Cotillion Stakes 2014 at Parx
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Las Vegas, NV – The Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes comes our way from Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania on Saturday, September 20. Three year old fillies will be featured as they go 1 1/16 miles on Parx’s Saturday card searching for the winner’s share of the very lucrative $1 million purse.
A terrific field of nine three year old fillies will take to the track in the Cotillion Stakes – race 11 on Parx’s Saturday schedule. Post time is 4:45 PM. Here is a brief glance into the past performances of all nine entries for this Grade 1 stakes – the winner just may be your 3 year old filly champ.
Untapable – Steve Asmussen trained filly enters off a very disappointing fifth against the males in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park July 27 after four straight graded stakes scores – the Grade 1 Mother Goose June 28, by 4 1/2 lenghts in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks May 2, the Grade 2 Fair Ground Oaks March 29 and the Grade 3 Rachel Alexandra Stakes on that same track in February. Her only other poor career performance came in the Breeders’ Cup – an eighth place finish after two wins to start her career. Untapable has six wins and a third place finish in nine career starts and looks for a strong bounce back Saturday. She leaves from post 8 with Rosie Napravnik in the saddle as the 7-5 morning line favorite.
Stopchargingmaria – Todd Pletcher trained enters on a terrific three race win streak – the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes last time out August 16, the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico May 16 and in dominating fashion in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks by five lengths July 20. Before the wins was a fourth in the Grade 3 Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park April 5 and a career worst performance – a fifth in the Grade 2 Davona Dale Stakes February 22. She also had a nice win in the Grade 2 Demoiselle Stakes at Aqueduct November 30, an equally impressive win by 10 3/4 lengths in the Grade 3 Tempted Stakes November 3, a third in the Grade 1 Frizette and a second in the Grade 1 Spinaway. Stopchargingmaria has six wins (five graded stakes), a second and a third place finish in 10 career starts and will be after a fourth straight win Saturday. John Velazquez will be in the saddle from the outside post. at 9-2 odds.
Sweet Reason – has three Grade 1 scores in eight career starts – five wins, a second and a third place finish overall. Her only off-the-board finish was a fourth beaten by only two lengths in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. She started her career with two wins – the best of which came in the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes by 5 3/4 lengths at Saratoga last September and followed that with a second behind the terrific Untapable in the Grade 1 Frizette at Belmont Park in October before her BC attempt. Last time out was another good win in Grade 1 Test Stakes which followed a score in the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park June 7, a third in the Grade 2 Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct April 5 and an Allowance Optional Claiming score March 7. Sweet Reason will have Irad Ortiz in the saddle from post 2 ay 3-1 odds looking to make it three straight Grade 1 scores.
Jojo Warrior – Bob Baffert trained filly has three wins, a second and a third place finish in six career starts and enters on a two race win streak – the Grade 3 Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar August 31 and the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita June 21. This after a third as 7-5 favorite in the listed Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico May 16. Her only off-the-board finish came in the Grade 3 Eight Belles Stakes at Churchill Downs in May, which followed a second in the minor Instant Racing Stakes in April and a MSW score at first asking way back in September. She comes into this weekend on fire and will leave from post 7 at 6-1 odds with Martin Garcia aboard.
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Joint Return – John Servis trained filly raced in graded stakes company for the first time March 29 and had her worst career effort – a fifth in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Oaks but bounced back with a win in the minor Calder Oaks April 12. She enters off a pair of good seconds – last time out in the Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga August 16 and behind Fortune Pearl in the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks July 5. Before that was a win in the minor Our Mims Stakes June 4 and a troubled fourth in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes May 16 at Pimlico. She also had a 4 1/2 length win in the minor Busher Stakes at Aqueduct February 1 after a pair of wins at Parx this past winter. Joint Return has won five of 10 career starts with two seconds and a third place finish but will be looking to break through in graded stakes company for the first time Saturday. Kendrick Carmouche has the call from post 4 at 10-1 on the morning line.
Cassatt – has just four career starts for trainer Larry Jones and has looked good in all however – three wins and a second place finish. Cassatt stepped into stakes company for the first time last time out and impressively won the Grade 2 Monmouth Oaks after winning her two previous races – an Allowance at Delaware Park in July followed a maiden score at Fair Grounds in January. She looks to keep the roll going as the uber-hyped filly goes with Kerwin Clark in the saddle from the rail at 12-1 odds.
Vero Amore – has 11 career starts with two wins, three seconds and a third place finish but hasn’t been great her last three starts – a tenth last time out in the minor Tenski Stakes at Saratoga August 11 followed an eighth in the Grade 2 Delaware Oaks in July and a twelfth in the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes in June. Before that was a second behind Stopchargingmaria and ahead of Joint Return in the Grade 2 Black-Eyes Susan Stakes at 15-1 odds at Pimlico May 16. She did have two straight wins at Parx last year and a fourth in the Grade 2 Gazelle in April of this year as well. Jockey Frankie Pennington picks up the mount from gate 5 at 20-1 on the morning line.
Little Alexis – has just three career starts for trainer Carlo Vaccarezza – two wins and a third place finish. Last time out was a respectable third in her graded stakes debut – the Grade 1 Test Stakes at Saratoga August 2 after wins in the minor Cash Run Stakes at Gulfstream Park July 5 and a maiden score at first asking. She has looked good in her limited action and will have Joel Rosario in the reins from gate 6 ay 20-1.
House Rules – has nine career starts for trainer Allen Jerkins and finally broke maiden by 5 3/4 lengths January 17 in her fourth race. This after a second December 19, a seventh and a sixth respectively in his first two career starts. She enters off an Allowance score at Saratoga August 17 which followed an OK fourth in the Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park June 28, a disappointing sixth in the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park and a pair of good seconds – by a neck in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Oak March 29 and behind Aurelia’s Belle in the Grade 2 Davona Dale February 22. House Rules has two wins and three seconds in her nine starts and will depart from post 3 at 20-1 with Javier Castellano aboard.
Race 11 on Parx Racing’s Saturday card with a Post Time of 4:45 PM.
Entry | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | ML Odds |
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1 | Cassatt | K. Clark | J. Jones | |
2 | Sweet Reason | I. Ortiz, Jr. | L. Gyarmati | |
3 | House Rules | J. Castellano | J. Jerkens | |
4 | Joint Return | K. Carmouche | J. Servis | |
5 | Vero Amore | F. Pennington | R. Reid, Jr. | |
6 | Little Alexis | J. Rosario | C. Vaccarezza | |
7 | Jojo Warrior | M. Garcia | B. Baffert | |
8 | Untapable | R. Napravnik | S. Asmussen | |
9 | Stopchargingmaria | J. Velazquez | T. Pletcher |