Quality Road’s Clicquot Bests Them All in Cotillion

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In a tough field boasting three of the summer's top Grade I-winning fillies, it was the GIII Indiana Oaks winner Clicquot (f, 3, Quality Road-Royal Obsession, by Tapit) who bested them all and captured the $1-million GI Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing Saturday. GI Ashland and GI Acorn winner La Cara (Street Sense) set most of the early pace through fractions of :23.73 and :47.38 and had a fight on her hands on the turn and in the lane from GI CCA Oaks third Dry Powder (Gun Runner), but it was Clicquot who emerged from the fray on the outside to run them both down and hold off all comers to score her first Grade I. Dry Powder held second while Ourdaydreaminggirl (Instagrand) got up for third. Clicquot got the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.85.

Clicquot debuted in March at Gulfstream with an off-the-board finish behind the reopposing Indy Bay (Take Charge Indy), but has been unstoppable since. She broke her maiden by open daylight at Keeneland in April, captured an optional allowance at Churchill in May, and won the Indiana Oaks in July. The Cotillion was her fourth consecutive win.

O-X-Men Racing IV LLC, Madaket Stables LLC, and SF Racing LLC; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Brendan Walsh, J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.

Saturday, Parx Racing
COTILLION S.-GI, $1,000,000, Parx Racing, 9-20, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:42.85, ft.
1–CLICQUOT, 124, f, 3, by Quality Road
            1st Dam: Royal Obsession (GSP, $140,857), by Tapit
            2nd Dam: Rote, by Tiznow
            3rd Dam: Song to Remember, by Storm Cat
1ST GRADE I WIN. ($375,000 RNA Ylg '23 FTSAUG). O-X-Men
Racing IV LLC, Madaket Stables LLC & SF Racing LLC; B-Don
Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.
$582,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $840,153. Werk Nick
Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Dry Powder, 122, f, 3, by Gun Runner
            1st Dam: Tell All, by Broken Vow
            2nd Dam: Whisper to Me, by Thunder Gulch
            3rd Dam: Word to the Wise, by Diesis (GB)
($525,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Gold Square LLC; B-Corser
Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Chad Summers. $194,000.
3–Ourdaydreaminggirl, 120, f, 3, by Instagrand
            1st Dam: Itsinthestars, by Astrology
            2nd Dam: Neverthesame, by Scat Daddy
            3rd Dam: Salut d'Amour (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($50,000 Ylg
'23 FTKOCT; $50,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-Bran Jam Stable &
Clark, David W.; B-Pippa's Hurricane (KY); T-Louis C. Linder, Jr.
$97,000.
Margins: NK, HD, 2. Odds: 5.30, 7.70, 42.90.
Also Ran: Scottish Lassie, La Cara, Good Cheer, Indy Bay. Scratched: Not Too Late. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

 

#3 CLICQUOT ($12.60) makes it four wins in a row with a victory in the $1,000,000 Cotillion Stakes (G1) at @ParxRacing! @iradortiz was aboard for trainer @brenpwalsh & owners @Xmenracing, @MadaketStables, and SF Racing. Clicquot is a 3YO filly by @LanesEndFarm's Quality Road. pic.twitter.com/bWWfYtZWFr

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