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Josie Carroll (born December 8, 1957 in Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was named by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1796 who was inspired by the Scarborough Bluffs which reminded her of the white cliffs near her home in England....
) is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds best known for its use in Thoroughbred horse race. Although the word "thoroughbred" is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed....
 horse trainer
Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. As such, he or she takes responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter....
 and the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate
Queen's Plate

The Queen's Plate is North America oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1? miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses foaled in Canada....
, the oldest thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....
 in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and Canada's most prestigious race.

Ms Carroll undertook an equine studies course at Humber College
Humber College

Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber provides over 350 programs including: bachelor?s degree, diploma, certificate, apprenticeship and postgraduate programs....
 before embarking on a racing career in 1975 in the employ of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1978 located at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness racing and thoroughbred horse race in Canada....
 trainer Mac Benson at Windfields Farm
Windfields Farm

Windfields Farm is a six square kilometre thoroughbred Stud farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The first stable and breeding operation of E....
. She worked as an assistant trainer until 1994. She had early success with Tethra, owned by members of the prominent Eaton family
Eaton family

The Eaton family of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, were owners of the Eaton's department stores, a national chain that was founded in 1869, and became bankrupt in 1999....
.

In recent years she has been one of the leading trainers at Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred horse and standardbred horse horseracing programs on the same day....
 in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
 and has won eight graded stakes race
Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay....
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Josie Carroll (born December 8, 1957 in Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was named by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1796 who was inspired by the Scarborough Bluffs which reminded her of the white cliffs near her home in England....
) is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds best known for its use in Thoroughbred horse race. Although the word "thoroughbred" is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed....
 horse trainer
Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. As such, he or she takes responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter....
 and the first woman trainer to win the Queen's Plate
Queen's Plate

The Queen's Plate is North America oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1? miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses foaled in Canada....
, the oldest thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....
 in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and Canada's most prestigious race.

Ms Carroll undertook an equine studies course at Humber College
Humber College

Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber provides over 350 programs including: bachelor?s degree, diploma, certificate, apprenticeship and postgraduate programs....
 before embarking on a racing career in 1975 in the employ of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1978 located at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness racing and thoroughbred horse race in Canada....
 trainer Mac Benson at Windfields Farm
Windfields Farm

Windfields Farm is a six square kilometre thoroughbred Stud farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The first stable and breeding operation of E....
. She worked as an assistant trainer until 1994. She had early success with Tethra, owned by members of the prominent Eaton family
Eaton family

The Eaton family of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, were owners of the Eaton's department stores, a national chain that was founded in 1869, and became bankrupt in 1999....
.

In recent years she has been one of the leading trainers at Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred horse and standardbred horse horseracing programs on the same day....
 in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
 and has won eight graded stakes race
Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay....
s. Prior to the 2006 running she had had one horse compete in the Queen's Plate. Her 2006 entry, Edenwold, earned the Sovereign Award
Sovereign Award

The Sovereign Award is given annually since 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada to the outstanding horses and people in Canada Thoroughbred racing....
 as Canada's top two-year-old in 2005 but observers of the sport believed the colt could not sustain the Queen's Plate distance of a mile and a quarter. Ridden by jockey
Jockey

In sport, a jockey is one who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing; however, camel jockey profession is slowly being replaced by robotics....
 Emile Ramsammy
Emile Ramsammy

Emile Ramsammy is a Canada thoroughbred horse racing Sovereign Award jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s....
, her winning horse was considered a long shot, going off at 16-1odds in the $1 million Grade I Queen's Plate.