WE MISS ARTIE TOPS QUEENS PLATE FIELD Ken and Sarah Ramseys We Miss Artie, winner of the Plate Trial on June 15, has been installed as the 8-5 morning line choice in a field of 15 for the $1 million Queens Plate, Canadas most famous horse race, Sunday at Woodbine. Dave Semenko Jersey . The 155th edition of the Plate for Canadian-foaled three-year-olds, the oldest continuously run stakes race in North America, will be televised live on TSN in HD (High Definition) in a special presentation from 4:30 – 6:00 pm ET. Post time is 5:38 pm. The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Right Honourable David C. Onley, will be the Royal Guest of Honour. All starters carry 126 pounds, except the lone filly Lexie Lou, who will tote 121 pounds for the mile and one-quarter classic over Woodbines Polytrack. The winner will receive $600,000. At the Queens Plate breakfast on Thursday morning, the selection order for post positions was drawn first via the traditional pill-pull, followed by the choosing of post positions by the connections for each horse, a system which has been in place for the Plate since 1998. We Miss Artie (PP6, 8-5), trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Javier Castellano, proved a comfortable winner of the Trial by three-quarters of a length over Majestic Sunset, his first outing at Woodbine and his first start since a 10th place finish, just eight and one-quarter lengths behind California Chrome in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 3. Hell try to become the 26th Plate Trial winner since 1944 to win the Plate, the last being Big Red Mike in 2010. "I think my horse ran really well (in the Trial)," said owner Ken Ramsey, after choosing post six with the second selection. "(Jockey Javier) Castellano said he was saving himself for the Queens Plate. Hes doing exceptionally well (at Saratoga)." For More on the Plate field, click here: http://weg.bz/1qTCwcJ EIGHTY NINE RED SURPRISES IN ACHIEVEMENT There were only five horses in the co-featured $150,000 Achievement Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. And Eighty Nine Red was the longest price of the bunch, sent postward a 16-1 outsider. No problem. Ridden by Jesse Campbell for trainer Mike DePaulo, Eighty Nine Red, tucked along the rail, stalked the pace of favoured Flashy Margaritta, then came out turning for home and prevailed in a stretch drive, taking the six furlong event for Ontario-bred three-year-olds by one length in 1:10.28. Flashy Margaritta, who had cranked out reasonable fractions of :22.97 and :45.67, held on for place, while Spadina Road closed for third. Owned by John Russell and George Schramm, the son of Bold Executive-Timeless Silver had opened his 2014 campaign in style, easily winning a five furlong allowance contest. But after a third place finish to Speightsong in the seven furlong Queenston, then a seventh place finish to Flashy Margaritta in the turf, six furlong Bold Ruckus, Eighty Nine Red returned to the Polytrack and prevailed. "I was a little worried going into the (far) turn. It was pretty tight. (Jockey) Patrick (Husbands, aboard Flashy Margaritta) was doing his job, doing what I would have done," said Campbell. "I loved the way this horse responded today. I had high hopes for this horse all along. He put it all together today. He really ran a good race." Eighty Nine Red had been kept eligible for the Queens Plate but his connections decided to shorten him up. Added DePaulo, "Jesse did a great job. The horse ran on and we got it done. Being by Bold Executive, there havent been too many who have run that far (the Queens Plate distance of a mile and one-quarter). Hopefully hell make a real good sprinter for us." Eighty Nine Red paid $34.90, $9.90 and $3.30, combining with Flashy Margaritta ($3.50, $2.20) for a $119.80 (1-2) exactor. A 1-2-5 (Spadina Road, $2.70) triactor was worth $287.40. STACKED DECK ACES THE CHARLIE BARLEY Bruce Lunsfords homebred Stacked Deck, with Chantal Sutherland-Kruse, made his seasonal debut a winning one, hanging on to defeat Speightsland in the co-featured $100,000 Charlie Barley Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. The one mile tilt on the lawn for three-year-olds drew an excellent field of nine, with Speightsong, the Queenston Stakes winner and multiple stakes winner Jose Sea View vying for favouritism. Dismissed at 14-1, Stacked Deck, trained by Barb Minshall, stalked the pacesetting Tuscan Getaway until the turn into the long E.P. Taylor Turf Course stretch. The now gelded son of First Samurai-Bel Air Beauty took over in mid-stretch, opened a length, then was all out to hold off another longshot, 16-1 Speightland, for the nose victory in 1:33.45. Florida Won was a close third, a length behind. Tuscan Getaway had set all the fractions over a lightning fast turf course, :22.99, :45.42, and 1:09.10, while being pursued by Stacked Deck, before giving way."Thankfully my horse had something left over," said Sutherland-Kruse. "The plan wasnt really to be that close. We were hoping for a stalking trip. We broke well. I didnt think he had much left turning for home, but he kind of foolS you." Added owner Bruce Lunsford, who also raced the sire and the dam, "Barbara did a tremendous job bringing this horse back. To win this race off the bench after we couldnt get an allowance race to go, we think weve got big things ahead of us with this horse." "Hes a great horse," said Minshall. "Hes a smart horse, so clever." Stacked Deck had three starts last year, two on the grass, but he broke his maiden in his final outing over Woodbines Polytrack. 