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150th QUEEN’S PLATE OUTLOOK – June 21
– Changes updated on the list of probables – deleting injured COLLEROSA and adding CARCILLO and RESERVOIR.
POSSIBILTIES AND LAST BEYER FIGURE:
*MILWAUKEE APPEAL filly – Woodbine Oaks 99
*TASTY TEMPTATION filly – 2ND woodbine oaks, 93
EYE OF THE LEOPARD – Plate Trial winner 85
SHUT IT DOWN 3rd allowance 86
MR FORICOS TWO U allowance winner 84
*RESERVOIR – allowance on turf – 82
RAPID RELEASE – 3rd Plate Trial 81
STARDUST ZIGGY 2nd maiden race 78
ACTIVE DUTY – 4th Trial 77
KEINO WEST – 5th Trial 75
COSTALIVIN – Unplaced Trial 74
FLIP FOR THE COIN – 3rd allowance 74 Beyer
CARCILLO – maiden 74
EL BRUJO – Unplaced Trial 72
(*would have to be supplemented)
RESERVOIR (Sky Classic) is 2 for 2 in his career – could he be supplemented to the Plate. Here he is on the inside wining his latest on the grass. Norm Files photo.
Updates on Plate workouts from DAILY RACING FORM’S BILL TALLON:
Flip for the Coin drills for Plate
Flip for the Coin, trained by Vito Armata, worked six furlongs in 1:12.80 under regular rider Emile Ramsammy here Wednesday and is headed for the Queen’s Plate.
“Emile hadn’t been on him in his last two works, and I really wanted him to work him today to get to know him again,” Armata said.
Armata had Flip for the Coin break off behind another horse in a designed workout. “I wanted him to chase him and run him down,” Armata said. “He didn’t rate in his last race. He had an awesome work. So far, everything is good, and we’re going to the Queen’s Plate.”
Flip for the Coin, a homebred Ontario-sired gelding who races for Gino Molinaro, has started twice this year, finishing third in first-level restricted allowances at seven furlongs and 1o1/16 miles.
Armata and Molinaro teamed up with 82-1 shot T J’s Lucky Moon to win the 2002 edition of the $1 million Queen’s Plate.
Bucephalus works with blinkers
Bucephalus, who is under consideration for the Queen’s Plate, drilled four furlongs in 48.20 seconds while going in company under regular rider Tyler Pizarro here Tuesday.
“I think he’s been running spotty,” said Kevin Attard, who trains Bucephalus for Knob Hill Stable. “I worked him with some blinkers, to see if we can get him to focus a little bit more. He worked fine.”
SCORE SOME WINS TONIGHT!
– I erroneously mentioned that THE SCORE/WOODBINE handicapping contest started last Wednesday when in fact it strats tonight. Sign up for free and make your picks for the races tonight to win some cash! http://thescore.123racing.ca/
ROBBIE KING JR. is presented with the prestigious AVELINO GOMEZ AWARD on Sunday by Jacqui Gomez. King, a top rider for years in Ontario, a trainer and now president of the Canadian arm of the Jockey’s Guild, thanked all members of the racing industry from theunsung heroes on the backstretch to owners and trainer.
Terence Dulay photo.
