July 05, 2009
Plate Winner Gearing Up for Prince of Wales

Fort Erie, July 05...Queen’s Plate winner Eye of the Leopard breezed six furlongs over the dirt training track at Woodbine this morning, his final prep for Sunday’s Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Race Track.

With jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva in the saddle the son of A. P. Indy covered six furlongs in a snappy 1:12. “He worked pretty much like he did before the Plate,” said da Silva. “He’ll be ready.”

Meanwhile, here at Fort Erie, Keino West, sixth in the Plate, put in his final prep for Sunday’s big race.

Under jockey Gerry Olguin, the Steve Attard trained runner breezed five furlongs in 1:00.4.

“It was a good work and Gerry said he handled the track just fine,” said Attard. “I really didn’t need a fast work at this stage, he’s fit right now.”

Milwaukee Appeal, one of two fillies to compete in the Queen’s Plate, finished third just a neck behind Eye of the Leopard. She is expected to start in Sunday’s P.O.W. She arrived at Fort Erie late Saturday and jogged over the dirt surface this morning.

The Prince of Wales, at a distance of one and three sixteenths miles, is one sixteenth of a mile shorter than the Plate and is run on a dirt surface. The Queen’s Plate is run on polytrack.

Sunday’s Prince of Wales will be the eighth race on the card with post time scheduled for 5:25pm. The first race of the day goes to post at 1:45pm.

Daryl Wells
Media and Communications
1-800-295-3770 ext. 3204
e-mail: dwells@forterieracetrack.ca