Sir Dudley Digges suffering no setbacks in recovery from Plate victory
Sir Dudley Digges has suffered no setbacks from his stirring upset win in the $1-million Queen’s Plate.
Trainer Mike Maker said Wednesday the three-year-old son of Gio Ponti is in Louisville, Ky., none the worse for wear following Sunday’s thrilling victory at Woodbine Racetrack. The horse remains on schedule to run in the second jewel of Canadian thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on July 26 at Fort Erie, Ont.
“He came back in good order,” Maker said in a telephone interview. “Everything is a go so far.”
Sir Dudley Digges went off at 15-1 odds in North America’s oldest annually-run stakes race and tracked the pace from sixth spot. He moved into position as the field turned into the stretch, then surged past Scholar Athlete and 5/2 favourite Amis Gizmo in deep stretch to capture his first career stakes victory and second win overall in nine lifetime starts.