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Filly Luster earns emphatic victory in $1-million King’s Plate thoroughbred race

Sportsnet · August 15, 2026 at 6:43 p.m.

Filly Luster earns emphatic victory in $1-million King’s Plate thoroughbred race

John Velazquez rode filly Luster to an emphatic win in the King's Plate on Saturday.

Luster, the Woodbine Oaks winner and 1-5 race favourite, stood fourth at the top of the final turn.

She came on strong down the stretch to pull away from the field and easily win the race in two minutes 2.01 seconds.

Luster earned trainer Josie Carrol her fourth Plate title and on the 20th anniversary of her first with Edenwold.

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Filly Luster earns emphatic victory in $1-million King’s Plate thoroughbred race

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