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Plate greats

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Plate greats

Date7/8/1990

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Plate greats: Izvestia; with Don Seymour aboard; aroused plenty of cheers during and after yesterday's running of the Queen's Plate. Izvestia left the rest of the field in the dust; winning by 13 lengths in a Plate-record time of 2:01 4/5.

Subject

Racetracks (Horse racing)

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0095928F

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Bompago, in the centre of the pack, was in a great position right from the start of yesterday's Queen's Plate

Bompago, in the centre of the pack, was in a great position right from the start of yesterday's Queen's Plate

6/26/1983

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

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

3/26/1982

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

Sports - Horses - Race - Races - Queens Plate (1993-)

Sports - Horses - Race - Races - Queens Plate (1993-)

7/10/1994

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