FORT ERIE — Mansetti and jockey Pietro Moran will take a shot at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown.
Mansetti, which won the King's Plate with apprentice Moran aboard, will run in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday at Fort Erie Racetrack. Mansetti is the early 2-1 favourite in the seven-horse field.
The decision to run Mansetti in the second jewel of the Canadian thoroughbred racing Triple Crown wasn't a surprise.
Last week, trainer Kevin Attard said all signs pointed to Mansetti racing in Fort Erie pending a final training session on dirt, the surface the 1 3/16-mile Prince of Wales will be run on.
"It's a different surface (than the synthetic track at the King's Plate) but I don't think it will matter with him because he’s such a talented horse, he doesn’t seem concerned," Moran said following Mansetti's workout Tuesday at Fort Erie.
Moran isn't getting too caught up in the Triple Crown run, adding he'll rely on the horse to do its job.
“We’re just going to take it one step at a time,” said Moran. “You definitely need a special kind of horse if you want to have a shot at the Triple Crown, and I think we’ve got one here with Mansetti.
"We’ve already got one race out of the way, now we’re looking for the second, and he’s got a great chance, so we’ll see what happens next Tuesday.”
Attard trainees Dewolf (7-2) and Faber (5-1) will also run Tuesday. Rounding out the field will be Scorching (3-1, trained by John Charalambous), Runaway Again (10-1, trained by Sid Attard), Ashley’s Archer (10-1, trained by Mark Casse), and Humber River (12-1, trained by Bob Tiller).
The final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Breeders' Stakes, is set for Sept. 28 on the turf course at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2025.
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