CBC Sports ponies up to land Queen's Plate rights

TORONTO - CBC Sports has signed a four-year broadcast agreement with Woodbine Entertainment Group for the rights to the legendary Queen’s Plate, the oldest continuously run horse race in North America. Beginning next June and continuing through to 2011, CBC will provide live coverage of the first jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown series, and it will be broadcast in HD for the first time. “We’re thrilled to announce the Queen’s Plate is returning to CBC,” said Scott Moore, executive director, CBC Sports. “The Queen’s Plate is a Canadian institution that has both a great history and an exciting future, and...