ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Kevin Attard has entered nearly a third of the field for the $1 million Queen’s Plate in search of his initial win in the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, which will be contested over 1 1/4 miles on Woodbine’s Tapeta Sunday afternoon. Attard will send out four horses in the 13-horse field, restricted to Canadian-bred 3-year-olds, including the filly Munnyfor Ro, winner of the Woodbine Oaks. Munnyfor Ro was supplemented to the Queen’s Plate for a fee of $25,000 following her Aug. 1 Oaks win in the Oaks, a race in which she earned an 82 Beyer Speed Figure. Munnyfor Ro is the lone filly in this year’s 162nd Queen’s Plate, but fillies have won four of the last 10 editions of the race. Three of those fillies were also Woodbine Oaks winners: Inglorious (2011), Lexie Lou (2014), and Holy Helena (2017). “She’s here and we’re excited,” Attard said. “We waited to see how she came out of the race. She seemed to handle the race really well in the Oaks. She had a good work in the interim and she’s been doing really well. She’s in the feed tub and it seems like she’s ready to fire again.” Attard’s other starters will occupy three of the five inside post positions in the Queen’s Plate. Harlan Estate will start from post 2 following an allowance victory on July 16, Haddassah will start from post 3 following a third in the Grade 3 Marine Stakes on July 11, and H C Holiday will start from post 5 following a third-place finish in the Plate Trial Stakes on Aug. 1. A son of 2014 Queen’s Plate runner-up Ami’s Holiday, H C Holiday was elevated to second following the disqualification of stablemate Truffle King. :: 2021 Queen's Plate: Get odds, comments, analysis, and news for the 162st running of the Queen's Plate at Woodbine One of Attard’s main rivals in the Queen’s Plate is 4-1 morning-line favorite Keep Grinding, owned by his 17-year-old son, Joshua, and trained by his father, Tino. Keep Grinding finished second in the Grade 3 Marine Stakes in his stakes debut on July 11, and earned an 84 Beyer Speed Figure as the top Canadian-bred finisher in that race. “I am very excited and it’s also very nerve wracking, that’s for sure,” said Joshua Attard. “I know Keep Grinding, he’ll show up. He always tries, if you watch all his races. He never gives up and I know on Sunday he’ll show up.” American import Safe Conduct has drawn the rail and will ship in from Saratoga for trainer Phil Serpe. His last start was an eighth on turf in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational at Belmont Park on July 10. He’s the only horse in the field without a start over Woodbine’s Tapeta surface. The other American-based horse in the Queen’s Plate is Dance Some Mo, owned by Sam-Son Farm. Dance Some Mo has been training at the Fair Hill training center in Maryland under the care of Graham Motion, but did ship to Woodbine for his final Plate prep on July 16, when he was nosed out at the wire by Harlan Estate. Sam-Son Farm will have a second horse in the race as well in search of its first Queen’s Plate win since Eye of the Leopard won in 2009. Tidal Forces, trained by Gail Cox, was unbeaten in two starts heading into the Marine, but wound up fifth in that event after inheriting the lead. He should be able to settle off of the pace in this spot. Riptide Rock will look to bring Stronach Stables a third Queen’s Plate victory in the last seven years following wins with Shaman Ghost in 2015 and Holy Helena in 2017. His final prep for the Plate came in a six-furlong sprint on July 16, his first start back with trainer Sid Attard after making four starts for Jerry Hollendorfer. He earned an 88 Beyer in that 1 1/2-length win in a first-level allowance and will now try to stretch out to 1 1/4 miles. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures Two other horses in the Queen’s Plate exit the Plate Trial, including Avoman, the winner. Avoman has paired 83 Beyer Speed Figures in his two starts this season, finishing third in an allowance against older horses going 1 1/16 miles on July 3 prior to his score in the Plate Trial. Derzkii finished fourth in the Plate Trial, but was interfered with in the stretch and was placed third. He’s done some of his best running around two turns. Take a Chance was supplemented to the Queen’s Plate by trainer Catherine Day Phillips following a maiden win on July 11. He set a quick pace that day and never looked back, earning a 73 Beyer Speed Figure. He figures to be among the pacesetters Sunday, and will start from post 4. Rounding out the field of 13 is Go Take Charge for trainer Breeda Hayes. He finished second in a maiden event over 1 1/16 miles on Tapeta on July 24. The Queen’s Plate will be race 10 on Woodbine’s 13-race card, which also includes the Grade 1 Highlander Stakes. First race post-time is 12:25 p.m. Eastern. The Queen’s Plate will go off at approximately 5:42 p.m.