From the fields of Saskatchewan to the throngs of people at Saturday's King's Plate at Woodbine, Chartrand-Hoek is living a dream.
Races
They came to Canada in the 1960s and builders/philanthropists Manfred and Penny Conrad have had a great time in horse racing.
Gary Barber's champion My Boy Prince won the Plate Trial and is heavily favoured to win the King's Plate over 12 rivals.
My Boy Prince and a few others are the most likely Plate winners according to the successful Thoro-Graph sheets.
Canada's Queen of Racing the last two years is better than ever as a five-year-old as her gritty Beverly D win attests.
The post positions will be drawn on Tuesday for the 165th King's Plate to be run August 17, while Plate day itself looks rainy.
Mother Nature played a role in who was winning races at Woodbine on August 10 as both stakes races were won by front-runners.
The Grade 2 Canadian Stakes, sans Moira, and the Bison City Stakes, with Oaks winner Kin's Concerto, headline Woodbine Saturday.
Diocles won the Sir Winston Churchill, Infinite Patience got back in the winner's circle and the sire Bakken had a big day.
The field for the King's Plate, edition 165, will be drawn next Tuesday and so far it's a wall of Mark Casse fellows that must be toppled.
The 76th running of the $125,000 highlight event at Assiniboia Downs saw the highest Derby night handle in the track’s history.
A look at last week at Woodbine and what is coming up as King's Plate day, August 17, is not far off for Canada's three-year-olds.
"He's an unbelievable horse" said jockey Rafael Hernandez about Live Lucky who remained unbeaten with his Lake Superior win.
Assiniboia Downs set for 76th Derby after a trying first half of 2024; invaders will be tough in the 1 1/8 mile race.
Invaders flock to Woodbine for turf stake and Ontario sired sophomores continue in the Heritage Series on Sunday.
