Winning Ponies

The 160th running of the $1 Million Queen’s Plate, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown will take place Saturday. Sandy Hawley, a member of the Canadian Hall of Fame and the North American Hall of Fame won the prestigious race four times. He will join us to reflect on those wins and update us on the recent Jockeys and Jeans event held at Santa Anita to benefit the PDJF. Sandy's career as a jockey spanned 31 years from 1968 to his retirement on July 1, 1998. He had 31,455 mounts, garnering 6,449 wins and won 18 riding titles at Woodbine. He currently is a Public Relations Ambassador for Woodbine Entertainment Group, and resides in Oshawa, Ontario and Lexington, Kentucky. Communications Director John Siscos covers the racing scene at Woodbine and will join John Engelhardt to analyze the four graded stakes on the six stakes program. - The $1,000,000 Queen’s Plate Stakes; the $300,000 Grade 1 Highlander; $175,000 Grade 2 Dance Smartly and the $175,000 Grade 2 King Edward.