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TORONTO - Kevin Attard has been finalist as Canada's champion trainer the last four years and has compiled a resume that includes such Grade 1 victories as the E.P Taylor Stakes, Woodbine Mile and Prince of Wales Stakes.
He's been Canada's champion thoroughbred trainer the last 11 years and twice has won the $1-million Queen's Plate. But Mark Casse heads into the opening leg of the 2022 OLG Canadian Triple Crown under the radar.
Eleven hopefuls, including Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser winner Moira, and Grade 3 Marine victor Rondure, will vie for top prize in the $1 million Queen’s Plate, first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, highlighting an outstanding stakes-filled Sunday card of racing at Woodbine.
Mark Casse has twice made his mark in the Queen’s Plate. This time, he has two chances to make it a trifecta.
Live Oak Plantation’s Our Flash Drive built off her recent pair of graded stakes-placings on grass with a one-length victory in the 19th running of Sunday’s $135,000 Fasig-Tipton De La Rose for older fillies and mares going one mile over the inner turf.