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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, June 26, 2007-Al3 b e ,J,- SPORTS EDITOR: STEVE LeBLANC e-mail sleblanc@haltonsearch.com ~THE RUN STOPS HERE: Milton Marauders' bail carrier George Baiden gets taken clown hard to the turf by a couple of J North Bay Bulldogs defenders duriog Saturday atter- noons Northern Football Conference clash at Milton District High Scbool. Baiden gave an exceptional per- :formance, but it wasn't quite enough as the r e bu i1ii ng Marauders were eclipsed by their a~k<northern guests 15- 13. For fulliresults of the narrow dlefeat, see page At4. GRAHAM FAINEI CANADIAN CHAMPION -Wilson delivers historic ride at Queen's Plate Becomesfirstfemale jockey to win event By John Siscos SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson - a Bramalea native who recently moved te Milton - becamne the first femnale rider te win the Queen's Plate in its 148th edition when she masterfull>' steeied Iong-sbot Mike Fox te, victor>' Sunda>' at Woodbine. With a stretch raîlly after dropping back behind the leaders in early stretch, Mike Fox semebew get bis second wind and nailed pacesetter Alezzandro te the clostng strides - posting a thnlling half-Iength vtctory in 2:05.45 for the mile and one-quarter classie. "We started losing some ground at that point (around the far turn)," said an elated 25-year-old Wilson, wbo won back-to- back -Severeign Awards in 2005 and 2006 as Canada's top apprentice, as welI as a 2005 Eclipse Award for Emma-Jayne Wil North America honours. win aboard Mike Riding Bridgecut te, l2th at last years event, Wilson certainly wasn't about te make eMlm" a big dcal out of' makmng ~ ~ history - just a ycar alter J este Carroll became the first womcn te train a Plate winner - since she vtews herseif as a jockey who just happens te be a woman. "Been there, bought the t-shirt, said and done," she satd just moments after her milestone triumph, when asked about becoming the on eebrtesherfirst femnale te, ride a Plate ox.eerae e champion. Fox. Woodbine's top rider over the past two years was a lot more talk- ative when descrihing Mike Eox's winning effort. 1J was getting a little worrtcd. 1 looked up and saw (jockey Tedd) Kahel sitting quite easy on Alezzando. 1 said, 'Ah, geez buddy, we've got te dig in deep.' A littie tougher runntng than what we did on that Wednesday night (a win by Mike Fox on May 23 in his last start). But he gave anoth- er spurt and wanted it just as bad as 1 did. 1 knew 1 had it. He was moving so strong comning te wire." Owned b>' Oakville's D. Morgan Firestone and trained by Ian Black, Mike Fox was still third in mid-stretch when Wilson suddenly found a seamn between Alezzandro and a fad- ing Jiggs Coz, and chased after the gamne pacesetter, collaring him near the wire. NOMINEES BALLOT in this Friday's Canadian Champion A A ITAKINGURE OF YOUR VEULE 1&,U,.U s