Big Red Mike
Encyclopedia
Big Red Mike is a Canadian
Thoroughbred
racehorse
who won the 2010 Queen's Plate
, Canada's most prestigious race and North America's
oldest annually run stakes race. He was bred by Dom Romeo's Terra Farms and raced by his nom de course, Terra Racing Stable.
Trained by Nick Gonzalez, leading up to the 151st edition of the Queen's Plate, Big Red Mike won the Plate Trial Stakes
on June 13.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
who won the 2010 Queen's Plate
Queen's Plate
The Queen's Plate is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1¼ miles for 3-year-old thoroughbred horses foaled in Canada. The race takes place each summer in June or July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke , Ontario...
, Canada's most prestigious race and North America's
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
oldest annually run stakes race. He was bred by Dom Romeo's Terra Farms and raced by his nom de course, Terra Racing Stable.
Trained by Nick Gonzalez, leading up to the 151st edition of the Queen's Plate, Big Red Mike won the Plate Trial Stakes
Plate Trial Stakes
The Plate Trial Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred flat horserace for three-Year-Olds, foaled in Canada run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario...
on June 13.