The race for three-year-olds bred in Canada is the first leg in the Canadian Triple Crown
. The second leg is the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Race Track on Sept. 23 and the third is the Breeders’ Stakes at Woodbine on Oct. 1.
The favourites include Kalik , Stanley House , Kaukokaipuu , Elysian Field and Paramount Prince , but there is no clear runaway winner. In early odds, Morstachy’s was listed at 50 to 1. The biggest underdog to win the race – named in honour of Canada’s reigning monarch – is TJ’s Lucky Moon, which won the 2002 Queen’s Plate and paid $166 on a $2 win ticket.
“He was very spooky and nervous and not comfortable with people,” the trainer says. “He stayed at the back of the stall and wouldn’t come to the door. It took me two weeks to calm him down and I wish I had more time with him, but now he is bold and confident and happy, the way a horse is supposed to be.”
“He flew out of the gate like a rocket,” Lafond says. ”I almost didn’t know it was him. To have a horse in the King’s Plate is mind-boggling. It is a dream not many people get to experience. A long time ago I told my wife I wanted to have a horse in the Queen’s Plate by the time I reached 40.Manohar bought his first race horse eight years ago and it was such a bad experience that he gave it up for three years.
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