Woodbine’s Sunday card of racing showcased graduates of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s sales competing for over $600,000 in purses across four stakes events.
It appears the tandem of owner Gary Barber and dual hall of fame conditioner Mark Casse have another superstar on their hands after My Boy Prince dominated 10 rivals with a head-turning performance in Sunday’s $200,000 Simcoe Stakes Presented by bet365,
One week after Paramount Prince, trained by Casse and co-owned by Barber (along with Mike Langlois won the 164th edition of The King’s Plate, My Boy Prince put on a show of his own at Woodbine.
Sent off at 1-5, the roan son of Cairo Prince-Hopping Not Hoping broke alertly and grabbed the lead, reaching the opening quarter in :23.01 and a half in :45.73.
Comfortably on top making the turn for home, jockey Sahin Civaci and My Boy Prince then put on a regal performance, skipping away from their pursuers with the greatest of ease. Ahead by 6 ½ lengths at Robert Geller’s stretch call, the duo crossed the wire 14 lengths the best in a time of 1:15.48. Yacht Boy was second, Summer Commander was third, and Valyrian Sky finished fourth.
“He’s tremendously nice,” praised Civaci. “He improved a lot from his last race and he just seems to be getting better and better. I like to play the break with these types of races. There could be some cheap speed that might try to go really fast, so I broke out really well. I didn’t feel that much pressure. He was handling it really easy. When it was time to go, he just took off.”
After a second in his career bow on May 21, My Boy Prince broke his maiden in his next start, on June 18, a six-length scorcher over five furlongs on the Tapeta.
My Boy Prince, bred by Murray Smith, was the sales-topper at the 2022 CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale. The colt sold for $115,000 CDN ($87,835 US).
He paid $2.40 for the Simcoe win.
The 2023 CTHS Ontario Canadian premier yearling sale begins at noon Wednesday with a catalogue of 252 at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion.
, and 2022 Canadian Premier Yearling Sales Topper My Boy Prince emerged victoriis in the the $200,000 Simcoe Stakes for colts and geldings.
The tandem of owner Gary Barber and dual hall of fame conditioner Mark Casse have another superstar on their hands after My Boy Prince dominated 10 rivals with a head-turning performance in Sunday’s $200,000 Simcoe Stakes Presented by bet365,
One week after Paramount Prince, trained by Casse and co-owned by Barber (along with Mike Langlois won the 164th edition of The King’s Plate, My Boy Prince put on a show of his own at Woodbine.
Sent off at 1-5, the roan son of Cairo Prince-Hopping Not Hoping broke alertly and grabbed the lead, reaching the opening quarter in :23.01 and a half in :45.73.
Comfortably on top making the turn for home, jockey Sahin Civaci and My Boy Prince then put on a regal performance, skipping away from their pursuers with the greatest of ease. Ahead by 6 ½ lengths at Robert Geller’s stretch call, the duo crossed the wire 14 lengths the best in a time of 1:15.48. Yacht Boy was second, Summer Commander was third, and Valyrian Sky finished fourth.
“He’s tremendously nice,” praised Civaci. “He improved a lot from his last race and he just seems to be getting better and better. I like to play the break with these types of races. There could be some cheap speed that might try to go really fast, so I broke out really well. I didn’t feel that much pressure. He was handling it really easy. When it was time to go, he just took off.”
After a second in his career bow on May 21, My Boy Prince broke his maiden in his next start, on June 18, a six-length scorcher over five furlongs on the Tapeta.
My Boy Prince, bred by Murray Smith, was the sales-topper at the 2022 CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale. The colt sold for $115,000 CDN ($87,835 US).
He paid $2.40 for the Simcoe win.
The 2023 CTHS Ontario Canadian premier yearling sale begins at noon Wednesday with a catalogue of 252 at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion.
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