King's Plate Tickets

The event itself was nice… loved watching the races, but there seemed to also be so many young people there in groups being obnoxious drunks; to the point of needing to leave early, which I didn’t really appreciate.

It was great. Amazing seats. The only thing I didn’t appreciate was the smoking among the fans. On the back of every seat it says no smoking but I guess it don’t work for many people

So looking forward to the Kings Plate. Woodbine really needs to assess how they are going to handle crowds at their events…line ups to place bets and get food way too long. After spending $60 (and that was one of the cheapest!) it would have been nice not to have spent most of the time in lineups. Yes it was packed and sold out but I have been to woodbine for other sold out events e.g Queen’s plate when the queen was there. Breeders cup day and (age showing ) when Secretariat ran his last race. Easily just as many people there if not more. Difference…tellers to place your bets at instead of machines..some of which were breaking down. And lots of food stands. Woodbine if you can’t handle it don’t do it. By the way tickets through Ticketmaster are great !

We literally waited one hour and a half in line for chicken strips and something to drink. Basically missed 2 races. The lines were so wide that people were cutting in front of others after waiting so long. The seats have no trays to put food on. When dressing up in fancy clothes I would expect to have some type of tray on seat especially if one once to write their bets. Speaking of bets we had come prepared and asked teller to place our horses in a certain row on which would come first second and third for the guaranteed early 250000 draw. After reviewing stub tickets the horses we wanted weren't even in the correct order. Also the speakers are very muffled Its the second year we attend and we were disappointed.

Used to be a lot more to do... Outdoor paddocks. Food trucks. Weekend concerts the night before the races included with your cost of tickets. Now it just feels like a money grab. Lines to get food/drinks and place bets are extremely long. Spent 20 mins in line to place a bet and couldn't lock in before the start of the race. It's still a fun and unique event, but missing many of the things that used to make it great.

I enjoyed the Racing and history of the event. I loved the pomp and ceremonies. I had the pleasure of talking to a gentleman, whose uncle, Joseph "Yonnie"Starr, is in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Joseph (Yonnie) Starr was often described as “the trainer of champions.” There is absolutely no argument on this statement. Examine his training credentials. Seven of the horses he conditioned are in Canada’s Hall of Fame and another is enshrined in the U.S. National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga, N.Y. Six of his horses earned Horse of the Year honors in Canada. One did it twice. Four of his animals won the Queen’s Plate. Ten Sovereign Awards decorated Starr’s trophy case as well. Unquestionably the best horse he ever trained was La Prevoyante, who won all 12 of her starts as a two-year-old, many in graded stakes on American tracks, and was edged out for Horse of the Year honors in the United States by Big Red –Secretariat. She won an Eclipse as juvenile filly champion and in 1995 joined the greats of horse racing in Saratoga’s Hall of Fame.

Awesome! Thoroughly enjoyed the event!!Fun to dress up and watch the crowds!

So this is our third year buying tickets the first and second with the tickets we were on the same floor as a lot of the food and the bars and pubs and we loved it this year. We got 4th floor tickets I was impressed because to get a decent meal you had to go downstairs to get the specialty Kings plate drink you had to go downstairs. Other than that, the people are amazing the venues always clean bathrooms were clean there was toiletries out in case you needed them

Great day, good seats, won some money, and had a lot of fun! Celebrated a 21st birthday We will be back next year!

This was our 10th Queen’s Plate and by far the most disappointing by far. The ridiculously long line up to just get in from the parking lot due to every person having to by body wand scanned by security and bags gone through made zero sense. Then after that having to show tickets 3 separate times and given an arm band. All this just to be outside of the event. Whether it was due to the construction the party atmosphere that is usually present outside was nonexistent with only a handful of vendors. Once inside things moved smoothly in getting in and seating however having an event of this size and only have 3 vendors serving hot food is just poor planning and execution. If you were in the line for pizza, burgers, chicken then you were in line for an hour and a half at minimum. I have worked in the industry before and there is no excuse for people waiting 20 mins for orders. They were not prepared. The carvery was a little better with only a 45 minute wait. As were there was no wait for tacos because no one knew it was there. The event was sold out so it wasn’t a surprise there would be more than 8,000 plus people looking to eat. The racing itself was as always amazing but the experience was the most lacking I have experienced. Kelly M

We were unable to go to the queens plate because my husband had covid. We gave our tickets to another couple so they could enjoy the experience. My dealings with ticket master were 5 star. Maybe next year!

Well organized with race times,loved how the attendees dressed for the event! Disappointed that the entertainment was so far away from the stands,if you are going to have a band and bagpipes the place should rock!

Queen's Plate general admission did not include a seat to watch the race. What? Really? Ya really! Rip off!!!!!

I bought 4 tickets for this event, directed from the queens plate website. All 4 tickets were supposed to be in the same row, just the 4 seats. When we arrived at our seats, there were only 3 seats in the row (rows below had 4). I brought the issue up to customer service, who said they would go to the box office and be back in 10-15 minutes with new seats. About an hour later (2 races), another person came to bring us to new seats that were supposed to be an upgrade, but were worse seats then initially purchased, with a higher face value.

It was a great day with the exception of getting in. Line ups were slow.Staff standing around doing nothing and customers waiting in line. Very poor access.

I attend every year and love that it was in August, this time. The atmosphere was wonderful, we saw friends, everyone was in good spirits, the women were all dressed beautifully, the men...sooo handsome. Loved the ceremony, the races...I have my formula, I should say - we have a formula of feeling our way to picking the winners and its so much fun! Trusting that next year Her Majesty, will send a couple of horses !! It was an awesome experience❤Blessed

Did not Disappoint. Drinks, food and fun. Good prices were reasonable, they had the Royal Blush and races were fast. I didn’t T jot win a single penny but the experience will last a very long time. Great to see 90% of the people dressed up for the event.

This was our first time going to the Queen’s Plate, so we didn’t know what to expect. Naturally, we imagined that paying $35 per ticket, plus fees and taxes, would mean that we’d at least get to see the horse races. Unfortunately not! We didn’t realize there was a two-tier ticket system, where the lower tier is not allowed an unobstructed view of the track. There isn’t even standing room. There are places where you can stand, on the third level behind a glass partition, but it’s about six inches below the grandstands and everyone stands up for the final leg, so you can’t see anything. I’m 6’3” and this was true for me. I don’t understand what you’re paying for, if not the horse racing. We tried to explain to staff (who wouldn’t let us stand even at least on the other side of the partition) that it was our first time there, and that we genuinely did not realize that we wouldn’t be able to see the horses, and they were completely unsympathetic. We weren’t rude—we know they were just doing their jobs. But it was a strange experience, like we were being actively dissuaded from attending the event. Funnily enough, I guess these tickets are so useless that they didn’t even bother scanning ours on the way in. So if you want to go next year just pretend to have them—you’ll have about as good a time as people who spent $150 just to watch the races on TV.

People with seats should have a separate entrance from general admission Previous years you were allowed access to the apron. Denied access to the apron ruins the experience. It was a great day despite

I used to visit these events in the past and I have to admit they were much better organized! No one had any information regarding all the planned activities . There supposed to be a fashion show, live music and etc….the information and the timing and location for all the events was not published! I was asking around even in the information desk - no one was able to confirm . It was very disappointing.