Paramount Prince, with Patrick Husbands aboard, crosses the finish line to win the 164th running of the King's Plate horse race in Toronto on August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
TORONTO – King’s Plate winner Paramount Prince will take a run at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown.
Trainer Mark Casse said Wednesday that Paramount Prince will race Sept 12 in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Racetrack.
Paramount Prince, with veteran jockey Patrick Husbands aboard, went wire-to-wire in winning the $1-million King’s Plate by 1 1/2-lengths Aug. 20 at Woodbine Racetrack.
Husbands guided Wando to the last Canadian Triple Crown title in 2003 for late breeder-owner Gus Schickedanz and retired trainer Mike Keogh.
The Plate win was Casse’s third.
However, Casse added that filly Elysian Field, the Woodbine Oaks champion and Plate runner-up, won’t be heading to Fort Erie.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 30, 2023.
