The second jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown, the $500,000 Prince of Wales, will take place on Tuesday, September 10 but without the King’s Plate winner, the filly Caitlinhergrtness. It is not uncommon for the Plate winner to by-pass the ‘Wales, which is run on the dirt at 1 3/16 miles, as the three-race series is on three different surfaces and is held much later in recent years than it used to be (pre-COVID).

Conrad Farms’ MIDNIGHT MASCOT, third in the Plate, has been pegged as the 5-to-2 morning line favourite for the 89th Wales which attracted a field of 10 including a supplemented entry, SCAT FACTOR, who recently won his maiden for $7,500 claiming.

Midnight Mascot, by Army Mule, closed mildly in the Plate under Luis Contreras and he is one of two horses in the field trained by Mark Casse who has won four Prince of Wales Stakes.

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