Nine Fast Facts About the 2018 Queen’s Plate
The Queen's Plate Stakes takes place this weekend at Woodbine in Toronto, Ont.
The Queen's Plate is restricted to horses bred in Canada. Horses born in any other country are not allowed to run.
The Queen's Plate is run on an all-weather surface at 1.5 miles.
The Queen's Plate is the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. Just 12 Queen’s Plate winners have gone on to sweep the series.
The Queen's Plate is the oldest and longest continually run race in North America. It was first run in 1860. This is 159th edition without missing a year.
There is a million Canadian dollars up for grabs in the 2018 Queen's Plate.
Mark Casse and Mike Maker have both won the Queen's Plate in the past. CasSE has Telekinesis, Wonder Gadot and Neepawa, while Maker trains Boyhood Dream, Marriage Counselor and Pawnbroker.
The Queen's Plate was inaugurated in 1860. Queen Elizabeth II has attended the race on four occasions: 1959, 1973, 1997, and 2010.
The Queen's Plate has been won by both a female jockey and a woman trainer before. Catherine Day Phillips could become the second female trainer if Dixie Moon wins this year.
Last year fans bet a record CA$13,560,678 on Queen’s Plate day. More than CA $3.7 million of that was bet on the Queen's Plate itself.
