Rein check at Woodbine

Caitlinhergrtness surges past favourite to win race postponed by storm

- DAN RALPH

Jockey Rafael Hernandez, riding Caitlinhergrtness, left, beats Gary Barber and My Boy Prince across the finish line on Friday at Woodbine to win the King's Plate. Caitlinhergrtness, a 9-1 pick, was the lone filly in the field.

Rafael Hernandez and filly Caitlinhergrtness made it worth the wait for Kevin Attard.

Hernandez moved Caitlinhergrtness past 3-5 favourite My Boy Prince in the deep stretch to capture the $1-million King’s Plate on Friday. The race was originally scheduled to be run last Saturday but was postponed for safety reasons following heavy rain.

Caitlinhergrtness, a 9-1 pick and the lone filly in the field, was coming off a second-place finish to Kin’s Concerto in the Woodbine Oaks on July 20. That came just two weeks after a victory at Woodbine, so part of the decision to supplement Caitlinhergrtness for the Plate rather than run in the Bison City Stakes, the second event of the Canadian Triple Tiara on Aug. 10, was to give her more recovery time.

That was further extended by the postponement but Attard said his horse took everything in stride en route to her first stakes win.