The three-year-old trained by Lorne Richards acted up in the paddock but was all business in a surprise win in the Grade 3 event.
Paramount Prince
Ontario-sired and -bred gelding seeks his third straight graded win, while trainer Mark Casse has set a stakes record at Woodbine.
The Niagara Overnight Stakes is the Saturday feature, while the three-year-old fillies settle up the Triple Tiara on Sunday.
The chestnut gelding won his second graded stakes race of the season, the Seagram Cup (G2), posting a career-best 95 Beyer.
Paramount Prince is a darling of the Canadian scene while his trainer piles on stakes wins throughout the continent.
Palazzi has found that he loves Woodbine best and he upset an oddly-run bet365 Eclipse Stakes on June 1st on Super Stakes Saturday.
With the return of grass racing and better weather, the patience shown by the race office has paid off with big fields.
The latest news of Canadian horsepeople and horses, from recent winners to tracks opening and movers and shakers.
It was a big weekend for Canadian-bred horses with three stakes winners and a handy romp for the King's Plate hero of 2023.
The King's Plate hero is entered for March 10 at Gulfstream, Canadians keep winning, and what a day in Barbados and for Horseracing Journeys.
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.
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.
Canadian-bred three-year-olds run for $400,000 in the grueling Breeders' Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf on October 1.
Justin Stein rides back-to-back winners of this event as Fort Erie sets wagering records, topping $3.48 million for the Tuesday card.
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