Selected unanimously by the Jockey Club of Canada's Stewards, the Special Sovereign Award recognizes a particular achievement within a given year. The honor is being bestowed upon McKenzie for becoming the oldest trainer to saddle a winner in Canada, doing so at the age of 96 on June 23, 2023.

Also that evening, Michelle Armata will be presented with the 2023 Outstanding Groom Award and Jennifer Buck with the inaugural Outstanding Off-Track Worker Award.

The Jockey Club of Canada has also named the finalists for the 2023 Media Sovereign Awards categories.

Listed in alphabetical order, the Media finalists are:

Digital Audio/Visual and Broadcast Category

• Santino Di Paola – Chasing Dreams in the King's Plate
• TAXI – Ontario Racing UNFILTERED- Episode 5: The Kings Plate UNFILTERED
• Woodbine Entertainment Group – Secretariat The Last Race

Photograph Category

• Patricia Burns – Rain Runnin
• Allan de la Plante – Holding Back Disaster
• Jason Halstead – A Kiss for Commando

Writing Category

• Mark Colley – It was the greatest race in Canadian history. Fifty years later, Secretariat's legacy is still felt
• Jennifer Morrison – Cat's Long Way Home
• Curtis Stock – The Turcottes

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

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Over the past five decades, Sam-Son Farm, a Canadian Thoroughbred breeding and racing operation founded in 1972 by Ernie and Liza Samuel, has been the recipient of four Eclipse Awards, 13 Hall of Fame Awards and 84 Sovereign Awards. Since its inception, Sam-Son Farm has enjoyed five Queen's Plate winners, eight Woodbine Oaks winners and 60 graded stakes winners.

Also to be recognized at this year's virtual awards, Michelle Gibson will receive the 2020 Outstanding Groom Award. Currently employed by Robert Tiller, she is the groom of 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year, Pink Lloyd.

Additionally, the finalists for the 2020 Sovereign Awards Media categories were announced Thursday. This year's entries were evaluated by media professionals within the industry selected from across North America. A 4-2-1 points system was used to determine the first, second and third place finalists in each category.

Digital Audio/visual and Broadcast Category:

• Santino Di Paola – Dear Horse Racing
• Horse Racing Alberta – Canadian Derby Year of the Mask
• Woodbine Entertainment Group – The Queen's Plate

Photograph Category:

• Rusty Barton – The Race Goes on a Year Without Fans
• Michael Burns – Training Before Dawn
• Lisa M. Thompson – One Rider Two Horses
• Will Wong – Mambointheforest

Writing Category:

• Muriel Lennox – Northern Dancer: A virile stable genius
• Chris Lomon – The Pep-Talking Groom, Willy, and a Queen's Plate Crown
• Bruce McDougall – Riding for Freedom

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