Woodbine Entertainment establishes September date for $1-million Queen's Plate
Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson announced Monday the opening leg of Canada's Triple Crown will be run Sept. 12 at Woodbine Racetrack. The Queen's Plate dates back to 1860 and is widely regarded as the country's most popular and recognized horse race.
"The main part of our thinking was we had to get the prep races in," Lawson said. "We wanted to have Oaks and Plate Trial as lead-ins again to have the boys-versus-the-girls setup. "NBC Sports is coming up for ," Lawson said. "We didn't think it was the right thing to run the Plate and the Mile on the same day.The 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate, which is run on Woodbine's Tapeta course, is for three-year-olds foaled in Canada. It was originally scheduled to be run June 27 at Woodbine Racetrack but the race was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
That paved the way for Woodbine to adhere to its plan of resuming harness racing June 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and kick-starting the thoroughbred campaign June 6. "We're going to be subject to city of Toronto and government health guidelines," Lawson said. "But I think it's reasonable to think in the fall there might be spectators."
For the first time ever, the Plate and $1-million Woodbine Mile, a Grade 1 turf event, will run on consecutive weekends.
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