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The Arena das Dunas in the northeastern city of Natal sustained minor damage during the protests, but demonstrators stayed away on Sunday and officials said the stadium passed its first test, with only minor adjustments needed going forward.BRANDON, Man. - Myles Bell scored twice, including 2:24 into overtime, as the Kelowna Rockets came from behind to defeat the host Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday in Western Hockey League play. The Rockets trailed 5-3 with less than a minute to play in the third period, but Ryan Olsen scored at 19:22 and Bell forced overtime with Kelownas second goal 29 seconds later. Zach Franko had a goal and two assists for the Rockets (25-3-2), who extended their win streak to nine games, while Rourke Chartier and Kris Schmidl each scored once. Peter Quenneville had two goals and an assist for the Wheat Kings (17-14-3), while Rene Hunter, Colton Waltz and Tyler Coulter each had a goal and an assist. Jackson Whistle made 26 saves for Kelowna as Brandons Jordan Papirny kicked out 27-of-33 shots in a losing cause. --- BLAZERS 4 RAIDERS 2 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Matt Needham scored once and set up three more as Kamloops doubled up the Raiders. Taran Kozun stopped 39-of-41 shots for the Blazers (8-21-4) while Aspen Sterzer and Cole Ully had a goal and an assist apiece. Luke Harrison added a single goal. Dakota Conroy and Mackenze Stewart scored for Prince Albert (17-14-2), which lost its fifth game in a row. Nick McBride stopped 24-of-27 shots for the Raiders. --- PATS 5 BLADES 3 SASKATOON — Braden Christoffer had two goals and an assist as Regina handed the Blades their eighth straight defeat. Dryden Hunt, Connor Gay and Boston Leier each had a goal and an assist for the Pats (18-13-2) while Dawson MacAuley made 33 saves for the win. Nikita Scherbak led Saskatoon (10-22-3) with two goals and an assist and Collin Valcourt scored once. Alex Moodie turned away 28-of-32 shots for the Blades. --- OIL KINGS 7 HURRICANES 3 EDMONTON — Henrik Samuelsson scored three goals to lead the Oil Kings over Lethbridge. Cody Corbett, Lane Bauer, Mitchell Moroz, and Brett Pollock also scored for the Eastern Conference leading Oil Kings (22-9-1) while Reid Petryk and Aaron Irving picked up two assists apiece. Tristan Jarry made 26 saves. Griffin Foulk, Reid Duke and Jamal Watson replied for the Hurricanes (5-26-4), who have dropped eight of their last 10. Corbin Boes started the game for Lethbridge but was replaced by Teagan Sacher after allowing four goals on 20 shots through the first period. Sacher made 20 of 23 saves over 40 minutes of action. --- REBELS 4 ICE 0 CRANBROOK, B.C. — Patrik Bartosak made 35 saves and Brooks Maxwell had two goals and an assist as Red Deer blanked KKootenay. Edmonton Oilers Gear. . Brady Gaudet and Conor Bleackley both had a goal and an assist for the Rebels (25-26-2). Bleackley opened the scoring for Red Deer at 2:58 of the first period, and Maxwells two goals put the visitors up 3-0 in the third period. Gaudet closed out the game with a short-handed, empty-net goal with 13 seconds to play. Kootenay (17-16-2) goalie Mackenzie Skapski made 26 saves in the losing effort. --- HITMEN 7 TIGERS 0 CALGARY — Brady Brassart scored three times and Chris Driedger made 27 saves as the Hitmen shutout Medicine Hat. Jake Virtanen and Brady Brassart each scored twice for Calgary (20-7-5), which is 7-0-1 in its last eight outings, while Virtanen tacked on an assist for a three-point night. Greg Chase also chipped in with three assists. Chad Labelle was a team-worst minus-4 for the Tigers (19-10-3). Medicine Hats Daniel Wapple allowed five goals on 29 shots before getting pulled late in the third period. Christopher Tai replaced Wapple and stopped 5-of-7 shots in six minutes of relief. --- COUGARS 5 AMERICANS 1 KENNEWICK, Wash. — Todd Fiddler scored the games first goal and then added one more in the second period as Prince George toppled Tri-City. Jansen Harkins and Klarc Wilson had a goal and an assist apiece for the Cougars (12-17-5) and Aaron Macklin added a single goal. The Americans (17-14-3) got their loan goal from Connor Rankin. Prince Georges Ty Edmonds made 31 saves for the win as Tri-Citys Eric Comrie turned aside 21-of-26 shots in defeat. --- GIANTS 3 SILVERTIPS 0 VANCOUVER — Jared Rathjen stopped 22 shots and Trent Lofthouses goal at 9:04 of the second period stood up as the winner as the Giants downed Everett. Jackson Houck and Brett Kulak also scored for Vancouver (16-12-7) while Carter Popoff had two assists. Austin Lotz made 33 saves for the Silvertips (21-8-4), which has dropped back-to-back contests. The clubs combined for only 12 minutes in penalties and neither could score with the man advantage. --- THUNDERBIRDS 3 WINTERHAWKS 2 KENT, Wash. — Branden Troock scored twice, including the winner, as Seattle edged Portland for its eighth win in a row. Troock opened the scoring in the first period and then broke a 2-2 tie with a power-play goal at 7:36 of the third. Justin Hickman also scored for the Thunderbirds (20-9-4). Chase De Leo scored both goals for the Winterhawks (22-7-4). Brendan Burke made 27 saves for Portland while Danny Mumaugh turned away 33 shots for Seattle. --- ' ' '