The Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing honour. Created in 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada, it is part of the Sovereign Awards program and is awarded annually to a jockey undergoing their apprenticeship.
Honourees:
1975 : Jeffrey Fell 1976 : Chris Loseth 1977 : Brad Smythe 1978 : Ron Hansen 1979 : Ray Creighton 1980 : Valerie Thompson 1981 : Richard Dos Ramos 1982 : Richard Dos Ramos 1983 : Robert King 1984 : Robert King 1985 : Nancy Jumpsen 1986 : Todd Kabel 1987 : James McAleney 1988 : James McAleney 1989 : Maree Richards 1990 : Mickey Walls 1991 : Mickey Walls † 1992 : Stanley Bethley 1993 : Constant Montpellier 1994 : Dave Wilson 1995 : Dave Wilson 1996 : Neil Poznansky † 1997 : Rui Pimentel 1998 : Helen Vanek 1999 : Ben Russell 2000 : Cory Clark 2001 : Chantal Sutherland 2002 : Chantal Sutherland 2003 : Julia Brimo 2004 : Corey Fraser 2005 : Emma-Jayne Wilson † 2006 : Emma-Jayne Wilson 2007 : Tyler Pizarro 2008 : Janine Stianson 2009 : Omar Moreno 2010 : Omar Moreno 2011 : Ryan Pacheco 2012 : Scott Williams 2013 : Skye Chernetz 2014 : Sheena Ryan 2015 : Erika Smilovsky 2016 : Kayla Pizarro 2017 : Rey Williams 2018 : Kazushi Kimura 2019 : Kazushi Kimura 2020 : Mauricio Malvez 2021 : Mauricio Malvez 2022 : Slade Jones 2023 : Sofia Vives 2024 : Sofia Vives 2025 : Pietro Moran †
A † denotes a jockey who also won that year's United States Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.
See also Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey
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