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Northern Dancer - just breezing along in a runaway win for the Queen's Plate
Northern Dancer - just breezing along in a runaway win for the Queen's Plate

Northern Dancer - just breezing along in a runaway win for the Queen's Plate

Date6/22/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Northern Dancer - just breezing along in a runaway win for the Queen's Plate. Langcrest is the closest opponent in this seven-length victory for the Taylor colt.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0095747F
Dancer set to clean up plate. Windfields Farms' Northern Dancer ambles about shedrow under the watchful eyes of trainer Horatio Luro (right) during pr(...)
Dancer set to clean up plate. Windfields Farms' Northern Dancer ambles about shedrow under the watchful eyes of trainer Horatio Luro (right) during pr(...)
6/20/1964
Steady customers: That's jockey Don Seymour and this year's Kinghaven Farm 3-year-old star Ever Steady, perhaps dreaming of a Queen's Plate win this summer
Steady customers: That's jockey Don Seymour and this year's Kinghaven Farm 3-year-old star Ever Steady, perhaps dreaming of a Queen's Plate win this summer
3/14/1990
And the winner is: Regal intention wasn't the Sam-Son Farm's horse that was supposed to win the Queen's Plate, but he left his favored stablemate Regal Classic (second) eating his dust at the finish
And the winner is: Regal intention wasn't the Sam-Son Farm's horse that was supposed to win the Queen's Plate, but he left his favored stablemate Regal Classic (second) eating his dust at the finish
7/11/1988
It's a romp: Pat Day raises his whip in triumph as he crosses the finish line aboard Dance Smartly to win the Queen's Plate by eight lengths
It's a romp: Pat Day raises his whip in triumph as he crosses the finish line aboard Dance Smartly to win the Queen's Plate by eight lengths
7/7/1991
Taking aim at the plate. Blondeinamotel, a filly hoping to psych out the boys in Sunday's Queen's Plate, gets a workout from exercise rider Jackie Gra(...)
Taking aim at the plate. Blondeinamotel, a filly hoping to psych out the boys in Sunday's Queen's Plate, gets a workout from exercise rider Jackie Gra(...)
7/6/1989
Taking aim at the plate. Blondeinamotel, a filly hoping to psych out the boys in Sunday's Queen's Plate, gets a workout from exercise rider Jackie Gra(...)
Taking aim at the plate. Blondeinamotel, a filly hoping to psych out the boys in Sunday's Queen's Plate, gets a workout from exercise rider Jackie Gra(...)
7/6/1989
Queen's Plate trophy is presented by Queen Mother in 1981
Queen's Plate trophy is presented by Queen Mother in 1981
7/8/1989
Bompago, Queen's Plate winner
Bompago, Queen's Plate winner
12/22/1983
Soaring to new heights: Bompago, the 1983 Queen's Plate winner now training to be a competitive show jumper, is shown working with conditioner Jim Elder
Soaring to new heights: Bompago, the 1983 Queen's Plate winner now training to be a competitive show jumper, is shown working with conditioner Jim Elder
7/7/1989
Queen's plate winner Bompago with John Carrella
Queen's plate winner Bompago with John Carrella
5/2/1984
'What a horse! I love that horse so much!' says groom Sharon Kelly, whose best beau, Steady Zephyr, is a longshot in the Queen's Plate today
'What a horse! I love that horse so much!' says groom Sharon Kelly, whose best beau, Steady Zephyr, is a longshot in the Queen's Plate today
7/15/1989
Her pop's secretariat. First Secretariat offspring to be eligible for Queen's Plate was born last week at Grovetree Farm, onrthwest of Metro. Filly's (...)
Her pop's secretariat. First Secretariat offspring to be eligible for Queen's Plate was born last week at Grovetree Farm, onrthwest of Metro. Filly's (...)
2/16/1974