**RACE 1 – POST TIME – 12:00 PM Rolling Double / Exactor / .20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $55,900. (Plus $16,800 – Other Sources) (Plus $11,200 – State Bred) (Plus $8,925 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year […]

HAPPY QUEEN’S PLATE DAY – the festivities begin at 12 – bands, food, fashion contests, pink carpet and lots of cool drinks! Remember to watch and wager on the great racehorses who will compete for us beginning at 12, 13 races highlighted by the 10th race, the Queen’s Plate – the Toronto Star has selections […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $55,900. (Plus $16,800 – Other Sources) (Plus $11,200 – State Bred) (Plus $8,925 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Two Years Old. Weight, 120 Lbs. Five Furlongs. (All Weather Track) […]

  CANADA – 149 YEARS-OLD TODAY leading into truly Canadian weekend with 157th Queen’s Plate Sunday DOMINION DAY STAKES today at Woodbine with just a 5 horse field but last year’s winner RED RIFLE is back. The race should be a sprint to the finish at the end of 10 furlongs. Tomorrow, the Passing Mood […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine CLAIMING $10,000 – $9,500 Purse $21,000. (Plus $4,200 – Other Sources) (Plus $4,200 – State Bred) (Plus $810 – Other Sources). For Three Year Olds And Upward. Three Year Olds, 119 Lbs.; Older, […]

    The Woodbine jockey colony now includes RAFAEL HERNANDEZ (third from left). Good luck gang on Plate day! Michael Burns photo   RACE 1 – POST TIME – 6:45 PM Rolling Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN CLAIMING $40,000 – $37,500 Purse $31,000. (Plus $6,200 – […]

THIS AND THAT FROM THE QUEEN’S PLATE POST POSITION DRAW 13 – ENTERED IN 1 1/4 MILE CLASSIC 10TH RACE POST TIME 5:36 P.M. POSTS 1 MIKE   DAVID MORAN 2 NARROW ESCAPE SHEENA RYAN 3 ALL ON RED EURICO DA SILVA 4 LEAVEM IN MALIBU GARY BOULANGER 5 SIR DUDLEY DIGGES JULIEN LEPAROUX 6 […]

BREAKING NEWS – RAFAEL HERNANDEZ, last year’s Queen’s Plate winning rider, will be on CHEBURASHKA for this year’s Plate and then will begin riding full time at Woodbine… https://www.thestar.com/sports/2016/06/28/defending-queens-plate-jockey-making-full-time-move-to-woodbine.html         POST POSITIONS DRAWN TOMORROW FOR 157TH QUEEN’S PLATE The post positions for the Queen’s Plate will be drawn tomorrow at the trackside […]

Thoughts are for those involved, equine and human, in a sad incident at Fort Erie on Sunday.   In Queen’s Plate news, HAMMERS VISION has been withdrawn for the Queen’s Plate according to trainer Brian Lynch. The colt will run in the Charlie Balrey Stakes instead this weekend. There were some Plate workers on Sunday… […]

15 in QUEEN’S PLATE POSSIBLE FIELD – July 3 (with latest Beyer Figure, jockey, comments )   AMIS GIZMO – 85 Beyer Plate Trial Luis Contreras – dominated Trial, wins on repeat. Owner/breeder Dalos ready for first Plate win. SHAKHIMAT – 81 Trial Emma-Jayne Wilson – 2 recent losses but is the king of the […]

      QUEEN’S PLATE POSSIBLE FIELD – July 3 (with latest Beyer Figure, jockey, comments )   The post position draw for the QUEEN’S PLATE is Wednesday morning (a day earlier than usual). 14 horses are on the list of entrants although only half a dozen of these are serious contenders for winning the […]

    RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $45,000. (Plus $6,300 – Other Sources). For Ontario Sired Maidens, Two Years Old. Weight, 119 Lbs. Four And One Half Furlongs. (All Weather Track) 2 Jurojin (ON) 2/G L1 […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine ALLOWANCE Purse $47,500. (Plus $6,300 – Other Sources). For Ontario Sired Three Year Olds Which Have Never Won A Race Other Than Maiden Or Claiming Or Which Have Never Won Two Races. Weight, 122 […]

  QUEEN’S PLATE NEWS FROM THOROUGHBLOG Chebruashka out; Neshama to go to Bison City   It seems as if the presence of the mighty boys from the Plate Trial – AMIS GIZMO and SHAKHIMAT – is not scaring away any 3-year-old that has placed in a race this season. WOODBINE ENTERTAINMENT reported on Wednesday that […]

    VIDEO – Talkin Horses, the Sovereign Award winning horse racing show, talks to Emma-Jayne Wilson and Luis Contreras about their Plate horses and the Trial – Episode 2 from last Saturday **This Saturday on TalkinHorses – find out more about ALL ON RED and his quest for the Plate for American owner Dennis […]