{"id":2637,"date":"2019-06-08T18:47:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T22:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/queensplate\/pay-for-peace-pulls-off-19-1-upset-in-the-plate-trial-stakes\/"},"modified":"2019-06-08T18:47:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T22:47:24","slug":"pay-for-peace-pulls-off-19-1-upset-in-the-plate-trial-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/08\/pay-for-peace-pulls-off-19-1-upset-in-the-plate-trial-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay for Peace pulls off 19-1 upset in the Plate Trial Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO, June 8, 2019 \u2013 Pay for Peace overtook 9-5 favourite Federal Law in mid-stretch to pull off a 19-1 upset in the $125,000 Plate Trial Stakes on Saturday afternoon at Woodbine.<\/p>\n<p>With Luis Contreras aboard for trainer Rachel Halden, the Silent Name-Dancing Bay gelding stepped up his game to notch his first stakes victory and entered the Queen\u2019s Plate conversation.<\/p>\n<p>In the traditional prep for the first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, Federal Law emerged with the lead up the rail into the first turn and built up a four-length advantage on his foes through fractions of :24.17, :48.64 and 1:12.73.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dun Drum followed in second-place with Contreras getting what he described as a \u201cdream trip\u201d aboard Pay for Peace, who settled back in third.<\/p>\n<p>For Federal Law, it was a game of \u2018catch me if you can\u2019 and Pay for Peace caught him after rallying three-wide in the final turn of the 1-1\/8-mile Tapeta test for Canadian-foaled three-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>He hit the mile mark in 1:38.25 and prevailed by 1-3\/4 lengths in a final time of 1:51.63. Federal Law held on in a photo finish for second-place between Rising Star and Moon Swings.<\/p>\n<p>A one-time winner from seven previous starts, Pay for Peace returned $41.90 for a $2 win ticket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got a chance to win if you\u2019re in the race,\u201d said Contreras, who previously won back-to-back editions of the Plate Trial Stakes with Danish Dynaformer (2015) and Amis Gizmo (2016). \u201cYou never know. I told Rachel before, I think he likes to run, and he likes to run all day, so he can run further. I think it\u2019s his style to be in the long races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you he had a good break and I saw the one break a little bit and he kind of rushed to the lead and I think that kind of helped a little.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019 Plate Trial Stakes: Woodbine, June 8, 2019 - Race 8\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5uyP6ZCSXgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Bred by Brian Lynch Racing and owned by Team Penney Racing and Carem Stables, Pay for Peace broke his maiden over one-mile and 70 yards last November at Woodbine, but had been winless in his first two sophomore starts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just absolutely delighted,\u201d said Halden. \u201cObviously, he\u2019s just taken a little while to come back around this year for us. He did run a very good race his last start against older horses and looking at this race, we were hoping to maybe get a piece of it because it didn\u2019t look like it was going to be a huge field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winning effort has put the $1 million Queen\u2019s Plate, set for June 29, on the gelding\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t thinking about it,\u201d admitted Halden. \u201cLike I say, he\u2019s just a real big old galloper. I think this horse will step up on the turf and we\u2019ve been kind of thinking Breeders\u2019. He did jump up and run a big race today. We will definitely be thinking about it now and we\u2019ll see how he comes out of it and have a discussion with his owners and see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Krachenwagen completed the top five, with Dun Drum, Jammin Still, The Newfie Express and Hesathriller rounding out the order of finish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2638\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2638\" src=\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/PayforPeace-PlateTrialStakes-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/PayforPeace-PlateTrialStakes-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/PayforPeace-PlateTrialStakes-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/PayforPeace-PlateTrialStakes-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/PayforPeace-PlateTrialStakes-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pay for Peace and jockey Luis Contreras winning the $125,000 Plate Trial Stakes on Saturday, June 8 at Woodbine Racetrack. 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