{"id":2689,"date":"2019-06-20T13:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/queensplate\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:44:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:44:19","slug":"queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s Plate notes for Thursday, June 20, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN EARLY LOOK AT THE PROBABLE FIELD FOR THE 160TH RUNNING OF THE QUEEN’S PLATE (12)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Horse \/ Trainer \/ Owner \/ Jockey<\/em><\/p>\n

Avie’s Flatter \/ Josie Carroll \/ Ivan Dalos \/ Javier Castellano<\/p>\n

Desert Ride (filly) \/ Neil Howard \/ Sam-Son Farm \/ Steven Bahen<\/p>\n

Federal Law \/ Mark Casse \/ Qatar Racing Limited \/ Jamie Spencer<\/p>\n

He’s a Macho Man \/ Josie Carroll \/ Di Scola Boys Stable \/ Patrick Husbands<\/p>\n

Krachenwagen \/ Angus Buntain \/ Greenoaks Farm \/ Jeffrey Alderson<\/p>\n

Lucas n’ Lori \/ Kevin Attard \/ Frank Cirillo \/ Kazushi Kimura<\/p>\n

Moon Swings \/ Michael De Paulo \/ Zilli Racing Stables \/ Jesse Campbell<\/p>\n

One Bad Boy \/ Richard Baltas \/ Sayjay Racing LLC \/ Flavien Prat<\/p>\n

Pay for Peace \/ Rachel Halden \/ Team Penney Racing and Lisa Moser \/ Rafael Hernandez<\/p>\n

Rising Star \/ Michael De Paulo \/ Zilli Racing Stables \/ Justin Stein<\/p>\n

Skywire \/ Mark Casse \/ Gary Barber and Lou Tucci \/ Eurico Rosa Da Silva<\/p>\n

Tone Broke \/ Steve Asmussen \/ L & N Racing LLC \/ Richard Santana Jr.<\/p>\n

QUEEN\u2019S PLATE AND WOODBINE RETURN IS TWICE AS NICE FOR CASSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

TORONTO, June 20, 2019 \u2013 What\u2019s better than having one shot at winning the Queen\u2019s Plate? For Mark Casse, one of the top trainers in the sport, it\u2019s having two horses in the big dance and a happy return to Canada\u2019s Showplace of Racing.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s won some of the biggest events in Thoroughbred racing, has been inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, and recently watched a pair of his trainees, War of Will and Sir Winston, win the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, respectively.<\/p>\n

Casse would enjoy adding another particular victory to what is an already outstanding season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been looking forward to this for some time,\u201d said the Indiana-born horseman, who won the 2014 Queen\u2019s Plate with Lexi Lou and last year\u2019s running with Wonder Gadot, both Canadian Horse of the Year honourees. \u201cThere has been a lot said about us winning the Preakness and winning the Belmont. That brings me great joy, but anybody that says that to me, I say, \u2018I think we can win the Queen\u2019s Plate!\u2019 That\u2019s important to us. Given the wonderful year we\u2019ve had so far, I\u2019d love to add the Queen\u2019s Plate to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man who campaigned stars Tepin, Catch a Glimpse, Sealy Hill and Uncaptured, will have two excellent chances to make that wish a reality, namely, Federal Law and Skywire.<\/p>\n

A gelded son of Scat Daddy, Federal Law, owned by Qatar Racing Limited, has three wins, four seconds and a third from 11 career starts.<\/p>\n

His most notable win to date came in the Queenston Stakes on May 19.<\/p>\n

Rallying impressively in the seven-furlong main track race, Federal Law, fifth at Robert Geller\u2019s stretch call, was able to get up in time to post a neck win.<\/p>\n

The bay, bred by the Jim Dandy Stable, comes into the Queen\u2019s Plate off a second-place performance in the Plate Trial Stakes on June 8 at Woodbine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s a nice horse,\u201d Casse, a lifetime winner of more than 2,700 races who was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2016. \u201cHe possesses some speed, which allows you to position him where he wants to be. We\u2019ll probably try to keep him off the lead, try to keep him close early and get him to relax a little, see if we can get him the mile and a quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skywire, a son of Afleet Alex, is the other entrant in Casse\u2019s formidable one-two Plate punch.<\/p>\n