SCOREBOARD
WOODBINE – TRAINERS
Nicholas Gonzalez 67 14 8 3 $689,575
Mark E. Casse 76 13 17 7 $914,816
Scott H. Fairlie 71 13 11 12 $864,669
Malcolm Pierce 46 13 5 5 $876,560
Robert P. Tiller 85 12 16 9 $611,469
StevenAsmusn 54 11 12 6 $498,245
Sid C. Attard 55 11 6 9 $437,106
Reade Baker 87 9 15 15 $647,377
Terry Jordan 24 9 0 8 $409,944
Audre Cappuccti 65 8 4 7 $252,904
Roger L. Attfield 35 7 7 5 $467,902
Sam Di Pasquale 29 7 6 2 $200,017
David R. Bell 42 7 5 8 $416,499
WOODBINE – JOCKEYS
Patrick Husbands 225 56 42 29 $2,871,035
Chantal Sutherland 227 35 34 34 $1,822,920
Emile Ramsammy 193 30 20 24 $1,312,399
Eurico Rosa Da Silva 197 27 36 23 $1,774,096
James McAleney 166 25 21 29 $1,495,492
Tyler Pizarro 156 24 18 19 $1,104,260
Emma-Jayne Wilson 199 22 23 21 $1,252,630
Justin Stein 174 14 23 18 $763,136
Luis Contreras 63 13 13 9 $544,646
RicharDos Ramos 79 10 7 8 $454,685
Jono C. Jones 103 8 9 10 $524,005
David Garcia 92 8 4 8 $227,222
FORT ERIE – TRAINERS
Michael Newell 52 9 5 8 $87,903
Daryl G. Ezra 25 9 2 4 $79,317
Rob Johnston 32 7 8 5 $69,866
John Simms 22 7 3 3 $63,391
Nicholas Gonzalez 26 6 2 8 $59,841
Daniel Wills 21 6 2 5 $48,724
Lyle Morden 17 5 2 4 $49,365
Winston Wilkinson17 4 4 2 $36,117
Howard Keen 34 3 5 4 $46,208
Gregg M. Matties 12 3 5 1 $31,032
Carlton Johnston 14 3 2 1 $29,990
Stanley G. Smith 17 3 1 1 $26,770
FORT ERIE – JOCKEYS
Rui M. Pimentel 110 24 16 17 $236,507
Melanie Pinto 92 15 18 16 $175,894
Krist Robinson 88 13 8 11 $132,417
Mike Mehak 91 10 11 16 $124,399
Edwar Robinson 61 10 7 2 $86,416
Christopher Griffith 64 9 15 4 $110,973
Sunny Singh 52 9 10 8 $104,045
Anthony Stephen 49 7 8 10 $83,313
David Garcia 31 5 5 2 $56,993
Regina Sealock 69 4 6 4 $59,991
Krista Carignan 30 4 4 5 $45,419
IN MEMORY OF GONE FISHIN
– Stakes winner and stallion GONE FISHIN, a handsome, fun loving fellow who has graced the pages of THOROUGHBLOG in recent years, was unfortunately euthanized June 5.
Owner Nicola Scott-Wells reports – “he somehow broke a bone in his forearm/shoulder area while turned out in his paddock. We took him to London Equine Hospital because we originally thought it was a fractured elbow, but it was a bone that could not be repaired.”
Codolences go out to Scott-Wells and the Gone Fishin family.
FUN STUFF
from Fort Worth Star Telegram
An exclusive chat with Rachel Alexandra
By DAVID THOMAS
It’s not a Star-Telegram tradition, but it is becoming one: an exclusive interview with a key figure in horse racing’s annual Triple Crown pursuit.
We had three different winners in the three races this year, but Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra was the obvious choice for a post-Triple Crown interview despite not competing in the Kentucky Derby or the Belmont.
The first filly to win the Preakness since 1924 also became the first filly to be interviewed by the Fans’ Insider.
First of all, Miss Alexandra … Please, call me Rachel.
OK, Rachel, did you watch the Belmont Stakes on Saturday? Actually, I did not.
Why not? Unless I’m racing, I always spend my Saturday evenings playing Bunco with some of the other fillies in the stable area. We don’t miss our Bunco night, Triple Crown race on TV or not.
I’m surprised. I thought you have a close relationship with Calvin Borel and would want to see if he could become the first jockey to win all three Triple Crown races on different horses. I’m not particularly close to Calvin. Think about it — he weighs 110 pounds and carries a whip. What’s to like about him?
www.star-telegram.com/sports/columnists/david_thomas/story/1424572.html
