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A Bit O'Gold dominates Sovereign Awards 12/16/2005 11:24:54 PM TORONTO (CP) - Colour the Sovereign Awards gold this year - as in A Bit O'Gold. The four-year-old was crowned Horse of the Year, Champion Older Male Horse and Champion Male Turf Horse at Canadian thoroughbred racing's annual awards gala Friday night. The awards are sponsored by the Jockey Club of Canada. A Bit O'Gold, who won three races and $597,336 this year, becomes the first horse to follow the three-year-old male Sovereign Award with the older male title since Frost King did it in 1981-82. And in winning the older male title, A Bit O'Gold dethroned last year's winner Mobil. Cryptograph was the other finalist. A Bit O'Gold, owned by The Two Bit Racing Stable, beat Mobil again for top male turf horse. The other finalist was Jambalaya, who won the Breeders' Stakes, the third jewel of Canada's Triple Crown. A Bit O'Gold won the Grade 3 Dominion Day, the Chinese Cultural Centre Stakes and Sky Classic in 2005. In 2004, he won the Prince of Wales Stakes and the Breeders Stakes. Palladio, who won four races and $479,010 in 2005, was named Champion Three-Year-old Male while Gold Strike took female honours. The Manitoba-bred Gold Strike won more than $800,000 while never missing the board in four races. Edenwold was named top two-year-old male and Knights Templar top two-year-old filly. Judiths Wild Rush was selected the top sprinter while Ambitious Cat earned female turf honours. One For Rose was named Champion Older Female for the third year in a row. The six-year-old was victorious in three of five races and earned $333,055. Native Rights was chosen Outstanding Broodmare. Todd Kabel collected his fifth Sovereign Award as top jockey (his other wins were in 1992, 1995, 2003 and 2004) while Emma-Jayne Wilson, who led all North American apprentices in wins and earnings, was chosen outstanding apprentice jockey. Frank Stronach had another good night. His Adena Springs won top breeders honours for the fifth time over the Melnyk Racing Stables and Gus Schickedanz while Stronach Stables was chosen outstanding owner for the ninth time over Eugene and Laura Melnyk and Harlequin Ranches. Reade Baker was chosen top trainer over Sid Attard, and Catherine Day Phillips. Baker's entries won some $4 million in 2005 with 10 stakes wins at Woodbine. In the media portion of the awards, Peter Gross was honoured for outstanding feature story for ''The Amazing Story of Jack Lauzon'' while The Globe and Mail's Beverley Smith won top newspaper award for her obituary of Jerry Meyer. David Landry won for outstanding photograph and CBC Radio Canada took top honours for the Life and Times of Northern Dancer.