June 27 is a long way off, long enough we hope, that racing will back to normal (like, people allowed on the backstretch, in the stands!) so here is a Queen’s Plate update three months+ from the big race.
HALO AGAIN, the American-based colt owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds and Will Horton, trained by Steve Asmussen, had a reasonable effort in the Grade 3 Jack Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park on Mar. 14. The son of Speightstown, who won the Coronation Futurity last fall at Woodbine, (yes, there is that wacky trend of no Coronation winner to take the Plate since ’75), finished fourth, beaten 7 3/4 lengths in the Jack Ruby, posting a career-best 76 Beyer Speed Figure according to Daily Racing Form.
Bred by Anderson Farms Ontario, the colt remains at the top of the Canadian Thoroughbred Queen’s Plate list, although there is work to do from him yet.
After Halo Again there is an array of nice prospects who are well into spring training in the US including Stronach Stables’ MALIBU MAMBO, ELUSIVE KNIGHT and AWESOME THUNDER.
Fillies CURLIN’S VOYAGE and MERVEILLEUX are also prepping in the south, as are impressive winners CORSI (2 for 2) and CLAYTON, who won his debut with an 88 Beyer Figure.
STORMY SOUL has some good workout times in Florida currently and seems near a race while Ilium Stables’ TECUMSEH’S WAR is new to the list as an experienced sophomore with some nice preps at Payson Park recently for trainer Brad Cox.Catherine Day Phillips.
1. Halo Again
2. Malibu Mambo
3. Elusive Knight
4. Curlin’s Voyage
5. Merveilleux
6. Edge of Fire
7. Clayton
8. Bold Victory
9. Corsi
10. Auburn Hills
11.Stormy Soul
12. Dotted Line
13.Tomcat Black
14 Awesome Tiger
15. Tecumseh’s War
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