One of this country’s top three-year-olds of 2024, MY BOY PRINCE, could be tough to catch in Saturday’s $300,000 Commonwealth Turf (G3) at Churchill Downs. Gary Barber’s grey colt, who won the Queenston, King Corrie and Plate Trial Stakes this year, was second in the King’s Plate before finishing a noble sixth in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile.
Most recently, My Boy Prince went far too fast on the pace in the one-mile Bryan Station Stakes (G2) at Keeneland.
Listed at 6-to-1 in the morning line odds, My Boy Prince meets Herchee, who was third in the Bryan Station and fellow Ontario-bred Piper’s Factor, who won the Toronto Cup on turf in August at Woodbine. Katarina Vassilieva trains the son of The Factor for Chiefswood Stables. The morning line favourite is Dashman, a son of Oscar Performance who was recently fourth in the Jockey Club Invitational (G3).
My Boy Prince, by Cairo Prince – Hopping Not Hoping by Silent Name (Jpn) has drawn the rail in the nine-horse field for race 10, with a post time of 5:25 p.m. Florent Geroux is named to ride. The colt’s career earnings stand at $767,266. He was bred by Murray Smith.
Following is the field for the Commonwealth Turf in post-position order (with jockey, trainer):
1. My Boy Prince (Geroux, Casse)
2. Telescopic (Luan Machado, Vicki Oliver)
3. Dashman (Luis Saez, Brian Lynch)
4. Ak Sar Ben Derby (Alvarado, Ortiz)
5. Piper’s Factor (Brian Hernandez Jr., Katerina Vassilieva)
6. Will Take It (Cristian Torres, Eddie Milligan Jr.)
7. Lagynos (Flavien Prat, Steve Asmussen)
8. Herchee (Morales, Pitts)
9. Evade (FR) (Tyler Gaffalione, Mike Maker)
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