Trainer Mark Casse wins his fourth Prince of Wales with the Adena Springs-bred colt by Gun Runner, ridden by Fraser Aebly.
Mark Casse
Fresh off a layoff, and with several recent bullet workouts, the four-year-old colt won his first graded stakes in Saturday's Singspiel.
Ontario-bred star topped the 2022 CTHS Ontario yearling sale for Murray Smith at $115,000 and he's earned $1.5 million for Gary Barber.
King's Plate runner-up Military Time will be heavily favoured to take the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie on Sept. 7.
Following a stirring Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on August 8, Sovereignty is back on top, while the filly Nitrogen will go to Spinster.
Trainer Mark Casse calls himself an 'old timer', but the fans love to see top fillies race against the top males.
Canadian champion and CTHS Ontario yearling sale graduate came from far back and won the $154,000 Van Clief Stakes at Colonial.
Champion Paramount Prince won his first stakes in two races with a nose victory in the $175,000 Seagram Cup (G3) on Aug. 1.
Plate winners Paramount Prince and Mansetti renew their rivalry, but have Prince of Wales winner Runaway Again to hold off.
Gary Barber's New York-bred gelding got away with a slow pace and Zulu Kingdom stayed close in the Grade 2 Kelso Stakes.
Ontario-bred Shifty, bred by Anderson Farms and owned by D.J. Stable, had an easy trip in the Grade 3 Royal North Stakes.
The inner turf contests feature Mark Casse's trio of trainees in the Royal North and Miss Vyvyanne looking to make it five in a row in the Highlander.
An Ontario-bred colt named Canada sold to Len and Jon Green's D.J. Stable for $400,000 in Ocala on Thursday.
The Mark Casse trainee faces five rivals in the $125,000 Queenston, an early season Plate prep which Casse has won on three occasions.
This year's second jewel of the Triple Crown does not have the Kentucky Derby winner in the field and will be run at Laurel.
