HORSE RACING : VICTOR COOLEY WINS QUEEN'S PLATE IN TORONTO.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Victor Cooley put Stephanotis away in the deep stretch Sunday and won the Queen's Plate The Queen's Plate is North America's oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1ΒΌ miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses foaled in Canada. The race takes place each July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario. , Canada's top race for 3-year-olds, by 1-1/2 lengths at Woodbine woodbine, name for several vines, among them honeysuckle and Virginia creeper. woodbine Any of many species of vines belonging to various flowering-plant families, especially the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, family Vitaceae) of in Toronto. The smooth-striding gelding gelding castrated male horse. , owned by the Begg family of King, Ontario, stalked the pace throughout the 1-1/4-mile race, just behind Stephanotis and Kristy Krunch. With three furlongs to go, Victor Cooley, a 5-2 shot, came wide alongside the contenders, then passed Kristy Krunch and overcame the long shot Stephanotis to win the 137th running of the Plate. Kayrawan wins at Belmont:Kayrawan won for the second time in his fourth U.S. start, beating Cold Execution by 1-1/4 lengths in the $108,000 Grade II Tom Fool Stakes for older horses at Belmont Park in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Ridden by Richard Migliore and carrying 113 pounds, Kayrawan covered the seven furlongs on a fast track in 1:22 4/5 and earned $64,860 for Shadwell Stable. The 4-year-old son of Mr. Prospector won in his U.S. debut at Belmont on May 2. He returned $21.60 to win. Odds-on favorite Lite the Fuse was third, another three lengths back in the field of five. |
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