SAFE CONDUCT wrote his name into the history books in August with a game head score in the $1 million Queen’s Plate, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown at 10 furlongs over Tapeta at Woodbine Racetrack.
Trained by Phil Serpe, the Bodemeister sophomore followed with a fading eighth in the 1 1/2-mile Breeders’, the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown contested over a yielding E. P. Taylor Turf Course.
“He just doesn’t want any part of soft ground,” Serpe said. “It had rained a lot up there and he just wasn’t getting a hold of the track.”