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Woodbine Cancels Thursday Card Due To Extreme Heat

Due to extreme heat and high humidex, Woodbine Entertainment has announced the cancellation of today's (Aug. 26) card of live Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine Racetrack.

Live racing is scheduled to resume Friday at 4:50 p.m.

Fans and horseplayers can continue to watch and wager on live racing through HPIbet.com or the newly redesigned Dark Horse Bets App, available for Apple and Android devices.

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Queen’s Plate Card Sees Second-Highest Handle In Event History

Safe Conduct's triumph in Sunday's 162nd running of The Queen's Plate, the first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, highlighted a tremendous day of world-class racing at Woodbine Racetrack that produced the second-highest wagering handle in event history.

A total of $16,122,170 was wagered on Sunday's 13-race card, including $3,491,564 on The Queen's Plate. The total handle is second-only to the 2019 event total of $18,005,973 and tops the 2020 handle of $14,532,678 by 11 percent.

“This year's Queen's Plate brought the energy of our great sport back in full-force to Woodbine with an outstanding crowd and thrilling racing,” said Jim Lawson. “It's evident that this excitement was felt across North America and we're elated to see the support this great day of racing received as part of the continued growth of the Woodbine brand.

“On behalf of Woodbine, a sincere thank you to our staff, partners, horse racing community, horseplayers and fans for adding to the storied history of The Queen's Plate.”

The Queen's Plate card included a trio of Grades Stakes races, 11 turf course races and several multi-leg wager guarantees. Horseplayers saw several generous payouts, including a 70-1 upset by Mambointheforest ($161.70) in the eighth-race. The Late Pick-5, which generated a pool of $491,899, featured three stakes contests as part of the sequence and returned $12,795.65 for a $1 ticket ($2,559.13 for $0.20).

With post time favourites going four for 13 on the program, the average $2 Win price (excluding the 70-1 upset) was $12.40.

The last time The Queen's Plate was run on a Sunday it generated a handle of $11 million (2017). The three previous Queen's Plate cards were run on Saturday.

Earlier in the week, Woodbine Entertainment successfully launched Dark Horse Bets, an innovative app that simplifies wagering on horse racing.

Live racing resumes Thursday afternoon at Woodbine and continues Thursday through Sunday for the remainder of the season. Fans and horseplayers can watch and wager on each day of racing through HPIbet.com or the newly redesigned Dark Horse Bets App, available for Apple and Android devices.

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Silent Poet Dashes To Victory In Highlander Stakes At Woodbine

Trying Grade 1 stakes company for the first time, Caravel darted out to the lead early in the Highlander Stakes, but Silent Poet was fastest at the end in the last of the stakes races on the Queen's Plate card at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The Stronach Stables 6-year-old gelding hung back in third for the first five furlongs of the six-furlong Highlander and took over the lead in the stretch to find the wire first and get his first Grade 1 victory.

Chuck Willis was fastest out of the gate, but Caravel, fresh off her Grade 3 win in the Caress at Saratoga, took over in the first quarter of the Highlander, leaving Chuck Willis in second on the rail and Silent Poet in third on her outside. The filly held on to the lead through early fractions of :22.35 for the first quarter and :45.16 for the half-mile, but, as the field hit the top of the stretch, Silent Poet kicked into gear, passing the filly to take the lead with Admiralty Pier out toward the middle of the track mounting his challenge. At the wire, Silent Poet was a half-length in front, with Admiralty Pier passing Caravel for second, the filly holding off City Boy for third. Honey Won't, Chuck Willis, Old Chestnut, and Turned Aside rounded out the field.

The final time for the six furlongs over a firm E.P. Taylor turf course was 1.07.98. Find this race's chart here.

Silent Poet paid $21.90, $9.80, and $4.70. Admiralty Pier paid $9.60 and $5.20. Caravel paid $2.10.

Bred in Ontario by Adena Springs, Silent Poet is by Silent Name, sired by Sunday Silence, out of the unraced mare Cara Bella, by Ghostzapper. Trained by Nicholas Gonzalez, he was ridden by Justin Stein. The G1 Highlander is Silent Poet's first win in three starts in 2021 for a lifetime record of 11 wins in 21 starts.

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Safe Conduct Outlasts Riptide Rock To Win Queen’s Plate

The fascinators and flowers were out in full force for Canada's signature race, the Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. On one of the country's biggest race days, 13 loaded into the starting gate, all prepared to take their place in the long history of the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown. In the end, it was Safe Conduct, who benefitted from running just behind the early leader Take a Chance, who found a clear path to victory in the 162nd Queen's Plate.

In his first start in both Canada and on the Woodbine Tapeta, the Ontario-bred Safe Conduct broke from the rail post and got clear of the bunched field to sit a length behind Take a Chance with Haddassah third and Go Take Charge fourth and Riptide Rock last of all. The pace was a moderate one, with Take a Chance setting fractions of :24.01 for the first quarter, :48.37 for the half-mile, and 1:13.11 for six furlongs. Irad Ortiz, Jr., in town for a day's racing at Woodbine, kept Safe Conduct just off the leader throughout, moving to the lead as the field hit the top of the stretch.

With 13 horses, the stretch run quickly became a cavalry charge with several horses running into traffic issues trying to find a position to make their bid for the lead. Ortiz's move gave Safe Conduct the running room he sorked to put space between him and the field as they headed for the wire, leading by as much as a length down the stretch. David Moran moved Riptide Rock, who had been last until the top of the stretch, out into the center of the track, to find a lane for the gelding's closing kick. He quickly closed on Safe Conduct, but was unable to catch him, with the winner hitting the wire a head in front. H C Holiday was third and the filly Munnyfor Ro was fourth.

The final time for the mile and quarter Queen's Plate was 2:02.85.

Safe Conduct paid $8.00, $5.10, and $4.20. Riptide Rock paid $10.10 and $7.90. H C Holiday paid $15.40.

Bred in Ontario by Mitchell H. Kursner, Safe Conduct is a 3-year-old cold by Bodemeister out of the Congrats mare Duchess Dancer. Owned by WellSpring Stables, he is trained by Philip Serpe. Consigned by Cara Bloodstock, Safe Conduct was purchased by his owner at the 2018 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale for $45,000. The Queen's Plate is the colt's third win in seven career starts.

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