Tone Broke could run next in the Jockey Club Derby or Oklahoma Derby

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – No horse has won the Canadian Triple Crown since the synthetic-track era began at Woodbine in August 2006. Pender Harbour came the closest in 2011, when he finished third in the Queen’s Plate, before winning the Prince of Wales and Breeders’ stakes.

Tone Broke mirrored Pender Harbour’s achievement this year with a good third in his first start on Tapeta in the Queen’s Plate, before a daylight score in the Prince of Wales on the dirt at Fort Erie. He overcame some adversity to capture last Saturday’s 1 1/2-mile Breeders’ with a powerful late kick in his turf debut.

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Owned by L and N Racing LLC of Tulsa, Okla., Tone Broke has been based at Churchill Downs with trainer Steve Asmussen. Michael Levinson, the racing manager and part owner of L and N Racing, said he’s hoping Tone Broke gets an invitation to the $1 million Jockey Club Derby, the third leg of the Turf Trinity for 3-year-old males, on Sept. 7 at Belmont. The 1 1/2-mile turf route is a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In qualifier.

Levinson said the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby over 1 1/8 miles on dirt Sept. 29 at Remington Park is another possibility for Tone Broke, who is the front-runner for Canadian champion male 3-year-old honors this year.

“We thought the way he won [the Breeders’] was very impressive,” Levinson said. “He got into some trouble on the far turn. He didn’t have the greatest trip, but was still was able to shift outside of horses and run everybody down at the wire. It was pretty exciting.”

The last Canadian Triple Crown winner was Wando in 2003.