Nevills a finalist for 2024 Media Sovereign Award

The Jockey Club of Canada is also pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Media Sovereign Awards categories.

Judging for the Media Awards is performed by media professionals within the industry selected from across North America and the United Kingdom.

Writing Category

  • Mike McIntyre – Resolve and Reinvention at a Gallop

  • Jennifer Morrison - Trials, Tears and Canada's Queen of Racing

  • Joe Nevills - 'She Means Everything': Attard Team Says A Long, Short Goodbye To Moira At Fasig-Tipton November Sale

The winner of each category, along with Canada’s Horse of the Year for 2024, will be announced during our milestone the 50th Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony on the evening of Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario.

Nevills a finalist for 2016 Media Sovereign Award

The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the Media Sovereign Award categories for 2016.  The winner in each of the three media categories will be announced at the 42nd Annual Sovereign Awards on April 13, 2017 at Palais Royale in Toronto.

Judging for the 2016 Media Sovereign Award categories was performed by Professors of the Journalism Program at the School of Media Studies & Information Technology, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THE FINALISTS ARE:

Writing Category:
· Steve Buffery – Trainer Marc-Andre Blouin and his horse don’t know the meaning of quit – Published Toronto Sun
· Joe Nevills – Giant Gizmo rocketing up the charts – Published Daily Racing Form
· Beverley Smith – Laurie Silvera’s Woodbine Paradise – Published www.woodbineentertainment.com

Digital Audio/Visual and Broadcast Category:
· Horse Racing Radio Network – 157th Queen’s Plate – Broadcast Woodbine Racetrack
· Talkin’ Horses – TH S3 EP13 – Broadcast on CTV
· Woodbine Entertainment Group – The Ricoh Woodbine Mile – Broadcast on TSN2

Photograph Category:
· Cody Gregory – Morning Workout – Published www.kingsvictorymedia.com
· Erika Rusnak – Dashing Through the Snow – Published Ontario Horse Racing
· William Wong – Wednesday Night Lights – Published Ontario Horse Racing

Nevills, Russo finalists for Media Sovereign Award

The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the Media Sovereign Award categories for 2015.  The winner in each of the three media categories will be announced at the 41st Annual Sovereign Awards on April 8, 2016 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.

Judging for the 2015 Media Sovereign Award categories was performed by Professors of the Journalism Program at the School of Media Studies & Information Technology, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Listed in alphabetical order, the finalists are:
Writing Category:
Joe Nevills and Nicole Russo – Smart Strike Remembered – Published Daily Racing Form
Curtis Stock  – A Love of Horses – Published Edmonton Journal
Paul Wiecek  – Turbulence at the Track –  Published Winnipeg Free Press

Digital Audio/visual and Broadcast Category:
Horse Racing Alberta – 2015 Canadian Derby – Broadcast on Canadian Television Network
Darryl Kaplan & Brittney Mayotte  – So God Made a Racehorse – Broadcast on Standardbred Canada & Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Talkin’ Horses – Horses So2 E17 – Broadcast on CTV2

Photograph Category:
Michael Burns Jr. – Early Morning – Published Woodbineentertainment.com
Hayley Morrison  – Gigantic Breeze – Published Ontario Horse Racing
Chris Young  – Early Morning Groom – Published on globeandmail.com