As
a young man, Larry Attard immigrated to Canada in 1973 from B’Kara, Malta,
and immediately took up horse racing. One of North America’s leading jockeys
until a tragic fall at Woodbine Racetrack in 1997 prevented him from ever
riding again, Larry won the Queen’s Plate in 1983 aboard Bompago. He also
won two Prince of Wales trophies, one in 1992 aboard Benburb of Knob Hill
Farms Stables and the other, as viewed here, aboard Kiridashi, in 1995,
from Minshall Farms. [Photo, courtesy Maltese-Canadian Society of Toronto
via Richard Cumbo]\