Horse Racing

Just two weeks before this Sunday's Queen's Plate race, jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson – the 2007 winner – found herself without the most crucial element.

She didn't have a horse Race betting.

Southdale, the mount she'd been planning to ride, came second in the May 31 Plate Trial, but was injured in the race, ruling him out of the June 21 competition.

"He was one of the top choices [to win]," said the 27-year-old decorated jockey from Brampton, Ont.

Wilson and her agent, Mike Luiders, scrambled to secure a second horse, My Bad, but the day after the duo came together, that mount, too, suffered an injury.

Less than two weeks from race day, Wilson didn't panic.

"Injuries happen. Horses are athletes and things come up. It's the way it works," she said, noting her agent "hustled" to come up with plan C.

And did he ever.

When the starting gates burst open on Sunday, Wilson will be atop El Brujo, who, according to Wilson, is a "definite contender" for the top prize – the esteemed Queen's Plate title and the $1 million that comes with it.

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