Queen's Plate

A number of familiar faces are again seeking to win Canada's most famous horse race. Former winning trainers Mark Casse, Josie Carroll and Todd Pletcher ...

Gelding looks as if the distance shouldn’t be an issue and comes in third off the layoff. Daughter of Ghostzapper is clearly the horse to beat in here. Marine winner looks to be the strongest challenger to the filly and attracts Flavien Prat to ship in from a Sunday at Saratoga to ride in only two races on the card. I’ll use in the third and fourth slots to boost the exotic payoff. Favorite ran off in the Oaks by 10 lengths and the second-place finisher came back to win as well. Gelded son of Lemon Drop Kid comes in off of a two-length defeat in the Plate Trial Stakes, the traditional prep for the Plate. Strong connections who have won the Plate in the past in Justin Stein and Josie Carroll. With the same logic above for the two horses inside him, we can’t find a way to use him except possibly in the super. Attard will be looking to break an 0-for-10 skein in the race with Woodbine Oaks winner Moira (5-2). Longest shot in the field did draw multiple Plate-winning jockey Luis Contreras to ride the son of 2015 Plate winner Shaman Ghost. Grey colt looks to be very fast, but whether he can stretch out to the classic distance looks like the main question with this son of Mr. The 163rd running of Canada’s most famous race at 1¼ miles on the Woodbine Tapeta is restricted to 3-year-olds bred in Canada.

The winner of the Queen's Plate, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, was a filly named Moira, named after Catherine O'Hara's iconic character from ...

For more sports coverage, please visit the For more on the Queen’s Plate, please visit the Woodbine Racetrack The first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Queen’s Plate, took place at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack this afternoon, and the winning horse was a filly named Moira, who was of course named after Catherine O’Hara’s iconic character from Canadian TV series Schitt’s Creek.

Moira and jockey Rafael Hernandez win the 163rd Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack. Sir for Sure was third in the 11-horse field. The second Triple Crown event ...

"I think he sacrificed part of his career to put me in a position to succeed when he was training and I was able to start taking over his part of the business. "Obviously, being a local trainer I would love to put my name beside a Triple Crown horse if I could. "For them to be there and share in that moment means a lot. Wando was the last Canadian Triple Crown winner, accomplishing the feat in 2003. The exception was a second-place finish in the $156,400 Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes on Nov. Moira has won all three of her 2022 starts and hit the winner's circle for the fourth time in five career races. On Sunday, jockey Rafael Hernandez had Moira sitting eighth at the half-mile point and seventh after three-quarters of a mile. "She gave me another gear, " he said. "She knew today was a different day. And she did so despite running without hind shoes following a pre-race incident in the paddock. "Obviously in Horse Racing you're hoping those horses kind of have another performance like that," Attard said. Attard likened not winning the Plate to a hockey player going his entire career having never played for a Stanley Cup champion.

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Wando was the last Canadian Triple Crown winner, accomplishing the feat in 2003. The second Triple Crown event will be the Prince of Wales Stakes on Sept. Moira posted a synthetic track-record time of 2:01.48 in the 1 1/4-mile the opening jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown.

TORONTO — Trainer Kevin Attard has his Stanley Cup. Moira came on strong down the stretch to earn a record-setting victory in the $1-million Queen's Plate ...

"I think he sacrificed part of his career to put me in a position to succeed when he was training and I was able to start taking over his part of the business. "Obviously, being a local trainer I would love to put my name beside a Triple Crown horse if I could. "For them to be there and share in that moment means a lot. we'll discuss that when the time comes but if I could go for a Triple Crown or attempt to try to win that would be something pretty special." The exception was a second-place finish in the $156,400 Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes on Nov. Moira has won all three of her 2022 starts and hit the winner's circle for the fourth time in five career races. On Sunday, jockey Rafael Hernandez had Moira sitting eighth at the half-mile point and seventh after three-quarters of a mile. "She gave me another gear, " he said. I think that's what has defined her as a good horse." "She knew today was a different day. And she did so despite running without hind shoes following a pre-race incident in the paddock. Attard likened not winning the Plate to a hockey player going his entire career having never played for a Stanley Cup champion.

