Champion rider will stay at Woodbine until end of the month before going back to California to collect Breeders' Cup mounts.
Kazushi Kimura
A field of 10, including a supplemental entry, was drawn for the September 10 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie.
Woodbine's champion jockey will ride Midnight Mascot in the 165th King's Plate, one of about eight solid contenders for the race.
Kazushi had an eight-win week and how about one owner, trainer and stallion having a pair of geldings dead heat each other?
Encino was scratched from the Derby and Epic Ride has drawn in, while top Woodbine jockey Kazushi Kimura worked his mount.
The first of 129 racing cards at Woodbine will be drawn Wednesday and right off the bat there should be some nice races to get things started.
This would be the second straight year that Woodbine's star rider has picked up a mount for the world's most famous horse race.
Martin Drexler sent out five winners in nine races at Woodbine on Sunday but there wasn't any joy as they lost Artie.
Canada's Champion Female Sprinter of 2022 beat the boys in a big effort and is scheduled to be sold at Keeneland on November 8.
And leading Woodbine rider Kazushi Kimura, just back from injury, won four of the 10 races on the afternoon.
The BC rider edges Kimura; second half of the Hastings Racecourse 2023 season kicks into high gear with the 12th edition of The Cup.
A spill on July 8 on the Woodbine turf has sent 'KK' to the sidelines temporarily under a concussion protocol.
It was quite an afternoon on May 29 for leading rider Kazushi Kimura, who rode four winners while trainer Kevin Attard saddled three.
A flurry of late scratches for Saturday's Kentucky Derby (G1) has brought Mandarin Hero into the field for Japanese connections.
American colt New York Thunder crushed his rivals in the Woodstock Stakes at Woodbine to remain unbeaten for AMO Racing USA.
