Chiefswood Stable homebred Tiz a Slam, a three-time winner in four juvenile starts, was today installed the early 3-1 favorite for the 158th edition of The Queen’s Plate.
Last year, it was Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Sir Dudley Digges, piloted by Julien Leparoux for trainer Mike Maker, who arrived in the final strides to collar Amis Gizmo to win a thrilling edition of the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, by a half-length in front of a record crowd of 37,063.
Should Tiz a Slam reign victorious in the 2017 Queen’s Plate, which is set for Sunday, July 2, at Woodbine, he would provide Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield with a record ninth score in the Canadian classic.