The brilliant grey filly is the 40th filly to take the Plate and her 7 1/4 length win was a walk in the park for the Josie Carroll trainee.
Josie Carroll
Michael Cooke's "happy" horse Don Ique is a longshot in Canada's big race, but he has a special angel looking over him.
The King's Plate entrants were yearling purchases or homebreds, from Canadian breeding or deep European lines, and they came from everywhere.
Who's hot at Woodbine as King's Plate week gets underway; the connections of the top three contenders are all doing well.
Not many are afraid of Woodbine Oaks winner Luster, as 11 may be entered against her for the 167th King's Plate, to be drawn on Tuesday.
The success record of fillies in the Plate is quite remarkable, considering the number of Canadian-bred three-year-olds in a crop each year.
Gainesway Farm and Andrew Rosen's Luster cruised easily to a 5 1/2 length win in the 71st Woodbine Oaks, punching her Plate ticket.
The 71st Woodbine Oaks will be run Sunday, July 19 and trainer Josie Carroll is going for her fourth win in the big filly race.
There were no stakes races this past weekend at Woodbine, but there was plenty of action and memorable events.
Ontario-bred three-year-old gelding beat a solid field of maidens at Keeneland on April 11 and quickly tops King's Plate list.
After showing much promise in workouts over the last 10 months, Pin Oak Stud's colt had an impressive debut.
Carroll took her time with Kentucky-bred Chaos Agent and it paid off; Ontario-bred Private Debbie was a nice winner at Oaklawn.
It has been 50 years since Norcliffe, trained by Roger Attfield, won the Coronation Futurity and then the Plate the following year.
Mark Dodson's homebred Notorious Gangster had a speedy breeze at Woodbine on July 31 as he continues on his way to the Plate.
Scrappy son of Classic Empire enjoys the seven furlongs of Queenston and overcomes slow pace to get the win for Mark Dodson.
