The Queen’s Plate is possibly the most revered one mile race on the world’s racing calender

> my great mate Tony Ridgway sent me this great info re the race on Sat

> The Queen’s Plate is possibly the most revered one mile race on the > world’s racing calender. First run in 1861, this year sees the 150th > running of our premier Grade 1 mile. Pocket Power has won it the > last 4 > years in a row. If he wins this one, he EQUALS the WORLD RECORD of one
> horse having won the same Grade 1 race 5 times in a row. The only > other horse > in racing history to do so was an American horse named KELSO, who > won the > Jockey Club Gold Cup, a prestigious Grade 1 race run at Belmont in > the USA,
> 5 times in a row, between 1960 and 1964. Kelso is now regarded as > one of the best
> racehorses of the 20th century, and also holds the record of being > named ‘Horse > of the Year’ in the US 5 times – another world record.
> Our own champ Pocket Power has thrice been honoured as SA’s ‘Horse > of the Year’,
> and is our biggest stakes winner ever. If he wins the Queen’s Plate > this year,
> besides the unique 5-in-a-row feat, he will also claim an > unprecedented 10th Grade 1 victory > ( grade 1 is the highest level of thoroughbred stakes racing in the > world). > His earnings will also soar above the 10-million rand mark.
> Irrespective of where this 8yr old finishes in this years race – he > must be considered > the most popular racehorse to grace our tracks in decades, if not > ever… >
> ‘The Best (The Pocket Power Song)” is my humble tribute to a GREAT > champion…

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