Infobox last updated on: December 2, 2006. Image File history File links Photo_needed. ... A stallion is an ungelded male horse after reaching the age of sexual maturity, usually between two and three years of age. ... The color brown is a red or orange of low intensity; however brown exists as a color perception only in the presence of a brighter color contrast: red or orange objects are still perceived as such if the general illumination level is low, despite reflecting the same amount of red... Edward Plunket Taylor, (January 29, 1901 - May 14, 1989) was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. ... Windfields Farm is a 1,500 acre (6 km²) thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. ... The Queens Plate is North Americas oldest thoroughbred horse race, run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses, foaled in Canada, run annually in July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario. ... The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses first run in 1929. ... The Breeders Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses first run in 1889. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. ...
Canebora is a Thoroughbredracehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1963 and was voted the Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year. Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. ...
Among the horses Pete, who was born in the borough of East York, in Toronto, three a leg over were; Canadiana, Victoria Park Nearctic, Northern Dancer, Lyford Cay, New Providence, Canebora and Flaming Page.
McCann, who was a champion jockey, too, saddled six winners of The Queen's Plate, North America's oldest continuously run stakes race.
New Providence and Canebora were the first two horses (and only horses to date) to win the Canadian Triple Crown, comprised of The Queen's Plate, Prince of Wales and Breeders Stakes.