D. FLUTIE wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the third Plate win for owner-breeder Gus Schickedanz, trainer Mike Keogh and jockey Emile Ramsammy.  Schickedanz and Keogh teamed to win the 1999 Plate with Woodcarver and the 2003 edition with

eventual Triple Crown champion Wando.   Ramsammy won the 1996 Plate

aboard Victor Cooley and the 2006 renewal with Edenwold.

b) He would become the first maiden since Scatter The Gold in 2000 to win the Plate.  Prior to that, Golden Choice in 1986 was also a maiden when he won the Plate and before him, Epigram in 1952.

c) He would be the second son of Langfuhr to win the Plate.   Wando was

the first in 2003.

d) He would be the first winner since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Scatter The Gold in 2000 before him) to make the Plate his first stakes win in his first stakes start.

DEPUTIFORMER wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner David James, trainer Mike DePaulo and jockey Jerry Baird.

b) He would be the first winner since L’Enjoleur in 1975 to have also won the turf Cup & Saucer Stakes as a two-year-old.

c) He would be the second son of Silver Deputy to win the Plate.  The first was Archers Bay in 1998.

d) He would be the first horse since Edenwold in 2006 to make the Plate the first win of his three-year-old campaign.

e) He would be the leading 18th Plate winner bred by Windfields Farm/E.P. Taylor since 1956, but first since Archers Bay in 1998.

f) He would be the first gelding to win since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Victor Cooley in 1996 before him).

DYLAN’S CHOICE wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner Winter Road Racing Corporation and trainer Desmond Maynard with their first Plate entrant.

b) It would be the first Plate win for jockey Chantal Sutherland, who would become the second consecutive female rider to win the Plate, after Emma-Jayne Wilson won aboard Mike Fox in 2007.

c) Like Mike Fox in 2007 and Wild Desert in 2005, the Plate would also be his first stakes win.

d) He would be the third Plate winner bred by Frank Stronach (Adena Springs), who also bred and owned 1997 winner Awesome Again and 1994 winner Basqueian.

EAST END TAP wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner Sheik Yobuti Racing Stable (first Plate entrant), trainer Reade Baker and jockey Tyler Pizarro (first Plate mount)

b) Pizarro would become the first rider in the Triple Crown era (since

1959) to make the Plate his first stakes win.

c) He would be the first horse since Edenwold in 2006 to make the Plate the first win of his three-year-old campaign.

d) Like Mike Fox in 2007 and Wild Desert in 2005, the Plate would also be his first stakes win.

GINGER BREW wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) She would be the third Plate winner bred and owned by Frank Stronach (Adena Springs), who also bred and owned 1997 winner Awesome Again and

1994 winner Basqueian.

b) It would be the first Plate win for trainer Brian Lynch and jockey Javier Castellano (with his first Plate mount).

c) She would become the 34th filly to win the Plate since 1860 (the sixth since 1956) and just the fifth to win both the Plate and the Oaks, joining Flaming Page (1962), La Lorgnette (1985), Dance Smartly (1991) and Dancethruthedawn (2001).

HARVEST HOME wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the fifth Plate win for owner-breeder Sam-Son Farm, who won previously with Dancethruthedawn (2001), Scatter The Gold (2000), Dance Smartly (1991) and Regal Intention (1988).

b) It would be the fourth Plate win for trainer Mark Frostad, who won previously with Dancethruthedawn (2001), Scatter The Gold (2000) and Victor Cooley (1996).

c) It would be the first Plate win for jockey Corey Fraser.

d) He would become the first maiden since Sam-Son Farm’s Scatter The Gold in 2000 to win the Plate.  Prior to that, Golden Choice in 1986 was also a maiden when he won the Plate and before him, Epigram in 1952.

e) He would be the first gelding to win since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Victor Cooley in 1996 before him).

e) He would join Scatter The Gold (2000) and Awesome Again (1997) as the latest Plate winners who did not race as two-year-olds.

f) He would be the first winner since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Scatter The Gold in 2000 before him) to make the Plate his first stakes win in his first stakes start.

JUNGLE BREW wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the third Plate winner bred and owned by Frank Stronach (Adena Springs), who also bred and owned 1997 winner Awesome Again and

1994 winner Basqueian.

b) It would be the first Plate win for trainer Brian Lynch and jockey Eibar Coa.

c) He would become the first maiden since Scatter The Gold in 2000 to win the Plate.  Prior to that, Golden Choice in 1986 was also a maiden when he won the Plate and before him, Epigram in 1952.

d) He would join 1997 Plate winner Awesome Again as the only horses in the Triple Crown era (since 1959) to win the Plate in just their third career starts.

e) He would join Scatter The Gold (2000) and Awesome Again (1997) as the latest Plate winners who did not race as two-year-olds.

f) He would be the first winner since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Scatter The Gold in 2000 before him) to make the Plate his first stakes win in his first stakes start.

