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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
The Red Cooler goes to the Queen’s Plate
Imagine meeting up with a cooler guy, called Jack Frost in Canada. What are the chances, right? Canadians know all about Jack Frost. But perhaps not this Jack Frost. He was a buddy of Mike Nosowenko, a hard-working General Motors worker in Oshawa, and he indirectly led him down a path that has taken the auto employee to the Queen’s Plate on Saturday at Woodbine. He’s now 79. … [Read more...] about The Red Cooler goes to the Queen’s Plate