The Kentucky Derby winner is back and takes on just one from trainer Bob Baffert after favourite Muth was scratched.
Races
Horses will now be clocked as soon as they leave the starting gate, as opposed to having about 25 feet to run before the clock starts.
King's Plate hopefuls Piper's Factor and Roscar perform well, while the first juvenile race goes to an Ontario-bred.
Doug and Judy Mustard have an exciting three-horse stable for the 2024 season at Assiniboia Downs, which begins in a week.
Kentucky Derby hero will meet a speedy pair from trainer Bob Baffert's stable including Arkansas Derby winner Muth.
Retired NFLer caused the horseracing community to rebel after he claimed on his podcast 'New Heights' that Secretariat raced on steroids.
Jockey Ellis was absent from North American racing for 16 years but is back and on a roll; old-timer Lapochka hanging in.
Woodstock Stakes winner Midnight Mascot makes the King's Plate list, as does mate Essex Serpent, both owned by the Conrads.
Arkansas Derby winner Muth and eight others may go postward in the second jewel of the American Triple Crown at Pimlico.
The series at Assiniboia Downs, Century Mile, and Hastings has some additional incentives this year, including $25,000 in bonuses.
The 2023 Champion Three-Year-Old is currently pursuing a U.S. campaign for owners Terry Hamilton and Murray House.
Play the Music and Candy Overload won the weekend stakes, while many different owners and trainers won other races.
Mystik Dan's sire Goldencents is from four generations of Canadian-bred mares including two from the late breeder Phil Kives.
Derby winner Mystik Dan, runner-up Sierra Leone and third-place colt Forever Young not expected for the Preakness Stakes.
Kentucky native Elliott Logan's TEC Stable and his Woodbine trainer Martin Drexler won the Modesty Stakes on Kentucky Oaks day.