ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Woodbine Entertainment announced Wednesday that the 161st running of the Queen’s Plate has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The historic race was originally scheduled for June 27. While a new date has not been confirmed, Woodbine Entertainment intends to host the Plate at Woodbine this year, subject to recommendations and restrictions from government and health officials related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Girls Know Best, a four-time stakes-winning mare, was recently bred to Uncle Mo, but her racing days may not be over just yet, trainer and part-owner Eddie Kenneally said.

“If they resume racing soon, she could run a time or two more,” said Kenneally, who owns Girls Know Best with Brian Chenvert and Triton Stable.

On March 7 at Gulfstream, Girls Know Best won the Captiva Island Stakes, a five-furlong turf stakes. It was her 13th win from 27 career starts. She has earned $626,847.

Though trainer Mark Casse said he has about 80 percent of his horses with him at his training center in Ocala, Fla., among the ones who are elsewhere are Grade 1 winners War of Will and Got Stormy.

Jockey Manny Franco’s victory aboard Tiz the Law in Saturday’s Grade 1 Florida Derby is likely to be his last mount for a while.

Franco returned to New York on Sunday and said he doesn’t plan to ride until New York begins racing again. Racing on the New York Racing Association circuit is on hold until at least April 24, the scheduled opening day of Belmont Park. More likely, given the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the state of New York, that opening will be pushed back to a later date.

Fonner Park in Grand Island, Neb., which brought back live racing for a trial period after halting its meet last month due to the coronavirus pandemic, intends to continue racing through the month of April, according to Chris Kotulak, the chief operating officer at Fonner.

The track’s trial period ended Wednesday.

“We did go to the racing commission and we do intend to race beyond today because we’re taking entries for next Monday,” Kotulak said on Wednesday, adding that in these times, all situations are fluid.

Wednesday was supposed to be entry day for the Santa Anita Derby. And the Blue Grass Stakes. And the Wood Memorial. All would have been run Saturday, all as final major preps for the Kentucky Derby four weeks later on May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Now, all three are at best postponed – for weeks or months – or at worst canceled. The uncertainty over those races is but a microcosm of what the sport is going through owing to the coronavirus pandemic, which as of Wednesday has shuttered all but a handful of tracks, including Santa Anita, Keeneland, and Aqueduct.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – One locally based 3-year-old committed to the May 2 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park is King Guillermo, upset winner of the Tampa Bay Derby on March 7. Trainer Juan Avila said King Guillermo is scheduled to have his first work since that 4 3/4-length victory here Saturday, when he’ll go five furlongs immediately after the renovation break.

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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Dale Romans readily admits he’s a creature of habit. And under normal circumstances, his habit at this time of year is to be in his native Kentucky where he’d be racing at Keeneland for the next several weeks while looking forward in a month to attending and possibly competing in another Kentucky Derby.

Instead, Romans finds himself stuck in Florida for the foreseeable future, along with dozens of his training colleagues from up north, not knowing when he’ll be able to leave.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Oaklawn announced Tuesday its casino will remain closed until April 30. During the same period, the track will continue its policy of racing spectator-free on-site, according to Jennifer Hoyt, spokeswoman for Oaklawn.

Oaklawn is scheduled to race through May 2, which is the new date of the Grade 1, $750,000 Arkansas Derby.