Trainer Mark Casse, a four-time Sovereign Award winner as Canada’s top conditioner, will send out three hopefuls for the $1 million Queen’s Plate on June 24th at Woodbine as he seeks his first win in the country’s most famed horse race. Last year, he also saddled a trio of runners in the ‘Gallop for the […]
Queen's Plate
Filly Dixie Strike, trained by champion conditioner Mark Casse and owned by John Oxley, was today installed as the 4-1 favourite for the 153rd edition of the Queen’s Plate, following in the footsteps of her half-sister, 2011 Queen’s Plate heroine, Inglorious. Last year, Inglorious, who also captured the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, rallied […]
Donver Stable’s Inglorious, the only filly in the field of 17 three-year-olds, charged down the stretch to win the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous race, by two and one-half lengths over 61-1 longshot Hippolytus, Sunday at Woodbine. Ridden by Luis Contreras and trained by Josie Carroll, Inglorious, the 9-2 third choice, became the […]
Check Your Soul, Queen’splatekitten and Inglorious top a field of 17 Canadian-foaled three-year-olds for the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, Sunday at Woodbine. The 152nd edition of the Plate, the oldest continuously run stakes race in North America, will be televised live on CBC-TV in HD (High Definition) in a special […]
