kinghaven Farms *1983 : Russell Bennett *1984 : Frank Stronach *1985 :

*1986 : Kinghaven Farms *1987 : Kinghaven Farms *1988 : Ernie Samuel *1989 : Kinghaven Farms *1990 : Kinghaven Farms *1991 : Ernie Samuel *1992 : Steve Stavro *1993 : Kinghaven Farms *1994 : Kinghaven Farms

*1995 : Kinghaven Farms *1996 : Minshall Farms *1997 : Frank Stronach *1998 : Frank Stronach *1999 : Frank Stronach *2000 :

Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam-Son horse, Canadian ...

*2001 :

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*2005 :

Adena Springs Adena Springs is a Thoroughbred horse breeding operation owned by Frank Stronach and his family. The main farm is located in Paris, Kentucky, with satellite locations in Florida and Ontario, Canada. Adena Springs has won the Eclipse Award for Ou ...

*2006 :

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*2009 :

Eugene Melnyk Eugene Melnyk (May 27, 1959 – March 28, 2022) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and owner, governor, and chairman of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ottawa Senators and the AHL's Belleville Senators. He was the founder, chairman, ...

*2010 :

*2011 : Gardiner Farms Limited *2012 : William D Graham *2013 :

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*2018 : Tall Oaks Farm *2019 :

*2020 : Tall Oaks Farm

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References

The Sovereign Awards at the Jockey Club of Canada website
Canadian racehorse owners and breeders Horse racing awards Horse racing in Canada