Trainer Kevin Attard has his Stanley Cup. Moira came on strong down the stretch to earn a record-setting victory in the $1-million Queen's Plate on Sunday ...

“I think he sacrificed part of his career to put me in a position to succeed when he was training and I was able to start taking over his part of the business. Wando was the last Canadian Triple Crown winner, accomplishing the feat in 2003. “Obviously, being a local trainer I would love to put my name beside a Triple Crown horse if I could. “For them to be there and share in that moment means a lot. The third and final race will be the Breeders’ Stakes slated for Oct. The exception was a second-place finish in the $156,400 Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes on Nov. Moira has won all three of her 2022 starts and hit the winner’s circle for the fourth time in five career races. On Sunday, jockey Rafael Hernandez had Moira sitting eighth at the half-mile point and seventh after three-quarters of a mile. “When we turned for home, she was unbelievable. And she did so despite running without hind shoes following a pre-race incident in the paddock. “Obviously in Horse Racing you’re hoping those horses kind of have another performance like that,” Attard said. Attard likened not winning the Plate to a hockey player going his entire career having never played for a Stanley Cup champion.

Moira posted a synthetic track-record time of 2:01.48 in the 1 1/4-mile opening jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown. With the win, ...

“I think he sacrificed part of his career to put me in a position to succeed when he was training and I was able to start taking over his part of the business. Wando was the last Canadian Triple Crown winner, accomplishing the feat in 2003. “For them to be there and share in that moment means a lot. “Obviously, being a local trainer I would love to put my name beside a Triple Crown horse if I could. The third and final race will be the Breeders’ Stakes slated for Oct. The exception was a second-place finish in the $156,400 Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes on Nov. Moira has won all three of her 2022 starts and hit the winner’s circle for the fourth time in five career races. On Sunday, jockey Rafael Hernandez had Moira sitting eighth at the half-mile point and seventh after three-quarters of a mile. “She gave me another gear, ” he said. And she did so despite running without hind shoes following a pre-race incident in the paddock. “Obviously in Horse Racing you’re hoping those horses kind of have another performance like that,” Attard said. Attard likened not winning the Plate to a hockey player going his entire career having never played for a Stanley Cup champion.

Moira was simply marvelous in Sunday's $1 million Queen's Plate at Woodbine, beating the boys by seven lengths in synthetic-track-record time in the 163rd ...

It bettered the Queen’s Plate record of 2:01.80 set by Izvestia on the dirt in 1990.\r\n\r\nMoira ($5.60) was the first Queen’s Plate winner for trainer Kevin Attard, who said the victory was the thrill of a lifetime.\r\n\r\n“There were a lot of emotions leading up to this race,” Attard said. It’s a good thing I sweat more than she did.”\r\n\r\nBred by Adena Springs, Moira is the third Plate winner by Ghostzapper, following Holy Helena and Shaman Ghost, who was ridden by Hernandez in 2015. Donato Lanni heads the three-pronged ownership group of X-Men Racing, Madaket Stables, and SF Racing.\r\n\r\nMoira’s connections were noncommittal about running her back in the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on the dirt at Fort Erie on Sept. She proceeded to make a sweeping move to hit the front at the head of the stretch and never looked back, scoring by seven lengths over a closing Hall of Dreams.\r\n\r\nPlate Trial winner Sir for Sure finished another two lengths back in third. I think this puts me in a special group of trainers. ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Moira was simply marvelous in Sunday’s $1 million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine, beating the boys by seven lengths in synthetic-track-record time in the 163rd running of the historic event.\r\n\r\nMoira rated kindly about six lengths off the lead along the backstretch in the 1 1/4-mile Tapeta route, as The Minkster set quick fractions while being tracked by Ironstone.\r\n\r\nRafael Hernandez angled Moira to the three-path nearing the three-eighths pole.

Filly Moira came on strong down the stretch to earn a record-setting victory in the $1-million Queen's Plate on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack.

