Taking aim at the plate. Blondeinamotel, a filly hoping to psych out the boys in Sunday's Queen's Plate, gets a workout from exercise rider Jackie Gra(...)

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Taking aim at the plate. Blondeinamotel, a filly hoping to psych out the boys in Sunday's Queen's Plate, gets a workout from exercise rider Jackie Gra(...)

Date7/6/1989

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Goode, Jeff (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Taking aim at the plate. Blondeinamotel; a filly hoping to psych out the boys in Sunday's Queen's Plate; gets a workout from exercise rider Jackie Graham; daughter of the owners. The horse's name comes from her coloring and from her mother; called Bates Motel.

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Racetracks (Horse racing)

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0095623F

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