ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The Nathan Squires-trained Cairo Consort was crowned Canadian champion 2-year-old filly in 2022 after winning the Catch a Glimpse Stakes and running third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Squires will be armed with more Cairo Prince offspring on Friday’s King’s Plate undercard when he saddles Cairo Caper in the $150,000 Soaring Free Stakes and Bound to Be True in the $150,000 Catch a Glimpse. Both races are 6 1/2-furlong main turf sprints that serve as preps for the Grade 1 Summer and Grade 1 Natalma. There were initially scheduled on last Saturday’s King’s Plate card that was canceled after the fifth race due to inclement weather. Cairo Caper ran third when debuting on the Tapeta before graduating in a six-furlong maiden special on the grass over next-out winner Kokomo. “He acted up in the gate and got hemmed in on the inside in his first start,” Squires said. “When he saw daylight, he came running and galloped out well. Cairo Prince gets runners on any surface, so we tried the turf and it worked out. He won well, and it was a good time. I don’t think he moved up on the turf. I think he’s equally as good on the synthetic. When Kokomo came back to win, that was encouraging.” Trainer Mark Casse sends out contenders Mensa and Dream On in the nine-horse Soaring Free. A son of hot freshman sire Complexity, Mensa is experimenting on the grass off an authoritative score in the 5 1/2-furlong Victoria Stakes. “Patrick Husbands breezed him on the grass and was very pleased with him,” Casse noted. “Complexity has already had a stakes winner in Europe on the grass. They can do about anything.” Dream On graduated second time out when switching from dirt to turf at Ellis Park. “I like him a lot,” Casse said. “I thought he ran better than the [56 Beyer Speed Figure] indicates. That was a pretty good race. The horse he beat came back and won.” The unbeaten Casse charge Bullet should be favored in the 13-horse Catch a Glimpse with Husbands aboard. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. Bullet closed stoutly from seventh to win her debut on the turf at Gulfstream going away before another easy victory in the My Dear Stakes here on the Tapeta. “She still needs to run a few more times, but she could be a superstar,” Casse said. “I thought her race at Gulfstream was unbelievable. She got away bad and was able to overcome it.” Casse also runs Will Reign and maiden Shifty. From the first crop of Preakness winner War of Will, Will Reign was a fast-closing second in her lone outing in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special on the Saratoga grass. “I thought she was pretty impressive,” Casse said. “She could have easily won that day.” Trainer Kevin Attard sends out Salt, who graduated at second asking in a six-furlong maiden special on the local turf. “She’s figuring things out,” Attard said. “I think the farther she goes, the better she’ll be. I think she’s going to be a decent turf filly.” Bound to Be True has the look of a live longshot. After romping on debut, she was a troubled sixth in the 5 1/2-furlong My Dear. “She got unsettled before the race and had a horrible trip,” Squires said. “She’s bred for the turf and the longer distance should suit her, so we’ll see what happens. We’re going to follow the same path as Cairo Consort and hope it works out.” Bold Venture Stakes Reigning Canadian champion male sprinter Patches O’Houlihan and unbeaten Playmea Tune will clash over 6 1/2 furlongs in Friday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Bold Venture. The Robert Tiller-trained Patches O’Houlihan took last year’s Bold Venture along with the Grade 3 Vigil. He missed some training in the spring due to a bruised heel, but ran a hole in the wind in his July 28 season opener in the Pink Lloyd Stakes, scoring by six lengths with a whopping 103 Beyer. In a seven-horse field with other speed, he could be construed as a bounce candidate. “He seems to be in really good order,” Tiller said. “I think this is going to be his biggest challenge, and [Playmea Tune] scares me.” :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  A 4-year-old trained by Josie Carroll, Playmea Tune won both of his races convincingly here this year, against maidens and allowance types, with Beyers of 96 and 95. “It’s a step up, but at some point he’s going to have to take it and he seems ready,” Carroll said. “He’s doing really well.” I’m A Gambler took to the Tapeta nicely when notching his second local start in allowance company with a 97 Beyer for Attard. “He’d worked well on the Tapeta and we were looking forward to [racing] him on it,” Attard said. “He was professional and won pretty easy. This is a big step up in class, but he’s doing well.” Casse entered Capture the Lion and First Empire, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively, last out in the Grade 2 Connaught Cup on turf. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.