Giant Gizmo has arguably the fastest-growing résumé among Canada’s stallion ranks and could give it another high point Sunday if morning-line favorite Amis Gizmo runs up to expectations in the Queen’s Plate.

The youngest member of Canada’s top 15 sires by 2016 progeny earnings currently sits in fourth on that list with fewer runners than the three horses immediately ahead of him and behind him. A Queen’s Plate winner could take Giant Gizmo to the summit in that group.

Amis Gizmo

Giant Gizmo-Galloping Ami, by Victory Gallop

Queen’s Plate favorite Amis Gizmo, who has won five of six career starts, is looking to land a major victory Sunday for young stallion Giant Gizmo.

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Continuing its collaboration to raise funds for important causes, the Breeders’ Cup and Maker's Mark announced that Old Friends Farm, home to some of the most popular retired Thoroughbred racehorses, has been named the official charity beneficiary of the 2016 Breeders’ Cup World Championships and will be offering a limited edition, commemorative Zenyatta bottle of Maker's Mark.

The Jockey Club held its seventh Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit at Keeneland on Tuesday, and once again it offered some sound advice for trainers, some good information for owners and breeders, plus statistics on how racing is safer today than ever before, in part due to developments from previous editions of the conference. The one-day conference attracted some 200 people to Lexington, and was simulcast online. The event covered a variety of topics that included safety of racing surfaces, nutrition, racing regulations, medications, biosecurity, and equine health.

The Queen’s Plate is a showcase event for Canada’s Thoroughbred industry, putting a spotlight not only on the best of the country’s home-grown racing product but also its breeding program.

While much of the attention will be focused on Ontario’s contribution to Canada’s Thoroughbred industry over Queen’s Plate weekend, the country has a broad spectrum of programs reaching into the western provinces, each with its own contributions to the national product and challenges to face.

The end of the 2-year-old sales season in North America provides a chance for Cary Frommer to take a well-earned deep breath before she begins looking for her next prospects at the yearling sales.

Not This Time, a half-brother to Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam’s Map, will make his debut Thursday at Churchill Downs for trainer Dale Romans.

“He’s a horse with a bright future that’s doing things that a Giant’s Causeway 2-year-old isn’t supposed to do this time of the year,” Romans said. “He’s very precocious. He looks like the type that can really win early on. He reminds me of [Grade 1 winner] Brody’s Cause. They’re both very forward and smart horses.”

Former racehorse Blackfoot Mystery and his rider Boyd Martin have been named to the 2015 U.S. Olympic eventing team for the Rio de Janeiro games, the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced last week.

The 12-year-old Out of Place gelding raced three times at Hollywood Park in the summer of 2007, finishing unplaced each time. He later landed at the Thoroughbred Rehab Center in California, a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance-accredited organization, and Martin put together a syndicate to purchase the gelding from a former student after he showed early talent in eventing.

After a slow start to his stud career, dual classic winner and champion I’ll Have Another was represented by his first winner Saturday, when Un Autre won a maiden special weight on the Tokyo Racecourse turf.

Un Autre became the fourth winner from six starters out of the Taiki Shuttle mare Taiki Shine by defeating 14 other juveniles in the race at 1,600 meters, or about a mile.

As the saying goes, a good horse can come from anywhere. While that is true, it also is true that “anywhere,” more often than not, turns out to be one of the great female families.