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November 16, 2007
The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce finalists in the 2007 Sovereign Award Media categories. Winners will be announced at the 33rd Annual Sovereign Awards ceremonies at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto on Friday 14 December 2007.
The Jockey Club of Canada was founded in 1973 by E.P.Taylor to serve as an international representative of Canada’s Thoroughbred sport and to promote improvements to Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding both in Canada and internationally. To that end the Jockey Club of Canada organizes and hosts the annual Sovereign Awards to honour outstanding achievements in all areas of Thoroughbred sport – from media coverage to Horse of the Year.
OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Bruce Walker - Dancer is Still Dominant - Toronto Star - 23 October 2007
Allan Besson – Graduation Day Celebration –Winnipeg Free Press – 6 July 2007
Jennifer Morrison – Baird Rides Back From the Abyss –Toronto Star – 27 October 2007
OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY
Chris Lomon – Fifty Years Ago Today – Aboard Lyford Cay, the legendary Avelino Gomez won his first of four Queen’s Plates – Canadian Thoroughbred Magazine - Queen’s Plate Souvenir Issue – June 2007
Paul Wiecek – Holding Life by the Reins – Winnipeg Free Press – 22 September 2007
Dave Briggs – A Ghostly Night on the Roof with E.P. Taylor – Canadian Thoroughbred Magazine –
October/November 2007
OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPH
Cindy Pierson Dulay, Red Rocks and Paul Reddam – The Game, April 2007
David Landry – Exhilaration – Canadian Thoroughbred Magazine – October/November 2007
Michael Burns, Jr. - By Dawn’s Early Light - Toronto Star, 20 September 2007
OUTSTANDING FILM/VIDEO/BROADCAST
Horse Racing Alberta & White Iron Productions – The Alberta Derby - CTV Network Alberta,
16 June 2007
Tommy Wolski’s - Sport of Kings – Program 268 – City TV Vancouver – 15 September 2007
Woodbine Entertainment Broadcast Department, The Queen’s Plate – TSN - 24 June 2007
For further information please contact:
Bridget Bimm, The Jockey Club of Canada
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