Ironstone, a deceptively good fourth in the $1 million Queen’s Plate, should be the controlling speed in Tuesday’s $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the middle leg of the Canadian Triple Crown at Fort Erie. Can he stay the 1 3/16-mile distance? We shall see. Post time for the 87th running of the Prince of Wales is 5:35 p.m. Eastern. Carded as the 10th race, it will be broadcast on TSN in Canada from 5-6 p.m. Ironstone tracked front-running The Minkster through quick fractions in the 1 1/4-mile Plate before hitting the front around the quarter pole. He eventually faded to fourth behind runaway winner Moira, who is skipping the remainder of the Triple Crown. “I know he got beat 10 lengths, but he tried the whole mile and a quarter,” trainer Willie Armata said. “He ran The Minkster down and was still trying to get me second. Without The Minkster in this field, it might be a different ballgame. He might get to go out there and relax on his own. I hope that Kazushi Kimura can get him to relax a little bit. I find that on a dirt track, speed carries a little better than on the Tapeta.” All seven Prince of Wales entrants are competing on the dirt for the first time. Ironstone breezed a half-mile in a bullet 47.20 seconds over Woodbine’s dirt training track on Sept. 5. :: Get Daily Racing Form Past Performances – the exclusive home of Beyer Speed Figures “I was very happy with the way he worked,” Armata said. “I was going to go to Fort Erie on Tuesday, but with the amount of rain they got, I didn’t want to take a chance working him on a muddy track. I decided to work him Monday and I brought him [to Fort Erie] on Tuesday. We walked him on Wednesday, and then I’m galloping him five days over the track there before he runs. “He’s a high-strung horse, and I just wanted him to come down early and settle in good. He might be going into Prince of Wales a little bit better than the Queen’s Plate.” Trainer Mark Casse sends out Plate Trial Stakes winner Sir for Sure and the supplement Fast Feet. Sir for Sure bumped with stablemate Hall of Dreams at the top of the stretch in the 1 1/8-mile Plate Trial before going on a two-length tally under Declan Carroll. The result stood after a jockey’s objection regarding the incident. “I just bided my time, and when I had to make room, I was able to push out,” Carroll said. Hall of Dreams subsequently ran second in the Plate, finishing two lengths clear of third-place finisher Sir for Sure. “I thought Sir for Sure got a good trip,” Casse said. “They both ran good. They just ran into a monster.” Sir for Sure breezed a half-mile in company with Hall of Dreams in 48.20 over Woodbine’s training track on Sept. 2. Turf specialist Fast Feet was a front-running second in the 2021 Cup and Saucer Stakes. He rallied outside for third most recently in a 1 1/8-mile allowance on the main course at Woodbine. Hunt Master has the look of a live longshot. He was in solid allowance form before finishing 15 lengths back in seventh in the Plate. Trainer Angus Buntain was thrilled with Hunt Master’s Sept. 6 half-mile breeze in a bullet 47.60 on Woodbine’s training track under Emma-Jayne Wilson. :: DRF Bets members get FREE DRF Past Performances - Formulator or Classic. Join now! “It was absolutely awesome,” Buntain said. “He galloped out in 1:00.20 and in 1:13. The gallop-out was the best part. Emma said he’s better now than he was before the Plate. “He trains on the dirt every day and has breezed on it 90 percent of the time. If he happens to like it and a couple of the others don’t, then maybe we have a shot at doing a little damage.” After a troubled fourth in the Plate Trial, Duke of Love was a non-threatening eighth in the Plate. The handsome bay worked five-eighths in 59 over Woodbine’s training track on Sept. 3. Ice Road was supplemented by trainer Mike Dunslow. He was claimed for $40,000 by owner Bruno Schickedanz from his maiden win in June and finished up the track in a subsequent allowance. Rounding out the field is the Fort Erie-based maiden Collaborative, who hasn’t hit the board since getting claimed from a second for $40,000 in his May 28 debut. ◗ On an 11-race card that begins at 1:05 p.m., there are two $100,000 Ontario-sired stakes for 3-year-olds, the Rondeau Bay and Lake Erie. Other highlights are the $30,000 Molson Cup and the $30,000 Le Cinquieme Essai Cup.