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.

Dan Vella, Richard Grubb, Patrick Husbands and the late Glen Todd joined Channel Maker and Starship Jubilee as this year's inductees.

While pick-4 and pick-5 pools get most of the attention, pick-3s can be a hidden gem under certain circumstances.

The ambitious 22-year-old has been successfully training Quarter Horses for years and has added Thoroughbreds to her resumé at Fort Erie.

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.