Trainer PHIL SERPE has told Canadian Thoroughbred that Dr. Rovert Vukovich’s Queen’s Plate winner SAFE CONDUCT will skip the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie on Sept. 14.
The $400,000 Prince of Wales is at 1 3/16 miles on Fort Erie’s traditional dirt track and Serpe said that the surface was the only reason the colt was not going to be nominated.
“I hate to disappoint anybody,” said Serpe. “But his dirt workouts are barely par. He is just beginning his career and what if something happens and he goes in the wrong direction or gets hurt? Mr. Vukovich was adamant about no dirt.”