Michael Langlois and Gary Barber's King's Plate winner Paramount Prince attempts to continue his reign over the Woodbine synthetic as he breaks from the outside of a nine-horse field in the CA$175,000 Seagram Cup (G2) July 27.
The Ontario-bred son of Society's Chairman, despite all his success last year, added the first graded win to his résumé with an authoritative 3 3/4-length victory in the June 29 Dominion Day Stakes (G3).
Video: Dominion Day S. (G3)
Cutting back a half-furlong to 1 1/16 miles Saturday, the Canadian champion 3-year-old male of 2023 will face the three horses that finished directly behind him in the Dominion Day: Stanley House, Wicked Django, and stablemate Palazzi, who two starts back won the Eclipse Stakes (G2).
Money Supply travels north of the border where a victory would give him a stakes win on all three racing surfaces this season.
Woodbine, Saturday, July 27, 2024, Race 9Entries: Seagram Cup S. (G2)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Palazzi (KY) Sahin Civaci 124 Mark E. Casse 3/1 2 2Money Supply (KY) Sofia Vives 123 Joe Sharp 7/2 3 3Volcanic (KY) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 121 Mark E. Casse 12/1 4 4Public Sector (GB) Pietro Moran 121 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 6/1 5 5Stanley House (ON) Jose Luis Campos 121 Michael P. De Paulo 10/1 6 6County Final (KY) Trevor McCarthy 121 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 20/1 7 7Journeyman (KY) Ryan Munger 121 Michael Wright, Jr. 20/1 8 8Wicked Django (ON) Keveh Nicholls 121 Krista Cole 15/1 9 9Paramount Prince (ON) Patrick Husbands 123 Mark E. Casse 2/1
Half to Shirl's Speight Takes Class Step in Ontario Colleen
One race prior, a large field of 13 3-year-old fillies compete for CA$135,000 in the Ontario Colleen Stakes (G3T) over one mile.
Charles Fipke's Ready for Shirl, a half sister to grade 1 winner Shirl's Speight, makes her stakes debut. The More Than Ready filly debuted impressively at Keeneland April 13 with a 3 1/2-length win and enters off a solid allowance victory over Miss Roberts on the Woodbine turf June 22.
She enters deep waters as the top three finishers from the June 29 Selene Stakes (G3) return: winner Sabatini, runner-up Crevalle d'Oro, and 2023's Canadian champion 2-year-old filly Witwatersrand.
Woodbine, Saturday, July 27, 2024, Race 8Entries: Ontario Colleen S. (G3T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Grecian Goddess (KY) Trevor McCarthy 119 Chad C. Brown 9/2 2 2Rosa (KY) Pietro Moran 119 Kevin Attard 20/1 3 3Simply in Front (KY) Justin Stein 119 Patrick Dixon 8/1 4 4Tripolina (KY) Pietro Moran 120 Kevin Attard 10/1 5 5Uphill Dance (KY) Ryan Munger 119 Rachel Halden 15/1 6 6Crevalle d'Oro (KY) Luis Contreras 119 Mark E. Casse 10/1 7 7Sabatini (FL) Sofia Vives 121 Josie Carroll 7/2 8 8Ecstasy (KY) Fraser Aebly 119 Sid C. Attard 20/1 9 9Time to Dazzle (KY) Sahin Civaci 119 Mark E. Casse 20/1 10 10Witwatersrand (KY) Patrick Husbands 121 Mark E. Casse 8/1 11 11Ready for Shirl (KY) Emma-Jayne Wilson 119 Roger L. Attfield 4/1 12 12Miss Roberts (GB) Keveh Nicholls 119 James Bentley Begg 20/1 13 13Airosa (ON) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 120 Kevin Attard 20/1
