The Queen's Plate Contenders: June 8, 2011

Courtesy: WEG / Michael Burns Photography

Here's your daily look at the nominees for the 2011 Canadian Triple Crown for June 8, 2011:



- Molinaro Handsome has been entered into the fifth race at Woodbine on Friday. The race is a claiming race ($20,000 - $19,000) for three-year-olds and up which have never won two races and will be run over six furlongs on polytrack. Molinaro Handsome has drawn post position 10. He is trained by Ross Armata and will be ridden by Steven Bahen.

- Stunning Split, Ghost Time and Jojo's Mojo have all been entered into the seventh race at Woodbine on Friday. The race is a maiden special weight race for three-year-olds and up that will be run over one mile and one sixteenth on the turf. Stunning Split has drawn post position five, Ghost Time has drawn post 10 and Jojo's Mojo has drawn post nine. Stunning Split is trained by Malcolm Pierce and will be ridden by Omar Moreno, Ghost Time is trained by Sid Attard and will be ridden by Richard Dos Ramos and Jojo's Mojo is trained by Michael De Paulo and will be ridden by Slade Callaghan.

- One Big Gator and Crown's Path have been entered into the ninth race at Woodbine on Friday. The race is a maiden special weight race for Ontario-sired three-year-olds and up and will be run over one mile and one sixteenth on polytrack. One Big Gator has drawn post position four, while Crown's Path has drawn post position three. One Big Gator is trained by John Ross and will be ridden by Patrick Husbands. Crown's Path is trained by Gregory de Gannes and will be ridden by Jesse Campbell.


- Elite Alex worked five furlongs at Delaware Park this morning. The three-year-old colt breezed five furlongs in 57.00 over Delaware's dirt track. The workout ranked first out of 16 horses who worked that distance this morning.

- Diego Bay worked five furlongs at Woodbine this morning. The three-year-old colt breezed five furlongs in 59.80 over Woodbine's turf course. The turf was listed as good. The workout ranked first out of 19 horses who worked that distance on the turf this morning.

- Molinaro Remarks worked four furlongs at Woodbine this morning. The three-year-old gelding breezed four furlongs in 48.40 over Woodbine's turf course. The turf was listed as good. The workout ranked first out of six horses who worked that distance on the turf this morning.

- Molinaro Ft Sassy worked three furlongs at Woodbine this morning. The three-year-old gelding worked his three furlongs handily in 35.80 over Woodbine's polytrack. The workout ranked second out of 17 horses who worked that distance this morning.

- Welloiledmachine worked five furlongs at Woodbine this morning. The three-year-old gelding breezed five furlongs in 1:02.20 over Woodbine's dirt training track. The workout ranked eighth out of 16 horses who worked that distance on the dirt training track this morning.

- Nanaimo worked five furlongs at Woodbine this morning. The three-year-old gelding breezed five furlongs in 1:00.80 over Woodbine's polytrack. The workout ranked ninth out of 23 horses who worked that distance this morning.

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