Marchfield and Melnyk big winners at this years Soverigns
The big winner of Friday evening´s 35th annual Soverign Award ceremony was businessman Eugene Melnyk, owner of the Ottawa Senators of the NHL, who was named the year's outstanding owner and breeder.
Melnyk's homebred Marchfield was voted the champion older male runner based on two graded stakes wins and his dam, Pico Teneriffe, also owned by Melnyk, was named outstanding broodmare.
Melnyk won his second owner award and his first ever outstanding breeder award, ending a 12-year-old streak in that category by Sam-Son Farms and/or Frank Stronach.
Woodbine - Best of the Decade
With the advent of a new year, Woodbine Racetrack took this time to look back at the best achievements of it's local jockeys and trainers over the past decade.
Top Trainers by wins 2000 through 2009
Mark Casse – 600 Sid Attard – 568
Bob Tiller – 558
Reade Baker – 442
Scott Fairlie – 439
Abraham Katryan – 397
Roger Attfield – 382
Mark Frostad – 270
Audre Cappuccitti – 268
Vito Armata – 266
Malcolm Pierce – 265
Dave Bell – 255
Josie Carroll – 239
Mike DePaulo – 217
Laurie Silvera – 198
John Ross – 198
Tino Attard – 198
Mike Doyle – 197
Dan Vella – 197
Nicholas Gonzalez – 191
Marchfield and Melnyk big winners at this years Soverigns
