ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Excaper stamped himself as a bona-fide turf horse as a 2-year-old, finishing second in both the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Churchill Downs and the Grade 3 Summer Stakes at Woodbine. But while he has gone on to place in four more turf stakes, the 4-year-old Excaper is still looking for his first stakes win after 12 career starts.
On Sunday, Excaper could be poised to break through in the Play the King, a seven-furlong turf stakes that offers Grade 2 status and a purse of $200,000.