Paramount Prince Digs In Late for Seagram Cup Score
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Paramount Prince (inside) battles with Runaway Again in the stretch of the Seagram Cup Stakes at Woodbine
Paramount Prince exuded his back class when he needed it most to win the $149,338 Seagram Cup Stakes (G3) Aug. 1 at Woodbine.
Ridden by Fraser Aebly, the 2023 King's Plate Stakes winner broke alertly from the outside post and quickly cleared the field of eight to lead through an opening quarter-mile in :23.82.
Up the backstretch, a relaxed Aebly had Paramount Prince freewheeling on the lead through a half-mile in :47.77, with longshot Twin City racing second and post-time favorite Runaway Again outside in fourth.
Into the lane, Paramount Prince cut the corner smartly and braced for a stretch rematch with Runaway Again, who had defeated Paramount Prince by a neck in the Dominion Day Stakes (G3) June 27.
Inside the sixteenth pole, Paramount Prince and Runaway Again hooked up in a thrilling duel, with both hitting the wire together and the Mark Casse-trained Paramount Prince getting the nod by a head in a photo finish. Sedburys Ghost finished third. The final running time was 1:43.24 for 1 1/16 miles on the all-weather main track.
Paramount Prince, owned by Michael Langlois and Gary Barber, paid $9.50 for the win, his second Seagram Cup after taking the 2024 edition.
The 6-year-old gelding by Society's Chairman , bred in Ontario by Ericka Rusnak, pushed his career earnings to $1,119,466 with the win and boosted his record to 9-3-7 in 24 starts.