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2026 King’s Plate Cheat Sheet

Canada takes center stage in North American Thoroughbred racing on Saturday, Aug, 15, for the $1 million King’s Plate, the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown as well as that country’s oldest Thoroughbred horse race.

Founded in 1860, the King’s Plate is the oldest continuously run race in North America. It was held as the Queen’s Plate from 1952 to 2022 in honor of then-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II, the race was renamed the King’s Plate for 2023 after the ascension of King Charles III following his mother’s passing.

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Buy or Sell on the Road to Breeders’ Cup: Evaluating Sovereignty’s Whitney Stakes Win

A fever knocked Sovereignty out of a planned start last fall in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic but he nonetheless took home Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male based on a resume of five wins and one second in six 2025 starts, including a pair of victories in Triple Crown races.

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Sovereignty Packs a Wallop in Whitney Stakes Win, Deterministic is Tops on Turf

Rebounding from a pair of losses to begin his 4-year-old campaign, reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty closed from the back of the pack to wallop the opposition in the $1 million Grade 1 Whitney Stakes Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.

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Maryland Moves Preakness Stakes Date to Late May, NBC Extends Broadcast Rights

A landmark week for the Triple Crown and the North American 3-year-old division continued Aug. 5 as the new version of the Maryland Jockey Club announced a date change for its most important race, the Preakness Stakes.

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Equibase Standings: Irad Ortiz Jr. Surpasses $25 Million in 2026 Earnings

A total of 46 stakes races across North America last week brought some changes to Equibase’s leaderboards tabulating 2026 North American earnings for horses, jockeys, and trainers.

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