Ontario-bred son of Nyquist is two-for-two this year for D.J. Stable and trainer Mark Casse after a romp in the Display Stakes.
Mark Casse
Jonathan Green and father Leonard's DJ Stable love Canadian racing even more now that their two-year-old Canada won the Cup & Saucer.
The Breeders' Stakes won't have the Plate or Prince of Wales Stakes in the field; two Ontario-bred stakes winners sold to US interests.
Trainer Mark Casse wins his fourth Prince of Wales with the Adena Springs-bred colt by Gun Runner, ridden by Fraser Aebly.
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.