Queen's Plate

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The Queen's Plate is North America's oldest thoroughbred horse race, run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses, foaled in Canada, run annually in July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario. It is the first race in the Canadian Triple Crown.

Initiated in 1859 by the then president of the Toronto Turf Club, Sir Casimir Gzowski, a distinguished Polish engineer and ancestor of the popular Canadian broadcaster, Peter Gzowski, the Queen's Plate was inaugurated on June 27, 1860, at the Carleton racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The prize of 50 guineas was originally awarded by Queen Victoria.

Horses owned by Windfields Farm have won the QueenÃÂÃÂs Plate 11 times, but the most successful were members of the Seagram family of distillers from Waterloo, Ontario. They won it on 20 occasions between 1891 and 1935 including 8 times in a row between 1891 and 1898, and 10 times in 11 years from 1891 to 1901.

Three riders have won the Queen's Plate four times: Avelino Gomez, Sandy Hawley, and Robin Platts.

Year -- Winner
1860 -- Don Juan
1861 -- Wild Irishman
1862 -- Palermo
1863 -- Touchstone
1864 -- Brunette
1865 -- Lady Norfolk
1866 -- Beacon
1867 -- Wild Rose
1868 -- Nettie
1869 -- Bay Jack
1870 -- John Bell
1871 -- Floss
1872 -- Fearnaught
1873 -- Mignonette
1874 -- The Swallow
1875 -- Young Trumpeter
1876 -- Norah P.
1877 -- Amelia
1878 -- King George
1879 -- Moss Rose
1880 -- Bonnie Bird
1881 -- Vice Chancellor
1882 -- Fanny Wiser
1883 -- Roddy Pringle
1884 -- Williams
1885 -- Willie W.
1886 -- Wild Rose
1887 -- Bonnie Duke
1888 -- Harry Cooper
1889 -- Colonist
1890 -- Kitestring
1891 -- Victorious
1892 -- O' Donohue
1893 -- Martello
1894 -- Joe Miller
1895 -- Bonniefield
1896 -- Millbrook
1897 -- Ferdinand
1898 -- Bon Ino
1899 -- Butter Scotch
1900 -- Dalmoor
1901 -- John Ruskin
1902 -- Lyddite
1903 -- Thessalon
1904 -- Sapper
1905 -- Inferno
1906 -- Slaughter
1907 -- Kelvin
1908 -- Seismic
1909 -- Shimonese
1910 -- Parmer
1911 -- St. Bass
1912 -- Heresy
1913 -- Hearts of Oak
1914 -- Beehive
1915 -- Tartarean
1916 -- Mandarin
1917 -- Belle Mahone
1918 -- Springside
1919 -- Ladder of Light
1920 -- St. Paul
1921 -- Herendesy
1922 -- South Shore
1923 -- Flowerful
1924 -- Maternal Pride
1925 -- Fairbank
1926 -- Haplite
1927 -- Troutlet
1928 -- Young Kitty
1929 -- Shorelint
1930 -- Aymond
1931 -- Froth Blower
1932 -- Queensway
1933 -- King O' Connor
1934 -- Horometer
1935 -- Sally Fuller
1936 -- Monsweep
1937 -- Goldlure
1938 -- Bunty Lawless
1939 -- Archworth
1940 -- Willie the Kid
1941 -- Budpath
1942 -- Ten to Ace
1943 -- Paolita
1944 -- Acara
1945 -- Uttermost
1946 -- Kingarvie
1947 -- Moldy
1948 -- Last Mark
1949 -- Epic
1950 -- McGill
1951 -- Major Factor
1952 -- Epigram
1953 -- Canadiana
1954 -- Collisteo
1955 -- Ace Marine
1956 -- Canadian Champ
1957 -- Lyford Cay
1958 -- Caledon Beau
1959 -- New Providence
1960 -- Victoria Park
1961 -- Blue Light
1962 -- Flaming Page
1963 -- Canebora
1964 -- Northern Dancer
1965 -- Whistling Sea
1966 -- Titled Hero
1967 -- Jammed Lovely
1968 -- Merger
1969 -- Jumpin Joseph
1970 -- Almoner
1971 -- Kennedy Road
1972 -- Victoria Song
1973 -- Royal Chocolate
1974 -- Amber Herod
1975 -- L' Enjoleur
1976 -- Norcliffe
1977 -- Sound Reason
1978 -- Regal Embrace
1979 -- Steady Growth
1980 -- Driving Home
1981 -- Fiddle Dancer Boy
1982 -- Son of Briartic
1983 -- Bompago
1984 -- Key to the Moon
1985 -- La Lorgnette
1986 -- Golden Choice
1987 -- Market Control
1988 -- Regal Intention
1989 -- With Approval
1990 -- Izvestia
1991 -- Dance Smartly
1992 -- Alydeed
1993 -- Peteski
1994 -- Basqueian
1995 -- Regal Discovery
1996 -- Victor Cooley
1997 -- Awesome Again
1998 -- Archers Bay
1999 -- Woodcarver
2000 -- Scatter the Gold
2001 -- Dancethruthedawn
2002 -- T J's Lucky Moon
2003 – Wando