1999 Queen's Plate Entries
Dateline: 6/24/99
This year marks the 140th running of the Queen's Plate, Canada's premier race for 3 year olds at a mile and a quarter. The name of the race is a bit of a misnomer since the trophy isn't even a plate but a gold cup about a foot high. The purse is a bit odd too at $500,000 Canadian plus 50 Guineas (about $120). The 50 Guineas comes in the form of a draft from the Royal Privy Purse from the Queen's representative at the race since Guineas are not even minted any longer. Despite the race being limited to Canadian breds, some very nice horses have won in the past including Northern Dancer, Kennedy Road, With Approval, Isvestia, Dance Smartly, and Awesome Again.
This year's field is a large one with 17 entered, including 3 from Frank Stronach. Colts and geldings carry 126 lbs and fillies carry 121 lbs.
| P.P. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | ML Odds | 6 | Touching (f) | Tino Attard | David Clark | 7-2* | 7 | Euchre | Robert Frankel | Emile Ramsammy | 7-2* | 10 | Roaring Twenties (f) | Joe Orseno | Chris Antley | 7-2* | 5 | The Feeber | Reade Baker | Jim McAleney | 15-1** | 11 | Dave the Comet | Reade Baker | Russell Baze | 15-1** | 1 | Woodcarver | Mike Keogh | Mickey Walls | 3-1 | 2 | Time for Judith | Jerry Seymour | Jack Lauzon | 50-1 | 3 | Festive Knight | Mike DePaulo | Steven Bahen | 30-1 | 4 | Beauty's Boy | Darren Glennon | Na Somsanith | 50-1 | 8 | Great Defender | Ross Armata | Slade Callaghan | 20-1 | 9 | Sir Lloyd | Reade Baker | Pat Husbands | 10-1 | 12 | Catahoula Parish | John Ross | Robert Landry | 6-1 | 13 | Geraint | Catherine Day | Jim McKnight | 12-1 | 14 | Gandria (f) | Jim Cheadle | Constant Montpellier | 30-1 | 15 | Fadder Ted | Joe Walls | Neil Poznansky | 20-1 | 16 | Zaha | Kiaran McLaughlin | Robbie Davis | 8-1 | 17 | Lenny the Lender | Rita Schnitzler | Todd Kabel | 10-1 |
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 Frank Stronach and 1997 Queen's Plate winner Awesome Again after winning the 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic |
- Profile of runners in post positions 1 to 5 - from OJC
- Profile of runners in post positions 6 to 10 - from OJC
- Profile of runners in post positions 11 to 14 - from OJC
- Profile of runners in post positions 15 to 17 - from OJC
- 1999 Queen's Plate Information - from OJC
- Woodbine Stable Notes - mostly Queen's Plate info now and updated frequently
- SLAM! Horse Racing - Canadian horse racing coverage so lots on the QP now
- News Index Search - should pick up some articles from the various online news sources
- Queen's Plate Winners 1948-1998 - includes their sire line
- Last Year's Result - winner was Archer's Bay
- Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
- Canada's Sports Hall of Fame - the horse racing section
- Canadian Racing Facts - from Sporting Life, race dates are old but the information is still useful
- Canadian Farm Directories by province from the Blood Horse
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All photos by the author, Queen's Plate logo courtesy of OJC.
