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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ‘CHROME’ RETURNS AT PARX UNTAPABLE HEADLINES STRONG COTILLION Steve Coburn and Perry Martin=s California Chrome As many as nine sophomore fillies look to join a list of (Lucky Pulpit) faces a strong field of eight foes as he winners that includes the likes of Ashado (Saint makes his racetrack return in today=s $1 million Ballado), Careless Jewel (Tapit), GI Pennsylvania Derby. The GI Kentucky Derby and Havre de Grace (Saint Liam), My GI Preakness S. hero Miss Aurelia (Smart Strike) and has not been seen Close Hatches (First Defence) in since finishing a today=s GI Cotillion S. at Parx. disappointing dead-heat The conversation has to start fourth in his Triple with Winchell Thoroughbreds= Crown try in the June leading lady Untapable (Tapit). 7 GI Belmont S. The The bay has been close to chestnut homebred unbeatable against her own sex was a perfect five-for- this season, having taken the five in 2014 before the GIII Rachel Alexandra S. and GII Fair Grounds Oaks with ATest of the devastating ease before making Champion,@ including similarly easy work of the romping wins in the GI Kentucky Oaks May 2. She GII San Felipe S. in California Chrome & Alan Sherman Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO proved much too good for four March and GI Santa foes in the GI Mother Goose S. Anita Derby in April going this 1 1/8-mile distance. at Belmont June 28, but settled California Chrome will be the first Kentucky Derby for fifth as the favorite last time winner to compete at the Bensalem oval after a when taking on the boys in the successful run for the roses. AHe hasn=t changed a June 27 GI Haskell Invitational S. Untapable NYRA/Coglianese whole lot [since the Triple Crown],@ said Alan Sherman, With a 6-4-0-1 record at this 1 assistant trainer to his father Art. AHis weight is just 1/16-mile distance and the three fastest Beyer Speed about perfect and he=s so good mentally. He=s just a Figures in the field, the Steve Asmussen pupil is cool horse to be around. It makes our job a lot easier.@ certainly a formidable favorite. Kaleem Shah=s J “TDN Rising Star” J Bayern (Offlee Wild) also looks to reverse form after an off Cont. p3 effort. Ninth with a rough trip in the Preakness, the dark bay bounced back to romp in the seven- furlong GII Woody Stephens S. by 7 1/2 lengths. He aired by a similar margin in the GI Haskell Invitational Bayern S. July 27 over nine Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO furlongs at speed- friendly Monmouth Park, but stopped to last in the Aug. 23 GI Travers S. after being hounded early by Belmont winner Tonalist (Tapit). The Bob Baffert pupil fired a five-furlong bullet in :58.60 at Santa Anita Sept. 14, and it=s not a question of whether or not he=ll be in front, but merely how long that lead will last. AIf there is any time to do it, it=d probably be now,@ Baffert=s assistant Jim Barnes said of taking on California Chrome. AHe is coming off a layoff...We=re ready to take him on.@ Cont. p4 FIRST MONEY GOES TO YOU. STUD FEE PAID FROM PROCEEDS. SHORTCOMINGS ARE FORGIVEN. Stallions Available on Breed Secure include: Breed with no stud fees owed until sale. Sell weanling at auction and first $6,000 goes to you. ARCHARCHARCH Anything over $6,000 goes toward stud fee, and Spendthrift is ONLY eligible to get back stud fee and AWESOME PATRIOT nothing more. DOMINUS Sell yearling at auction (July-Oct) and first $12,000 goes to you. Anything over $12,000 goes toward LINE OF DAVID stud fee, and Spendthrift is ONLY eligible to get back stud fee and nothing more. PADDY O’PRADO TEMPLE CITY It’s simple. Breed. Sell. 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Cont. from p1 Treadway Racing Stable=s three-time Grade I winner Sweet Reason (Street Sense) tries two turns for the first time since finishing a distant third in the Big A=s GII Gazelle S. in April. Last year=s GI Spinaway S. heroine belied 9-1 odds to score in Belmont=s one-turn-mile GI Acorn S. June 7, and added the seven-furlong GI Test S. at the Spa Aug. 2. Priscilla Vaccarezza=s lightly raced Little Alexis (Mr. Greeley) was a close third in the Test, and stretches out for the first time here in just her fourth lifetime start. AI think she deserves the chance [to try and stretch out],@ offered trainer Carlo Vaccarezza, who saddled the bay to a visually impressive success in Gulfstream=s Cash Run S. in July. AShe is bred to go two turns and we=ve been prepping her down at Gulfstream Park to go two turns. She is lightly raced and she=s been improving with every start. In her last race, she was in trouble from the get-go and she got bumped a lot down the backstretch.@ Zayat Stables and WinStar Farm=s J “TDN Rising Star” J " " " Jojo Warrior (Pioneerof the Nile) invades from California AIt=s a tough race, but she is on top of her game right for Bob Baffert, who scored with Plum Pretty (Medaglia now and I think we=re in good shape,@ said Baffert=s d=Oro) here in 2011. The bay is two-for-two since assistant Jim Barnes. The connections of morning-line stretching out, with a romping victory in Santa Anita=s second choice Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the Cat) are GII Summertime Oaks in June and a last-out score in leaning towards skipping this spot for Belmont=s Del Mar=s Aug. 31 GIII Torrey Pines S. GI Beldame Invitational S. one week later. Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. Saturday, Parx, post time: 4:45 p.m. EDT COTILLION S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Cassatt K Fox Hill Farm Mt Brilliant Farm LLC-KY Jones 12-1 (Tapit--Justenufftime, by Giant’s Causeway) Clark 2 Sweet Reason K Treadway Racing Stable Brent & Beth Harris & Darley-KY Gyarmati 4-1 (Street Sense--Livermore Leslie, by Mt. Livermore) Ortiz, Jr. 3 House Rules K Joseph V Shields, Jr El Catorce Inc & WinStar Farm LLC-KY Jerkens 20-1 (Distorted Humor--Teamgeist {Arg}, by Mutakddim) Castellano 4 Joint Return K Main Line Racing Stables Virginia D Moore & Include Syndicate-KY Servis 8-1 (Include--Brunswick Star, by Brunswick) Carmouche 5 Vero Amore Swilcan Stables LLC Robert V LaPenta-KY Reid 20-1 (Mineshaft--Summers Edge, by The Cliff’s Edge) Pennington 6 Little Alexis K Priscilla Vaccarezza Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd-KY Vaccarezza 20-1 (Mr. Greeley--Dream Child, by Giant’s Causeway) Rosario 7 Jojo Warrior Zayat Stables LLC & WinStar Farm LLC Zayat Stables LLC-KY Baffert 6-1 (Pioneerof the Nile--Carson Jen, by Carson City) Garcia 8 Untapable Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC-KY Asmussen 7-5 (Tapit--Fun House, by Prized) Napravnik 9 Stopchargingmaria K Repole Stable Harvey Clarke & Brookdale Farm LLC-KY Pletcher 7-2 (Tale of the Cat--Exotic Bloom, by Montbrook) Velazquez All carry 119 pounds bar Cassatt (122), Jojo Warrior (122), Sweet Reason (124), Untapable (124) and Stopchargingmaria (124).