Date:  Sunday, June 22, 2008

Place:  Woodbine Racetrack

Race: $1 million Queen's Plate, 149th edition (longest continuously run stakes race in North America), approximate post time 5:06 p.m. ET, Ninth race; for three-year-olds foaled in Canada; first jewel in Canada's Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing; the other gems in the Crown are the Prince of Wales, July 13 at Fort Erie and the Breeders' Stakes, August 3 at Woodbine.

TV:  CBC; CBC bold; 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET

Distance:  One mile and two furlongs (1 1/4 miles), Polytrack

Weight: 126 pounds; 121 pounds for filly, Ginger Brew

Number of horses entered:  15

Purse distribution ($1 million):

$600,000          1st

$200,000          2nd

$110,000           3rd

$60,000             4th

$30,000             5th

Time record for race:

Izvestia (1990), 2:01 4/5

Shortest-priced winners:

Horometer (1934), $2.10

Victoria Park (1960), $2.10

Longest-priced winners:

Maternal Pride (1924), $193.35

T J's Lucky Moon (2002), $166.00

Largest margin of victory:

Izvestia (1990), 13 lengths

Smallest margin of victory:

With Approval (1989), nose (most recent)

Jockeys with the most Queen's Plate wins:

Avelino Gomez/Sandy Hawley/Robin Platts                      4

Trainers with the most Queen's Plate wins:

Harry Giddings Jr.          8

Roger Attfield                   7

Seven three-year-olds have swept the Triple Crown:

NEW PROVIDENCE (1959)          DANCE SMARTLY (1991)

CANEBORA (1963)                         PETESKI (1993)

WITH APPROVAL (1989)            WANDO (2003)

IZVESTIA (1990)

Previous Plate wins by 2008 participants:

Jockey David Clark                                         2             Fiddle Dancer Boy (1981), La Lorgnette (1985)

Jockey Emile Ramsammy                           2             Victor Cooley (1996), Edenwold (2006)

Jockey Patrick Husbands                            1              Wando (2003)

Jockey Robert Landry                                  1              Niigon (2004)

Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson                      1              Mike Fox (2007)

Trainer Roger Attfield                                   7             Norcliffe (1976), Market Control (1987),

                                                                                With Approval (1989), Izvestia (1990), Alydeed (1992), Peteski (1993), Regal Discovery (1995)

Trainer Mark Frostad                                    3             Victor Cooley (1996), Scatter the Gold (2000),

                                                                                              Dancethruthedawn (2001)

Trainer Mike Keogh                                        2             Woodcarver (1999), Wando (2003)

Trainer Josie Carroll                                      1              Edenwold (2006)

Owner Sam-Son Farm                                    4             Regal Intention (1988), Dance Smartly (1991),

Scatter the Gold (2000), Dancethruthedawn (2001)

Owner Gus Schickedanz                                                2             Woodcarver (1999), Wando (2003)

Owner Stronach Stable                                 2             Basqueian (1994), Awesome Again (1997)

Owner Earle I. Mack                                       1              Peteski (1993)

Owner Melnyk Racing Stable                     1              Archers Bay (1998)

*race and past performance charts provided by the Daily Racing Form*