NEWS
Wake At Noon, Added Edge among Sovereign Awards finalists
Posted: Saturday, November 30, 2002
Multiple graded stakes winner Wake At Noon and undefeated two-year-old Added Edge are among the finalists for the 28th annual Sovereign Awards, Canadian racing's year-end honors for outstanding achievements, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto on December 7.Wake At Noon, an Ontario-bred five-year-old son of Cure the Blues, won six races this season, including four Canadian stakes before finishing 12th in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Arlington Park on October 26. He is a finalist in the champion older horse or gelding and champion sprinter categories.
Campaigned by his breeders, Bruno Schickedanz, and trained by Abraham Katryan, Wake At Noon has won 16 of 35 career starts in four seasons and has earned $1,245,696. Schickedanz is a finalist in the outstanding owner category, along with Stronach Stable and Sam-Son Farm.
Added Edge, a Kentucky-bred son of Smart Strike, began his career with three straight wins at Woodbine by a combined 16 3 /4-lengths before venturing to Aqueduct on November 2 for a 2¼-length win in the Nashua Stakes (G3) for trainer Mark Casse.
Added Edge has earned $250,328 for owners Team Valor and Robert Wilson.
Casse, Roger Attfield, and Mark Frostad are the finalists for outstanding trainer.
The division finalists include:
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
Brusque
Handpainted
Miss Crissy
Champion Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding
Added Edge
Mobil
Wando
Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
Ginger Gold
Lady Shari
Mulrainy
Champion Three-Year-Old Colt/Gelding
Forever Grand
Le Cinquieme Essai
Lord Shogun
Champion Older Filly or Mare
El Prado Essence
Mysterious Affair
Small Promises
Champion Older Horse or Gelding
Dream Launcher
Parose
Wake At Noon
Champion Turf Filly or Mare
Chopinina
Heyahohowdy
Hot Talent
Champion Turf Colt or Gelding
Full of Wonder
Portcullis
Quiet Resolve
Champion Sprinter
Cheap Talk
Krz Ruckus
Wake At Noon
Outstanding Broodmare
First Class Gal
Lover's Talk
Pacific Invader
Outstanding Jockey
Patrick Husbands
Todd Kabel
Quincy Welch
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey
Kristopher Robinson
Chantal Sutherland
Nicola Wright
Outstanding Breeder
Adena Springs
Michael C. Byrne
Sam-Son Farm
Outstanding Owner
Sam-Son Farm
Bruno Schickedanz
Stronach Stable
Outstanding Trainer
Roger Attfield
Mark Casse
Mark Frostad
