Wild Desert is an American

United States

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 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

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 who won the 2005 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

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 oldest annually run stakes race. http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=14071

Originally trained by Kenneth McPeek

Kenneth McPeek

Kenneth G. McPeek is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Kenneth G. McPeek was born August 2, 1962 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Tates Creek High School and then the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration...

, following a poor performance in the 2005 Arkansas Derby

Arkansas Derby

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, http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/27669/afleet-alex-a-ok-in-arkansas-derby Wild Desert's owners transferred the horse to trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. The colt did not race again until the June 26 Queen's Plate.

Controversial Queen's Plate win

At the time of the running of the $1 million Queen's Plate, trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. was under suspension after two of his horses tested positive for banned substances. Robert Frankel became the trainer of record just a few days before the race. In 2007, Dutrow was fined and suspended for providing misleading information about where Wild Desert had worked leading up to the race. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown08/news/story?id=3368180 The horse's record showed he had had only two less than stellar workouts prior to the Queen's Plate but an investigation by racing authorities learned Wild Desert had been undergoing training in secret. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/HorseRacing/article/421712 The controversy was further added to because lead owner Daniel Borislow won $100,000 from bets

Gambling

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 he had made on Wild Desert to win the race. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/29172/borislow-responds-to-wild-desert-probe http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/sports/othersports/12dutrow.html Wild Desert won three races from twenty career starts. The Queen's Plate would be the only major race win of his career.

Retired to stud

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 duty for owners Sanford Goldfarb, Michael Dubb, Carl Gessler, Jr., and Mal Burroughs, Wild Desert stood at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbred near Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Springs, New York

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 through 2009 but has been moved to Unbridled Stable near Greenville, New York

Greenville, New York

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for the 2010 season.