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you're listening to an article from canadian thoroughbred.com. cooler mike looks for queen’s plate cheers. cooler mike, who will be looking to give his trainer his first stakes win in the queen’s plate, is the homebred who nearly got away. “he was the last one that we had out of the mare,” said trainer nick nosowenko who also is the co-owner of the gelding in partnership with his father, mike nosowenko. “she’s getting fairly old now.”. the nosowenkos entered cooler mike in the local cths select yearling sale but he did not meet his reserve of $58,000. according to nick nosowenko, there was more to the story. advertisement scroll to continue with content “he actually got purchased but the buyer wouldn’t sign the ticket so we ended up taking the horse back,” said the trainer. “it’s funny how things work out.”. the stakes placed cooler mike, who sports a record of three wins and two seconds from eight starts, is coming into the queen’s plate well under the radar, and that’s just fine with his conditioner. “it’s time for the little guys to win,” said nosowenko. “the big boys have been winning it every year.”. nosowenko’s previous plate starter, rackman, who is half-brother to cooler mike, was also named after his father, mike. “my dad, going back 50 years, used to bring a cooler to the backside for the help after every race,” said nosowenko. “everybody knows him and knows about his cooler and it was kind of fitting.”. the rackman moniker was born during a family trip to las vegas. “back in the day, they used to have racks of coins so he used to always walk around with racks of dollar coins,” said nosowenko. “one day he was coming up to the room and the elevator opened and i saw him and said ‘“rackman, where have you been?’ so that name kind of stuck.”. jesse campbell, who was a regular here for six years and returned to the saddle just recently at arlington park, has been recruited for the mount on cooler mike. probable field for the 159th running of the queen’s plate horse / trainer / owner / jockey aheadbyacentury / john ross / jack of hearts racing and j.r. racing / luis contreras alternative route / al stall, jr. / spendthrift farm llc & town and country racing, llc / mitchell murrill boyhood dream / michael maker / kenneth and sarah ramsey / alan garcia cooler mike / nick nosowenko / mike and nick nosowenko / jesse campbell dixie moon / catherine day phillips / sean and dorothy fitzhenry / eurico rosa da silva inge / norm mcknight / bruno schickedanz / tbd marriage counselor / michael maker / kenneth and sarah ramsey / jalon samuel neepawa / mark casse / chiefswood stable / florent geroux pawnbroker / michael maker / kenneth and sarah ramsey / joel rosario real dude / sid attard / stronach stables / david moran rose’s vision / stu simon / chiefswood stable / javier castellano say the word / graham motion / sam-son farm / rafael hernandez silent poet / nick gonzalez / stronach stable / gary boulanger strike me down / graham motion / sam-son farm / jose ortiz telekinesis / mark casse / stonestreet stables llc / patrick husbands wonder gadot / mark casse / gary barber / john velazquez.
