Josie Carroll (born December 8, 1957) is a

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, who in 2006 became the first woman trainer to win the

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, the oldest

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and Canada's most prestigious race. She also won the Queen's Plate in 2011 and 2020, the Prince of Wales Stakes in 2016 and 2020, and the Breeder's Stakes in 2014 Born in

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, Carroll undertook an

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studies course at

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before embarking on a racing career in 1975 in the employ of

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trainer Mac Benson at

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. She worked as an assistant trainer until 1994. She had early success with

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, owned by members of the prominent Eaton family. In recent years she has been one of the leading trainers at

Woodbine Racetrack Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The track ...

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and has won a number of

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s both in Canada and in the

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. Prior to the 2006 winning run, she had had one horse compete in the Queen's Plate. Her 2006 entry, Edenwold, earned the

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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

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Emile Ramsammy, her winning horse was considered a long shot, going off at 16-1 odds in the $1 million Grade I Queen's Plate. Carroll's first

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win came in 2009 with Careless Jewel, who won the

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. Carroll is the second female trainer to take Canada's most prestigious race for three-year-old fillies, the

Woodbine Oaks The Woodbine Oaks is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Inaugurated in 1956, it is the premier event for Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies and the first leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara s ...

with Inglorious in 2011 – who went on to win the Plate for Carroll that same year. In 2019, she was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Canadian Triple Crown

Prior to the 2006 winning run, she had had one horse compete in the Queen's Plate. Her 2006 entry, Edenwold, earned the

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

Emile Ramsammy, her winning horse was considered a long shot, going off at 16-1 odds in the $1 million Grade I Queen's Plate. In 2020, Josie Carroll won all three of the Canadian Triple Crown series. She won the first two with Mighty Heart and the third with stablemate Belichick.

References

External links

Josie Carroll's biography at Woodbine Entertainment
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Josie 1957 births Living people Animal sportspeople from Ontario Canadian horse trainers Canadian sportswomen Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees