ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The last three winners of the 1 1/8-mile Woodbine Oaks have gone on to run, and run well, in the 1 1/4-mile Queen’s Plate.

Ginger Brew and Milwaukee Appeal won the 2008 and 2009 runnings of the Woodbine Oaks, with Ginger Brew returning to finish second in the Queen’s Plate and Milwaukee Appeal a tight third.

Supporting the trend, Woodbine adjusted its stakes schedule last year and moved the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks up one week, giving the fillies an extra week to get to the Queen’s Plate.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Roger Attfield took a giant step toward what could be a record ninth Queen’s Plate victory last Sunday when he sent out Check Your Soul for a convincing 3 1/4-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile Plate Trial.

Five of Attfield’s seven previous Plate Trial victors went on to double up in the 1 1/4-mile Queen’s Plate, with the most recent being Not Bourbon in 2008.

And while Check Your Soul would appear to be in a very good position to go down that road, he entered his sophomore campaign as an unknown and his rise has been little short of meteoric.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Baganara bypassed this past Sunday’s Woodbine Oaks in favor of Wednesday’s fourth race, an Ontario-sired allowance for nonwinners of three, which is scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on the grass.

Baganara made quite a splash when she debuted in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special in November. She rallied strongly in that restricted event to win by four lengths in 1:47.08, a time that earned her a Beyer Speed Figure of 53.

Sin Toro will be gunning for his fourth straight win when he runs in a $10,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds and up that will serve as Wednesday’s feature at Northlands Park. The six-furlong sprint drew eight horses and will go as race 7 on the eight-race card that begins at 6 p.m. Mountain.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness Stakes runner-up, completed his preparations for Saturday's Belmont Stakes with a four-furlong work in 47.79 seconds on Monday morning at Belmont Park. His regular rider, John Velazquez, was aboard for the drill, which occurred shortly after the track reopened following the renovation break at 8:50 a.m. Eastern.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Nehro, the second-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, completed his preparation for Saturday's Belmont Stakes with a four-furlong drill in 50.85 seconds early Monday morning at Belmont Park.

Nehro came onto the track about 6:45 a.m. and, accompanied by a pony, jogged the wrong way from an area near the 1 1/4-mile start to the finish line of the 1 1/2-mile oval.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Wild Mia, making her California debut, won her first stakes in nearly 19 months in Sunday’s $75,100 Redondo Beach Stakes at Hollywood Park, but she had to survive an inquiry regarding the stretch run.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Inhisglory got up just in time to edge Jump Up and Kissme by a nose in Sunday’s $50,000 River Rock Casino for 3-year-olds at Hastings.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Sean Avery – the horse, not the hockey player – looked like a superstar Sunday in the $75,900 Longfellow Stakes at Monmouth Park.

After stalking the quick pace set by Awesome Son, Sean Avery took charge at the top of the lane and drew off to an 11 3/4-length win. The victory extended his winning streak to three, after missing all of the 2010 season.

Joe Bravo rode for trainer Allen Iwinski as Sean Avery ran the six furlongs in 1:09.27.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Favored Inglorious collared 10-1 shot Spooky Kitten in deep stretch to capture Sunday’s $500,400 Woodbine Oaks under leading rider Luis Contreras.

Inglorious ($5.20) rated kindly in the nine-furlong test for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies and raced in midpack on the outside on the backstretch. Spooky Kitten, who was supplemented for $12,500, set slow fractions of 24.89 seconds, 50.57, and 1:15.31 under Edgar Prado, with Bear It’s Time and Marketing Mix in close proximity.