There may have been quite a bit more pace pressure for the 2023 Champion two-year-old MY BOY PRINCE in Sunday’s Queenston Stakes but that didn’t bother the steel grey colt, the current favourite for the King’s Plate.
With Western Whirl and Highland Blue to his inside and Coronation Futurity winner Babbo to his outside, My Boy Prince and Sahin Civaci were surrounded early in the seven-furlong stake, the first stepping-stone race to the August 17th Plate.
After the opening quarter in 22.37, it was only Babbo, making his first start of the year, who was left to press the champ. The pair sizzled a half-mile in 44.09 and by the turn for home, My Boy Prince took off. He left his rivals behind and won by 4 1/2 lengths in a fast 1:21.90, good for an 88 Beyer Speed Figure according to Daily Racing Form.