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RESULTS, photos, charts, and more

Entries were drawn and post positions selected this morning for the 143nd running of the Queen's Plate, the oldest continuously run stakes race in North America. A field of 14 horses was entered with Plate Trial winner Shaws Creek made a lukewarm morning line favorite at 3-1. For the first time a new rule was used that allows horses with the same ownership to run uncoupled in races of $1 million or more, so the two horses from Sam-Son Farm will run as separate betting interests.

Queen's Plate Poll Who will win the Queen's Plate? Fuzzy Star Streakin Rob Twice Bid Forever Grand Classic Mike Barbeau Ruckus Adjalah Cree Power T J's Lucky Moon Ford Every Stream Bravely Mountain Beacon Anglian Prince Shaws Creek

Post time for the Queen's Plate is Sunday at 5:07pm ET as the ninth race on the card at Woodbine. It will be shown live on Sportsnet in Canada from 4:00 - 5:30pm ET and online from Woodbine's website. Free past performances are available from Daily Racing Form.

Below are the entries for the Queen's Plate. Distance is 1 1/4 miles, purse is $1,000,000, and all horses carry 126 pounds. Click the horse's name to see full info on him including a photo.

 

Pat Quinn holds the Queen's Plate trophy while the jockeys in attendance reach for it.

This year the honorary drawmaster was Pat Quinn, coach and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Canadian Olympic hockey team. Quinn had this to say about the Queen's Plate: "It’s the biggest sporting event in Canada. One of the things I see similar to my job is dealing with top athletes. It’s the work of the coaches or in this case, the trainers and the jockeys who really bring them along and help them peak at the right time. The thing that will make the difference in this race will be heart for the wonderful athletes that will be running here on Sunday."

Trainer John Ross hangs his silks in post 14, after being drawn to select last.

As in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, the selection order is drawn at random and then the connections of each horse have ninety seconds to announce their post position when called upon after a five minute break for consultation. Favorite Shaws Creek was draw early for the 14th and last selection of posts, which wound up meaning post 14. His trainer John Ross joked about the post: "Jake and I went out, had a big breakfast meeting to discuss our draw strategy and it all came down to picking post 14."

Queen's Plate info online:

• Glenners' Picks for the Queen's Plate NEW!
• Free Past Performances from Daily Racing Form NEW!
• Queen's Plate Barbecue Photos - Monday the horses are paraded for the crowd at a barbecue in the walking ring. Photos of 10 contenders and their connections with comments. NEW!
• Woodbine main page
• Woodbine's special Queen's Plate page
• Profiles of the trainers for this year's Queen's Plate from Woodbine NEW!
• Profiles for the jockeys in this year's Queen's Plate from Woodbine NEW!
• Woodbine Stable Notes - mostly Queen's Plate info now and updated frequently
• Queen's Plate Stats and Trivia
• Queen's Plate Winners 1860-2001
  • 2001 Results - the winner was Dancethruthedawn
  • 2000 Results - the winner was Scatter the Gold
  • 1999 Results - the winner was Woodcarver
• Live Audio/Video from Woodbine
• SLAM! Horse Racing - Canadian horse racing news
• WayMoreSports.com Horse Racing - more Canadian racing news
• TSN Horse Racing - more Canadian racing news
• News Index Search - articles from the various online news sources

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