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Wonder Gadot triumphs in Queen’s Plate
It’s Wonder Ga-DOT, people. Not Wonder Ga-DOUGH, as so trippingly falls off the tongues of those Canadian folk who think in bilingual terms. Now you’ll all have to remember the name of Wonder Gadot, because the imposing 3-year-old filly just became the 37th filly to win the Queen’s Plate against the boys over the past 159 years, (and the ninth since Woodbine opened in 1956.) … [Read more...] about Wonder Gadot triumphs in Queen’s Plate
A Jack of Hearts at the Queen’s Plate
White hearts are splashed right up the red sleeves of their racing colours. You can’t miss them. Come Queen’s Plate day, the members of the Jack of Hearts Stable hope they’ll see these hearts bound to the front aboard their 3-year-old colt, Aheadofthecentury. (Plato once said: ‘Every heart sings a song.’ More about that later.) Yes, he’s 15 to 1 in the morning … [Read more...] about A Jack of Hearts at the Queen’s Plate