The winner of each category, along with Canada’s Horse of the Year for 2023, will be announced during the 49th Annual Sovereign Award ceremony, which will be held the evening of April 18 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario.

Owner/breeder Ramona Bass bought the mare to support her first-year stallion and grade 1 winner Annapolis, who stands at Claiborne Farm. Agent Steven Young has been helping Bass acquire mares to support the stallion.

Andy Serling & Sara Elbadwi look back to the results of the Grade 3 Southwest at Oaklawn & the Grade 3 Withers at Aqueduct.

The winner of each category, along with Canada’s Horse of the Year for 2023, will be announced during the 49th Annual Sovereign Award ceremony which will be held on the evening of April 18, 2024 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario.

The grade 2 winner is a half brother to Horse of the Year and champion older dirt horse Cody’s Wish.

In this monthly BH interview, Karen M. Johnson profiles young racing personalities.

A final opportunity to add mares before the start of the breeding season or pick up a pinhook prospect ahead of the yearling sales will be available Feb. 5-6 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale.

Report from Japan

D J Stable LLC and Robert Cotran’s Hades took a lot of bettors and heavy favorite Fierceness by surprise with his 9-1 upset victory in the $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

The Kentucky-bred 8-year-old mare by Majesticperfection finished in the top three in all but six of her 27 career starts with earnings that eclipsed $2 million. In 2020 she finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1).