"I think he sacrificed part of his career to put me in a position to succeed when he was training and I was able to start taking over his part of the business. "Obviously, being a local trainer I would love to put my name beside a Triple Crown horse if I could. "For them to be there and share in that moment means a lot. we'll discuss that when the time comes but if I could go for a Triple Crown or attempt to try to win that would be something pretty special." The exception was a second-place finish in the $156,400 Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes on Nov. Moira has won all three of her 2022 starts and hit the winner's circle for the fourth time in five career races. On Sunday, jockey Rafael Hernandez had Moira sitting eighth at the half-mile point and seventh after three-quarters of a mile. "She gave me another gear, " he said. I think that's what has defined her as a good horse." "She knew today was a different day. And she did so despite running without hind shoes following a pre-race incident in the paddock. Attard likened not winning the Plate to a hockey player going his entire career having never played for a Stanley Cup champion.

The Queen's Plate is a race known for its great performances by fillies, and on Sunday at Woodbine, Moira put herself in the upper echelon of that list, ...

With an authoritative victory in the Queen's Plate on her resume, the natural next question is whether Moira will be pointed for the Prince of Wales Stakes on Sept. In the race prior to the Queen's Plate, the Grade 2 Canadian Stakes, Hernandez was part of a desperately close finish aboard Crystal Cliffs, and he pumped his fist in victory shortly after the wire, only to come back and realize he had actually been beaten by a nose. She trains a lot on the dirt, and she trains over it well. All of that on that my back is a lot, but we became winners, and it's something special.” Moira also became the 38th filly to win the Queen's Plate; the first since Wonder Gadot in 2018. Sir for Sure ran evenly to finish third, and give trainer Mark Casse the bottom two-thirds of the trifecta. “Around the backside, I had to start getting her clear, so when I asked her, I made sure she had room,” Hernandez said. Jockey Kazushi Kimura began to rouse Ironstone around the time they crossed six furlongs in 1:11.85, and after drawing even through the final turn, he got a head in front at the quarter pole, clicking off a mile in 1:36.33. At the break, Hernandez took a slight hold of his mount, and focused on getting her settled in further inside from the eighth post. Under jockey David Moran, The Minkster quickly got out to a 1 1/2-length lead and set an opening quarter fraction of :23.75. Compared to her exploits in the Woodbine Oaks, where she ended up losing both her hind shoes before the race and nearly dumped her rider into the hedges around the winner's circle after it, Moira's Queen's Plate experience was relatively tame. Instead, Moira remained under the indoor enclosure, circling the stalls with a handler on each side and a pony horse guiding her up front.

The fictional Moira Rose, played by Catherine O'Hara for years on the popular sitcom “Schitt's Creek,” was a spoiled, eccentric, and overly dramatic ...

[Ironstone](https://www.americasbestracing.net/horses/ironstone), who chased The Minkster for much of the race before taking a brief lead at the mile marker, was fourth. [Rondure](https://www.americasbestracing.net/horses/rondure), a slight favorite over 9-5 Moira at odds of 1.55-1, ran a non-threatening sixth in the 11-horse field. [Rafael Hernandez](https://www.americasbestracing.net/jockeys/rafael-manuel-hernandez) was simply biding his time on Moira, and when she was given her cue on the outside on the second turn, she quickly displayed her superiority. She is Ghostzapper’s third winner of the Plate after victories from the colt Shaman Ghost (2015) and the filly Holy Helena (2017). She then led a field of 10 males onto the racetrack from the paddock tunnel. Her 1 ¼-mile time of 2:01.38 on Woodbine’s synthetic Tapeta surface established a track record and was the fastest at that distance in the race’s storied history (the Queen’s Plate was held at a mile and a quarter from 1887-1923 and again from 1957 to the present). Moira hit the midstretch marker three lengths in the lead and widened her margin to the finish despite Hernandez not urging her and pumping his fist in celebration over the final 70 yards. The race also gave Canadian-born bloodstock agent Donato Lanni a coveted victory as an owner. What a filly.” “This is unbelievable. [X-Men Racing](https://www.americasbestracing.net/owners/x-men-racing-madaket-stables-llc-and-sf-racing-llc) partnership he heads with [Madaket Stables and SF Racing](https://www.americasbestracing.net/owners/x-men-racing-madaket-stables-llc-and-sf-racing-llc). [Ghostzapper](https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2021-ghostzapper-the-horse-blazed-brilliant-path-brief-potent-racing-career), became the 38th filly to win the Queen’s Plate and 10th since 1962.