Oaks winner Elysian Field, Plate Trial victor Paramount Prince to run in King’s Plate

Canadian Press
Published Aug 03, 2023  •  1 minute read
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Horse trainer Mark Casse looks on at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., Thursday, May 16, 2019. Oaks winner Elysian Field and Plate Trial victor Paramount Prince will both run in the $1-million King's Plate. Casse, the trainer for both horses, said Elysian field and Paramount Prince will be in the field for the first leg of Canada's Triple Crown on Aug. 20 at Woodbine Racetrack.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Will Newton
Horse trainer Mark Casse looks on at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., Thursday, May 16, 2019. Oaks winner Elysian Field and Plate Trial victor Paramount Prince will both run in the $1-million King's Plate. Casse, the trainer for both horses, said Elysian field and Paramount Prince will be in the field for the first leg of Canada's Triple Crown on Aug. 20 at Woodbine Racetrack.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Will Newton Photo by Will Newton /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oaks winner Elysian Field and Plate Trial victor Paramount Prince will both run in the $1-million King’s Plate.

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Mark Casse, the trainer for both horses, said Elysian field and Paramount Prince will be in the field for the first leg of Canada’s Triple Crown on Aug. 20 at Woodbine Racetrack.

Elysian Field won the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks by 2 1/4 lengths July 23 at Woodbine Racetrack. The 5-1 pick covered the 1 1/8-mile race on Woodbine’s Tapeta course in 1:49.83 with jockey Sahin Civaci aboard.

Earlier on the same card, veteran jockey Patrick Husbands rode Paramount Prince to a convincing five-length, wire-to-wire win in the $150,000 Plate Trial. The 11-1 longshot covered the identical 1 1/8-mile distance on the Tapeta course in 1:49.99.

Husbands earned a fourth Trial win.

Casse, 15 times Canada’s top thoroughbred trainer, will chase a third Plate win. Both of his previous victories came with fillies (Lexi Lou in 2014, Wonder Gadot in 2018).

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