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June 30, 2008
34th Annual Sovereign Awards - Important Dates.
The 34th Annual Sovereign Awards will be held at the Four Season Hotel in Toronto on Friday, December 12, 2008.
In order to be eligible for consideration, 2-Year-Old horses must make two starts and horses 3-Years-Old and Up must make three starts in Canada by Sunday, November 23, 2008.
Eligible voters may begin voting online at 9:00 am (ET) on Thursday, November 27, 2008 and must cast their final ballots by 12:00 (noon) (ET) on Monday, December 1, 2008. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Chartered Accountants will audit the process and will release the names of the three finalists in the fourteen divisional categories to The Jockey Club of Canada for release to the public on Friday, December 5, 2008. The three finalists for Horse of the Year will be announced at time of presentation.
Media submissions must be received in the office of The Jockey Club of Canada, no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Friday, October 31, 2008. The four media categories are: Feature Story, Newspaper Article, Photograph and Film/Video/Broadcast. Submissions must be of Canadian Thoroughbred racing or breeding content and must have been published or have aired between November 1, 2007 and October 31, 2008. Contestants in the media categories are limited to one submission per category. In the event that more than one submission is received in any category, the author, photographer, producer or director will be asked to decide which submission should be entered. All submissions must be original works that have not previously been submitted to the Sovereign Awards. Internet submissions will be accepted provided the submission has appeared on a website affiliated with a printed publication recognized by the Jockey Club of Canada.
For further information please contact:
Bridget Bimm
The Jockey Club of Canada
Telephone: 416-675-7756
Fax: 416-675-6378
Email: jockeyclub@bellnet.ca
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