TORONTO – While Toronto’s ban on city-led events through June 30 does not prohibit professional sporting contests during the COVID-19 pandemic, two major annual events say they are close to making announcements on their status for this year.
Woodbine Racetrack says it is discussing the “potential postponement” of the Queen’s Plate on June 27. Golf Canada and RBC say they will have further announcements on the RBC Canadian Open June 11-14 at St.
George’s Golf and Country Club in the coming week. The Queen’s Plate, the first jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown of horse racing, has been run annually since 1860. “Due to the postponement of the start of the 2020 thoroughbred season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have already been discussing