Sovereign Award is SW9 for Shamus Award winning the Gr3 Ladies Day Vase (1600m) for mares at Caulfield.
Racing in second place to the home turn, Sovereign Award gradually asserted over stablemate and longtime leader Fabric (Ocean Park) to score narrowly but well with Chaillot (Testa Rossa) running on late for third.
It is the seventh win from 15 starts for the Danny O’Brien-trained Sovereign Award, a half-sister to Cosmic Charm (Astronomer Royal).
Their dam Sovereign Charm (Show A Heart) won six races including two in Adelaide.
The granddam Rollover (Flying Spur) was placed and a half-sister to Ngawyni Quality Stakes in Perth winner Potential (Southern Appeal) and Talk To Angels (Don’t Say Halo), the stakes placed dam of Gimcrack Stakes in Perth winner Magic Heaven (Magic Ring).
Sovereign Award is 4×4 to Danehill and Gr1 winner Shamus Award (Snitzel) has Gr2 winner Soul Patch with Flying Spur (Danehill) as his maternal grandsire like Sovereign Award, as well as 2yo Listed winner Flying Award, whose maternal grandsire is Danehill.