Barb Minshall wasn’t chasing history on that picture-perfect summer day 25 years ago at Fort Erie Racetrack.
“It seems like yesterday,” started Minshall, from her home office in Mississauga, Ont. “It’s just amazing to me. When you realize that it was 1995… you just say to yourself, ‘Wow.’ But I never thought about being the first one. Your first thought is always the same… win the race.”
Leading up to the 136th running of the Queen’s Plate, there hadn’t been much talk, as she recalled, that the Canadian classic could produce a first in its storied history: a female trainer winning the race.
