Avelino Gomez was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.
Avelino Gomez statue at Woodbine.
The King's Plate is Canada's oldest thoroughbred horse race and the oldest continuously run race in North America, having been founded in 1860. It is run at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles for a maximum of 17 three-year-old thoroughbred horses foaled in Canada.
Paramount Prince, 2023 King's Plate winner
Queen Elizabeth II (at far left) arriving at the 2010 Queen's Plate
2012 winner, Strait of Dover
2014 winner, Lexie Lou