To be ridden by two-time (2009 with Eye of the Leopard and 2010 with Big Red Mike) Plate winner Eurico Rosa Da Silva, Skywire, fashioning a record of 3-1-0 from five starts, won the Wando Stakes on April 28 at Woodbine.<\/p>\n

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Queen’s Plate contender Skywire at Woodbine. (Michael Burns Photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The colt, owned by Gary Barber and Lou Tucci, heads to the Plate starting gate off a solid second-place effort in the Grade 3 Marine Stakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought Skywire\u2019s last race (Marine) was really good,\u201d offered Casse. \u201cHe got beat by a nice horse (Global Access), who probably had a little better trip than us. I think his demeanor is going to help him go a mile and a quarter. He\u2019s the type of horse that doesn\u2019t go until you ask him to go. I think Eurico (jockey, Rosa Da Silva) will be able to conserve his energy until he needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casse, who\u2019ll arrive at Woodbine one day before the Plate post-position draw (Wednesday), is looking forward to coming back to the racetrack where he developed some of the country\u2019s most distinguished champions, a place that has also delivered him a record 11 Sovereign Awards as Canada\u2019s top trainer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been really fortunate to have had great success and we owe so much of that to Woodbine,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s important. We\u2019ve been racing there a long time. I think if you said \u2018Mark Casse\u2019 to most racing fans, they would say Woodbine. It\u2019s just always nice to come back and see friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

PRESTIGIOUS TITLE AND $500,000 BONUS UP FOR GRABS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chase for the OLG Canadian Triple Crown title and a $500,000 bonus begins with the 160th running of the $1 million Queen\u2019s Plate on Saturday, June 29 at Woodbine. The bonus will be awarded to the owners of any horse that can sweep all three legs of the challenging series, which includes the subsequent Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie and Breeders\u2019 Stakes at Woodbine.<\/p>\n

The last horse to complete the feat was 2003 Triple Crown champion Wando, with Patrick Husbands aboard for trainer Mike Keogh and the late Gus Schickedanz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AN EARLY LOOK AT THE PROBABLE FIELD FOR THE 160TH RUNNING OF THE QUEEN’S PLATE (12) Horse \/ Trainer \/ Owner \/ Jockey Avie’s Flatter \/ Josie Carroll \/ Ivan Dalos \/ Javier Castellano Desert Ride (filly) \/ Neil Howard \/ Sam-Son Farm \/ Steven Bahen Federal Law \/ Mark Casse \/ Qatar Racing Limited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13,61,83,120,168,190,204,228],"class_list":["post-2689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-woodbine-news","tag-2019-queens-plate","tag-federal-law","tag-horse-racing","tag-mark-casse","tag-queens-plate-festival","tag-skywire","tag-the-queens-plate","tag-woodbine"],"yoast_head":"\nQueen's Plate notes for Thursday, June 20, 2019 - Kings Plate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Queen's Plate notes for Thursday, June 20, 2019 - Kings Plate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AN EARLY LOOK AT THE PROBABLE FIELD FOR THE 160TH RUNNING OF THE QUEEN’S PLATE (12) Horse \/ Trainer \/ Owner \/ Jockey Avie’s Flatter \/ Josie Carroll \/ Ivan Dalos \/ Javier Castellano Desert Ride (filly) \/ Neil Howard \/ Sam-Son Farm \/ Steven Bahen Federal Law \/ Mark Casse \/ Qatar Racing Limited […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kings Plate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-20T17:44:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/Skywire-QPContender-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Woodbine Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Woodbine Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/\",\"name\":\"Queen's Plate notes for Thursday, June 20, 2019 - Kings Plate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/Skywire-QPContender-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-20T17:44:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/#\/schema\/person\/a0fd69f7784d871ee5e952e26abddb3b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/2019\/06\/20\/queens-plate-notes-for-thursday-june-20-2019\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/Skywire-QPContender-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/woodbine.com\/kingsplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/06\/Skywire-QPContender-MichaelBurnsPhoto-1500.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Queen's Plate contender Skywire at Woodbine. 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