165th Kings Plate, four other outstanding stakes highlight Friday Woodbine card

TORONTO, August 18, 2024 – Thirteen sophomores, including champion and multiple stakes winner My Boy Prince, will contest the $1 million King’s Plate, first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, which highlights a sensational stakes-filled Friday card of racing at Woodbine.

The 165th edition of The King’s Plate, North America’s oldest continually run race, contested at 1 ¼ miles on the Woodbine all-weather course, was originally scheduled for August 17. However, torrential rains throughout the Greater Toronto Area caused unsafe racing conditions, prompting the rescheduling of the first event in the tri-surface series for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds to Friday.

Bedard, trained by Kevin Attard for owners Men Racing LLC III, Madaket Stables LLC, and SF Racing LLC, was originally scratched from the Plate, but is now authorized to run as per the Alcohol Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).

Friday’s card, which gets underway at 1:05 p.m., showcases a quartet of standout stakes events, which were also slated to run on August 17: the bet365 King Edward (G2T) (one mile on the E.P. Taylor turf for 3-year-olds and up), $150,000 Bold Venture Stakes (G3) (6 ½ furlongs on the main track for 3-year-olds and up), $150,000 bet365 Soaring Free (6 ½ furlongs on the E.P. Taylor turf for 2-year-olds) and $150,000 Catch a Glimpse (6 ½ furlongs on the E.P. Taylor turf for 2-year-old fillies).

The King Edward and Soaring Free, which were taken off the E.P. Taylor turf on Saturday, will both be run over that surface on Friday. Horses that were scratched on Saturday due to those races coming off the turf have been authorized to run on Friday.

All rescheduled stakes races will be carded as they were on Saturday, including post positions.

For more on this year’s King’s Plate starters and their connections, as well as other information about the race, please visit: https://woodbine.com/blog/165th-kings-plate-media-guide/

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$1 million King’s Plate

Post – Horse – Trainer – Jockey – Owner – Groom – Breeder – Morning Line Odds 

1 – Jokestar – Kevin Attard – Emma-Jayne Wilson – Al and Bill Ulwelling – Peter Singh – Al and Bill Ulwelling – 20-1

2 – Rafaroo – Harold Ladouceur – Ryan Munger –Stronach Stables – Jesse Ladouceur – Adena Springs – 8-1

3 – Essex Serpent – Mark Casse – Patrick Husbands – Manfred and Penny Conrad – Wayne Grant – Conrad Farms – 2-1

4 – Caitlinhergrtness – Kevin Attard – Rafael Hernandez – Sienna Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC – Troy Garnett – Jesse Korona – 12-1

5 – Midnight Mascot – Mark Casse – Kazushi Kimura – Manfred and Penny Conrad – Gareth Daniels – Yvonne Schwabe Thoroughbreds – 10-1

6 – Friendly Ghost – Evette Chartrand-Hoek – Justin Stein – Sue Leslie – Evette Chartrand-Hoek – Phoenix Rising Farms – 30-1

7 – My Boy Prince – Mark Casse – Sahin Civaci – Gary Barber – Ivan Forde – Murray Graham Smith – 7-5

8 – Pierre – Kevin Attard – David Cohen – Al and Bill Ulwelling – Lawrence Williams – Tall Oaks Farm – 20-1

9 – Thor’s Cause – Krista Cole – Jeffrey Alderson – Joe Pignatelli, Spirit’s Path Management, Inc., Alan McMullen – Ershell Lewin – James Everatt, Janeane Everatt, and Arika Everatt-Meeuse – 50-1

10 – Bedard – Kevin Attard – Pietro Moran – X-Men Racing LLC III, Madaket Stables LLC, and SF Racing LLC – Peter Lopez – Anderson Farms Ont. Inc. – 30-1

11 – Roar of the Crowd – Dominic Polsinelli – Fraser Aebly – Dominic Polsinelli – Keethon Roy Howard – Paradox Farm, Inc. – 50-1

12 – No More Options – Zeljko Krcmar – Daisuke Fukumoto – Mary Self – Henry Miller – Laurel Byrne – 30-1

13 – Vitality – Harold Ladouceur – Jose Campos – Stronach Stables – Teon Walker – Adena Springs – 20-1

Chris Lomon, Woodbine Communications