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Start Your Engines for the 2019 Queen’s Plate

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This is a milestone year for the Queen’s Plate: it’s the 160th running, so many years from the first, won by Don Juan. Don Juan had to run three heats to win it and defeat seven others in Toronto, which at the time had a population of 44,425. This time, there are 14 horses, and it’s one dash for $1-million in front as the crowd tries to muster up the Royal Ascot flavour. … [Read more...] about Start Your Engines for the 2019 Queen’s Plate

A Queen’s Plate dream: Krachenwagen

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Four years ago, Angus Buntain took out his trainer’s licence. Eight years ago, Jeffrey Alderson rode the first winner of his career. Somehow, they have both found their way to the Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most prestigious race, with a horse whose name sounds like “cracking heads.” Who could believe it? Krachenwagen. A big, smart gelding with only seven starts in him and one … [Read more...] about A Queen’s Plate dream: Krachenwagen

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