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 Woodbine Oaks winner Munnyfor Ro is the 4-1 morning line second choice in post 6 for the 162nd Queen's Plate on Sunday. |
Date: 08/18/2021
The post positions for Sunday's $1 million Queen's Plate Stakes were selected during a special breakfast ceremony on Wednesday morning at the Trackside Clubhouse (formerly the standardbred paddock), before a crowd of owners, officials, media, and horsemen. This year marks the 162th edition of the Plate, the oldest continuously-run stakes race in North America, which is run at 1 1/4 miles over the Tapeta surface at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. The Plate is the premier race for Canadian-foaled 3-year-olds and the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, and this year a field of 13 made final entry. Colts and geldings carry the standard weight of 126 pounds while the filly Munnyfo Ro carries 121 pounds. With just 13 (the limit is 17) the auxiliary gate will not be needed this year.
 Drawing the selection order with Canadian Olympic swimmer Kayla Sanchez and racing secretary Scott Lane. |
Selection order is determined using the traditional double-blind random draw of numbered pills and entry forms. Canadian Olympic swimmer Kayla Sanchez randomly drew the entry sheets out of the box while racing secretary Scott Lane drew the 13 numbered balls. At the recently completed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Sanchez won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay, and then a bronze in the 4x100m medley relay. Her teammate in both relays, Canada's most decorated Olympian Penny Oleksiak, will be an honored guest at Woodbine on Plate day and will call "Riders Up" in the paddock for the race. After a 5 minute break where connections could "huddle" at their tables to discuss strategy, each horse's representative (any or all of trainer, owner, or jockey) came up to pick the post position.
 Some of the Queen's Plate jockeys pose with Woodbine CEO Jim Lawson and drawmaster Kayla Sanchez. Left to right: Kazushi Kimura, Antonio Gallardo, Justin Stein, Emma-Jayne Wilson, Jim Lawson, Kayla Sanchez, Gary Boulanger, Jason Hoyte, Keveh Nicholls |
Munnyfo Ro, the lone filly in the field, is the 9-2 second choice for trainer Kevin Attard, who has 4 horses entered in the race. She won the Woodbine Oaks last out after finishing 2nd in the Selene Stakes (G3) Regular rider Justin Stein breaks from post 6. Attard said, "She came out of the race (Oaks) great, had a really good work in the interim, She’s in the feed tub, she looks ready to fire for us again."
 Trainer Kevin Attard had four horses to select post positions for. |
The 6-1 fourth choice is Riptide Rock for trainer Sid Attard, who was first to select and chose the 7 for jockey David Moran. He comes here off a 6 furlong allowance win at Woodbine on July 16. Attard said, "When I ran him at 1 1/16 (at Oaklawn Park) he ran really good so I think he'll get the distance."
 The Queen's Plate draw board with post positions. |
Below are the entries for the 2021 Queen's Plate with post positions, morning line odds, trainer, jockey, and a link to a full profile from Woodbine. Free past performances are available here from BRISnet.com. (look for Riptide Rock)
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| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | M/L Odds |
| 1 | Safe Conduct | Philip Serpe | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 5-1 |
| 2 | Harlan Estate | Kevin Attard | Kazushi Kimura | 10-1 |
| 3 | Haddassah | Kevin Attard | Gary Boulanger | 10-1 |
| 4 | Take a Chance | Catherine Day Phillips | Keveh Nicholls | 20-1 |
| 5 | H C Holiday | Kevin Attard | Luis Contreras | 15-1 |
| 6 | Munnyfor Ro | Kevin Attard | Justin Stein | 9-2 |
| 7 | Riptide Rock | Sid Attard | David Moran | 6-1 |
| 8 | Keep Grinding | Tino Attard | Rafael Hernandez | 4-1 |
| 9 | Go Take Charge | Breeda Hayes | Sahin Civaci | 30-1 |
| 10 | Dance Some Mo | Graham Motion | Patrick Husbands | 12-1 |
| 11 | Avoman | Don MacRae | Antonio Gallardo | 8-1 |
| 12 | Tidal Forces | Gail Cox | Emma-Jayne Wilson | 12-1 |
| 13 | Derzkii | Carlos Grant | Jason Hoyte | 30-1 |
 The Queen's Plate and Canadian Triple Crown trophies |
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