Prince of Wales winner Cool Catomine draws outside post for Breeders’ Stakes
TORONTO — Cool Catomine will make his turf debut from the far outside in the $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes.
The Prince of Wales Stakes winner drew the No. 10 post Thursday for the 1 1/2-mile race. The final jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown will go Sunday on Woodbine Racetrack’s E.P. Taylor turf course.
The race will be Cool Catomine’s first on grass in five career starts as he’ll chase a third straight win. But the event also holds special significance for jockey Luis Contreras, who’s looking to secure his second personal Triple Crown title.
In 2011, Contreras became the first jockey in Canadian racing history to win all three Triple Crown events aboard two horses. That year, he captured the $1-million Queen’s Plate aboard Inglorious before guiding Pender Harbor to victory in the $500,000 Prince of Wales and Breeders’ Stakes.