Jayson and Courtney Horner and trainer Justin Nixon hope Passioned can emulate his half-brother, the 2014 POW winner.
Races
Champion rider will stay at Woodbine until end of the month before going back to California to collect Breeders' Cup mounts.
Trainer Martin Drexler had the hard-trying Silent Name filly in top form for the final leg of the Triple Tiara.
The Niagara Stakes was the seventh win in 24 races for Lac Macaza; plus other Saturday winners at Woodbine.
Longtime owner, breeder and stallion owner in Ontario watched Simply in Front win the $1.7 million AGS Music City at Kentucky Downs.
The first horse Mark Casse trained for Len and Jon Green had been unplaced in claiming races this year and was recently purchased.
The Niagara Overnight Stakes is the Saturday feature, while the three-year-old fillies settle up the Triple Tiara on Sunday.
A field of 10, including a supplemental entry, was drawn for the September 10 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie.
Gary Chudobiak had to jump in the infield pond at Fort Erie after his Society Joe won the Puss N Boots Cup on Labour Day at 40-to-1.
There have been seven fillies to win the Prince of Wales, second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, and there is one in this year's field.
There are 16 nominations for the 37th Woodbine Mile on September 14, part of Turf Champions day at Woodbine.
Chiefswood Stables' colt wins his grass debut and first stakes race while defeating the much-hyped Travis Kelce gelding.
Familiar faces are in the mix, seeking back-to-back Prince of Wales wins in the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, Sept. 10.
Scorching blazes to Simcoe Stakes win and looks like a star in the making for trainer John Charalambous, owners Braverman and Pinch.
The 2023 Champion two-year-old in Alberta overcame traffic woes and rolled to victory in the Grade 3 for owner/breeder Peter Redekop.