King’s Plate winner Paramount Prince to run in Prince of Wales | 24CA News
Paramount Prince and jockey Patrick Husbands will take a run on the OLG Canadian Triple Crown.
Trainer Mark Casse stated Wednesday that Paramount Prince, with Husbands aboard, will race Sept. 12 within the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Racetrack. Husbands guided Paramount Prince to a 1 1/2-length, wire-to-wire win within the $1-million King’s Plate on Aug. 20 at Woodbine Racetrack.
Casse additionally intends to ship Stayhonor Goodside to Fort Erie. Veteran jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson will journey the three-year-old gelding, which has a win, two seconds and two thirds in 10 profession begins however second- and third-place showings over 4 races this 12 months.
“I’m heading forward,” Casse stated Wednesday. “We’re planning on running those two.”
The Prince of Wales is a 1 3/16-mile race on Fort Erie’s filth course.
But Casse-trained Elysian Field, the Woodbine Oaks champion and Plate runner-up ridden by Sahin Civaci, received’t be heading to Fort Erie. Casse stated the connections weren’t completely comfy with the filly racing on filth presently.
Casse stated Elysian Field is being pointed towards the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes — a 1 1/2-mile turf race at Woodbine on Oct. 1 that’s the ultimate jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown — or the US$600, 000 Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, a 1/8-mile turf occasion for fillies, at Keeneland on Oct. 14.
Both the 1 1/8-mile Oaks (July 23) and 1 1/4-mile Plate had been run on Woodbine’s Tapeta course.
Casse, 15 instances Canadian thoroughbred racing’s prime coach, stated he was additionally slightly involved initially about operating Paramount Prince on filth.
“I always have concerns, I’m a horse trainer,” he stated. “The only thing I can tell you is we had him at our place in Ocala, Fla., all winter long and it’s dirt and he trained tremendously on our farm.”
Paramount Prince was spectacular within the Plate, ending in two minutes 1.93 seconds, simply off Moira’s document of two:01.48 set final 12 months. Paramount Prince additionally earned Casse a 3rd Plate title however his first two got here with fillies — Lexie Lou in 2014 and Wonder Gadot 4 years later.
The Plate victory was additionally the third of Husbands’ profession. He rode Lexie Lou to her victory in 2014.
Paramount Prince and Husbands additionally captured the $150,000 Plate Trial — a King’s Plate prep race — with an emphatic five-length, wire-to-wire victory June 23 at Woodbine. Paramount Prince grew to become the primary horse to finish the Plate Trial-Plate double since Big Red Mike in 2010.
The chestnut son of Society’s Chairman-Platinum Steel had three wins from six lifetime begins. Paramount Prince has by no means completed out of the cash (two seconds, one third).
Husbands was a key a part of the final Canadian Triple Crown champion. He rode Wando to the sweep in 2003 for late breeder-owner Gus Schickedanz and retired coach Mike Keogh.
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