Speed Shopper Rolls Late to Claim Inaugural Running of Christophe Clement

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Speed Shopper (Quality Road) made her first start at Gulfstream Park a winning one as she rolled home late to take the inaugural running of the GIII Christophe Clement Stakes on Pegasus World Cup Day.

Breaking her maiden last season at Saratoga in her third start coming off a layoff of over a year, the Will Walden trainee steadily improved on paper and missed winning the GII Rodeo Drive Stakes two back Oct. 4 at Santa Anita. She resurfaced at Turfway Park Dec. 20 in the Florence Stakes to win by a half-length over Ayra Stark (Arg) (Cosmic Trigger), who returned here for this contest.

The field was in no rush through the early fractions as Speed Shopper enjoyed a ground saving trip along the fence for most of the running behind a half-mile split in :50.20 and six panels in 1:15.05. Turning for home with Ayra Stark to catch as she bravely tried to turn back challengers, Speed Shopper quickly overtook her by midstretch to win well. That longtime leader held on for second over an equally game Weighted Average (English Channel).

The final time for the mile and a half trip was 2:26.76.

Sales history: $430,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $95,000 RNA HRA '24 KEENOV. O-Barber, Gary, Bridlewood Farm and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-AR Enterprises, LLC & Edward Easton (KY); T-Will Walden.

 

#1 SPEED SHOPPER ($16.60) saw a deal and was the first one to the line to win the inaugural $175,000 Christophe Clement (G3) at @GulfstreamPark . The daughter of Quality Road (@LanesEndFarms) was ridden by @ljlmvel and is trained by @wwaldenracing. pic.twitter.com/Cuw2aFAwP0

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

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