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Seven entered in Prince of Wales

Last updated: 7/14/11 4:53 PM

Check Your Soul is hoping to

return to form in the Prince of Wales

(WEG/Michael Burns Photography)

While Queen's Plate heroine Inglorious (Hennessy) has opted to skip Sunday's

C$500,000

Prince of Wales S. in favor of the Alabama S. (G1) at Saratoga on August 20,

the second, third and fourth-place finishers from the first jewel of the

Canadian Triple Crown have chosen to go for classic glory at Fort Erie.

The second leg of the series, the 1 3/16-mile Prince of Wales, has attracted

a field of seven and HIPPOLYTUS (Philanthropist) is looking to prove his

runner-up finish in the Queen's Plate was no fluke. The Mark Casse charge was

sent off at 61-1 that day, but should garner more attention this time around.

Fourth in the Plate Trial S. two back, the dark bay gelding will keep Tyler

Pizarro aboard for Sunday's race.

Like Hippolytus, PENDER HARBOUR (Philanthropist) was sent off at long odds

(15-1) in the Queen's Plate but managed to take third by a nose over BOWMAN'S

CAUSEWAY (Giant's Causeway). Hero of last year's Kingarvie S., in which

Hippolytus ran second, the three-year-old will trying a conventional dirt track

for the first time in the Prince of Wales.

Bowman's Causeway, on the other hand, opened his career at Monmouth Park

before breaking his maiden at Gulfstream Park. The chestnut ran fourth in the

Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at that venue, but held his own to be second in the

Plate Trial and fourth in the Queen's Plate while trying the synthetic Polytrack

at Woodbine for the first time. He could relish the return to a dirt track in

this spot for trainer Chad Brown.

CHECK YOUR SOUL (Perfect Soul [Ire]), winner of the Plate Trial and Wando S.

prior to a tiring seventh in the Queen's Plate as the 9-5 favorite, will be

looking for redemption in the Prince of Wales. The Roger Attfield pupil put in a

brief run rounding the turn, but immediately began backing up and really didn't

factor in the 1 1/4-mile affair. He'll try to return to his previous form with

Patrick Husbands staying in the saddle.

The only horse entered in the Prince of Wales with prior experience running

at Fort Erie is WELLOILEDMACHINE (Mobil). The Michael Keough-conditioned gelding

will be making his stakes bow in the race following a nice second against Fort

Erie allowance rivals on June 19.

Maiden OBAN (Pleasant Tap) and OH CANADA (Proud Citizen), 13th in the Queen's

Plate following a triumph in the Woodstock S. and a pair of thirds in the

Queenston S. and Marine S., complete the field for the Prince of Wales.

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