MAMMA’S KNIGHT wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner  Mike Kowalski and trainer Sam DiPasquale, with their first Plate entrant and the first Plate win for jockey Justin Stein.

b) He would be the first gelding to win since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Victor Cooley in 1996 before him).

c) Like Mike Fox in 2007 and Wild Desert in 2005, the Plate would also be his first stakes win.

NOT BOURBON wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner-breeder Charles Fipke (first Plate entrant) and jockey Jono Jones.

b) It would a record-tying eighth Plate win by trainer Roger Attfield, equalling trainer Harry Giddings Jr.’s mark set in 1942.  Attfield won previously with Regal Discovery (1995), Peteski (1993), Alydeed (1992), Izvestia (1990), With Approval (1989), Market Control (1987) and Norcliffe (1976).

c) He would become the 23rd Plate Trial winner to win the Plate but the first since Alydeed in 1992.

PALMERS wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the second Plate win for owner Eugene and Laura Melnyk (Melnyk Racing Stable), who also won the 1998 renewal with Archers Bay, whom they co-owned with R Bristow Farm.

b) It would be the first Plate win for trainer Mark Casse.

c) It would be the second Plate win for jockey Patrick Husbands, who won the 2003 Plate with eventual Triple Crown champion Wando.

d) He would be the first winner since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Scatter The Gold in 2000 before him) to make the Plate his first stakes win in his first stakes start.

SEBASTIAN’S SONG wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner Centennial Farms (Niagara) Inc. (with their first Plate starter) and trainer Alec Fehr.

b) It would be the third Plate win for jockey David Clark, who previously won with Fiddle Dancer Boy in 1981 and La Lorgnette in 1985.

c) He would be the third Plate winner to have also finished third in the Plate Trial.  The only other Plate winners since 1956 who also finished third in the Trial were Edenwold in 2006 and  Golden Choice in 1986.

d) Like Mike Fox in 2007 and Wild Desert in 2005, the Plate would also be his first stakes win.

SHADOWLESS wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner-breeder Heather Takahashi (with her first Plate

entrant) and trainer David Bell.

b) It would be the second Plate win for jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson, who also won last year’s edition with Mike Fox when becoming the first female rider to win the Plate.  She would also become the first jockey since Craig Perret (Alydeed in 1992, Peteski in 1993) to win back-to-back Plates.

c) He would be the first gelding to win since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Victor Cooley in 1996 before him).

d) Like Mike Fox in 2007 and Wild Desert in 2005, the Plate would also be his first stakes win.

SILVER JAG wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner-breeder Earl Daynes (with his first Plate entrant) and jockey Slade Callaghan.

b) It would be the second Plate win for trainer Josie Carroll, who became the first female conditioner to win the Plate with Edenwold in 2006.

c) He would become the first maiden since Scatter The Gold in 2000 to win the Plate.  Prior to that, Golden Choice in 1986 was also a maiden when he won the Plate and before him, Epigram in 1952.

d) He would be the first winner since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Scatter The Gold in 2000 before him) to make the Plate his first stakes win in his first stakes start.

e) He would join Scatter The Gold (2000) and Awesome Again (1997) as the latest Plate winners who did not race as two-year-olds.

SOLITAIRE wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the first Plate win for owner William Clifton Jr. and trainer James (Jim) Bond, with their first Plate entrant.

c) It would be the second Plate win by jockey Robert Landry, who won the 2004 edition aboard Niigon.

c) He would become the first maiden since Scatter The Gold in 2000 to win the Plate.  Prior to that, Golden Choice in 1986 was also a maiden when he won the Plate and before him, Epigram in 1952.

d) He would join 1997 Plate winner Awesome Again as the only horses in the Triple Crown era (since 1959) to win the Plate in just their third career starts.

e) He would join Scatter The Gold (2000) and Awesome Again (1997) as the latest Plate winners who did not race as two-year-olds.

f) He would become the eighth Plate Trial runner-up since 1980 (when the Trial became 1 1/8 miles) to win the Plate, joining Niigon (2004), Woodcarver (1999), Archers Bay (1998), Basqueian (1994), Peteski (1993), Key to the Moon (1984) and Fiddle Dancer Boy (1981).

g) It would be the third Plate winner bred by Windways Farm (Jeff Begg), who also bred 2005 winner Wild Desert and bred and raced 1996 Plate winner Victor Cooley.

h) He would be the first gelding to win since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Victor Cooley in 1996 before him).

TOOK THE TIME wins the Queen’s Plate:

a) It would be the second Plate win for owner Earle Mack, who won his first Plate with his first starter, eventual Triple Crown champion Peteski, in 1993.

b) It would be the first Plate win for trainer Mark Casse and jockey Ramon Dominguez (with his first Plate mount).

c) He would be the first horse since Edenwold in 2006 to make the Plate the first win of his three-year-old campaign.

d) He would be the first gelding to win since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Victor Cooley in 1996 before him).

e) He would be the first winner since T J’s Lucky Moon in 2002 (Scatter The Gold in 2000 before him) to make the Plate his first stakes win in his first stakes start.


 

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