King's Plate pedigree profile: My Boy Prince
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My Boy Prince
Cairo Prince – Hopping Not Hoping, by Silent Name
Bred in Ontario by Murray Graham Smith ($87,835 U.S. funds CTHS Ontario division Canadian Premier Yearling sale purchase by Dr. Robert McMartin)
My Boy Prince topped the 2022 Canadian Premier Yearling sale, the country’s biggest auction. He is living up to that early promise, as he has carried Gary Barber’s colors to four stakes wins. As a juvenile, he won the Simcoe and Cup and Saucer stakes, as well as finishing second in the Grade 1 Summer Stakes and third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. This year, he is heading toward a classics campaign off wins in the King Corrie and Queenston stakes.
Sire Cairo Prince showed early talent by winning the Grade 2 Nashua Stakes and finishing second in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes as a juvenile. He looked as though he would continue on the following year, winning the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes before injury ended his career.
Cairo Prince is by Pioneerof the Nile, in turn by the influential Empire Maker. This line is known for stamina and for surface versatility, both key factors in the Canadian Triple Crown. Cairo Prince is the sire of Canadian champion and graded stakes winner Cairo Consort, as well as graded stakes winners Cairo Memories, Honey Pants, New and Improved, and Tony Ann on turf. On dirt, his runners include graded stakes winners Cairo Cat, Dean Martini, Kiss Today Goodbye, and Royal Charlotte. The average winning distance of the stallion’s progeny is 7.11 furlongs. Due to the proliferation of sprint races in the United States, this is a solid figure for determining stamina.
My Boy Prince is the first winner from two starters out of stakes winner Hopping Not Hoping, a half-sister to stakes-placed Wave Baby. This is the extended family of Grade 1 winners A Mo Reay and Wonder Lady Anne L.
Multiple graded stakes winner Silent Name was one of the rare sources of the Sunday Silence line in North America. A leading sire in Canada, he has been represented by champions Philip My Dear and Summer Sunday, as well as Grade 1 winner Silent Poet.