The Ontario-bred by Cairo Prince became the eighth graded stakes winner for owner Gary Barber at Keeneland.
My Boy Prince
My Boy Prince wins the $100,000 Turf Dash at Tampa Bay, Jokestar takes the $100,000 Stakes at Laurel; Luv Your Neighbor just misses.
Winners will be announced on the evening of Thursday, April 23, 2026 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario.
Canadian horses and horsepeople continue make noise this winter, breeders are welcoming foals, and the Woodbine backstretch opens Feb. 23.
Piloted by Jose Lezcano, the Mark Casse trainee was making his seasonal debut and first start as a gelding in the $150,000 turf sprint.
While the excitement of Sandman's win in the Arkansas Derby continues, Mark Casse updates his Canadian stars.
The Canadian champion has found a cozy spot to strut his stuff in Churchill Downs' Grade 3 turf stakes race worth $300,000.
Breeders' Stakes winner Roscar will switch surfaces and shorten up for the Grade 3, meeting US-breds Dresden Row and Swift Delivery.
The first three betting favourites on King's Plate Day prior to the race's postponement all had workouts Sunday morning.
Gary Barber's champion My Boy Prince won the Plate Trial and is heavily favoured to win the King's Plate over 12 rivals.
My Boy Prince and a few others are the most likely Plate winners according to the successful Thoro-Graph sheets.
The post positions will be drawn on Tuesday for the 165th King's Plate to be run August 17, while Plate day itself looks rainy.
The field for the King's Plate, edition 165, will be drawn next Tuesday and so far it's a wall of Mark Casse fellows that must be toppled.
Casse trio, Stronach pair and two from Kevin Attard make up the majority of this year's prospective King's Plate field.
Woodbine's champion jockey will ride Midnight Mascot in the 165th King's Plate, one of about eight solid contenders for the race.
