Last September, in one of the lowest-class races you can find in the area, Pietro Moran suffered a significant injury. Almost a year later, he captured Canada’s biggest race. Article content

The 20-year-old, still an apprentice jockey, won the $1 million King’s Plate on Saturday aboard Mansetti in emphatic, front-running fashion. And for a kid who grew up at Woodbine, the emotions simply flowed after. Article content Article content

“There’s no words to describe it,” he said. “What a dream.”

“I watched my first Plate 15 years ago. My dad (David) finished third. And every year since, I’ve been watching and dreaming for this moment. I never thought it would come this soon.”

While currently the leader in the jockey standings at Woodbine, Moran didn’t get a lot of support from the bett

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