King's Plate winner had his first workout as a four-year-old at Casse Training Center on Jan. 3 and voters get ready to pick 2023 champions.
Mark Casse
The Ontario-bred Woodbine runner trained by Casse seeks his first stakes win against 10 rivals at Turfway Park in Kentucky.
Ten races put a bow on the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season and familiar faces led owners, trainers and riders.
Kentucky-bred juveniles won the two graded stakes races, the Mazarine and Grey, for youngsters at Woodbine on November 4.
Tracy Farmer's Irish-bred mare was one of the top horses at Woodbine in 2023 and a Breeders' Cup win would put a cherry on top
The Breeders' Cup World Championships begin Friday and 14 races will be run over two days at Santa Anita in California.
The filly Solo Album led all the way to win the Ontario Derby (G3) over the boys at Woodbine on Saturday, but was disqualified.
A stakes-filled card at Woodbine lured big betting and exciting results, including a big win by the country's top juvenile.
Tracy Farmer bought Fev Rover for $971,000 two years ago and that gamble has paid off; E.P. Taylor is second Grade 1 for the mare.
King's Plate winner Paramount Prince will take on 13 rivals as he makes his turf debut in the 133rd Breeders' Stakes on October 1.
Already with a free pass to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita, Fev Rover will go for another Canadian Stakes.
Few Canadian-bred three-year-olds are afraid of King's Plate winner Paramount Prince; Prince of Wales, 2nd jewel in Triple Crown is Sept. 12
Woodbine will host four straight days of racing over the long holiday weekend with the running of the Toronto Cup headlining Sunday
"Get out and buy an Ontario-bred" said trainer Phil Hall, one of four trainers, along with four owners, to win the Yearling Sales Stakes.
The second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown is on the dirt at Fort Erie Race Track on Tuesday, September 12.
