Queen’s Plate
How Wild Rose won the Queen’s Plate in 1867 - and again 19 years later
Thirty-six fillies have won the Queen’s Plate in the Canadian classic’s 158-year history. Two of them were chestnut mares named Wild Rose.
Why the Queen’s Plate is so much more than just Canada’s most famous race
It is the pride of Canada: a million dollar contest over the classic distance of 1¼ miles, pitting the country’s best 3-year-olds against each other in the heat of summer. But, for those outside the nation, the Queen’s Plate may seem nothing more than a restricted, non-Graded race over a synthetic surface. Recent winners are helping to defeat that stigma by going on to score in major stakes around the Read more
Queen’s Plate
June 30, 2018
Woodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The 159th running of the Queen’s Plate
Distance: 1¼ miles (ten furlongs)
Surface: Tapeta
Age: 3yo Canadian-bred
Racecourse: Woodbine Park (right-handed)
Purse: CDN$1 million
Number of horses: 16
Weight: Colt/Gelding: 126 lbs (57.2 kg)
Filly: 121 lb (55 kg)
