Chop Chop Becomes City of Light’s First Stakes Winner at KYD

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No wind, no rain, no summer storm was stopping CHOP CHOP (f, 2, City of Light–Grand Sofia, by Giant's Causeway) from securing her first career stakes victory in the Aristocrat Gaming Juvenile Fillies S. to secure her freshman sire (by Quality Road)'s second winner on the card behind Gaslight Dancer and his first black-type earner.

A stalk and pounce winner last out Aug. 14 on unveiling at Ellis Park, Chop Chop rated kindly from third here and drafted into the turn behind a pair of dueling leaders through :24.11 and a :49.99 half. Shifting out and making a three wide rally leaving the turn, she uncorked her rally and locked horns with Towhead as the fillies battled to the wire in the driving rain. Hitting the wire together, Chop Chop was on the winning end of the photo, the pair nine lengths ahead of C C Cruise Control.

A half to one other to the races, Chop Chop is the first stakes horse for her young dam, a half-sister to GISW, and track-record setter Rail Trip (Jump Start). She has a yearling half-sister by Omaha Beach and a 2022 half-sister by Constitution. She went to Liam's Map for 2023. This is the female family of MGISW Palace Malice (Curlin) and GISP Justin Palace (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

ARISTOCRAT GAMING JUVENILE FILLIES S., $500,000, Kentucky Downs, 9-3, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:43.86, yl.
1–CHOP CHOP, 120, f, 2, by City of Light
   1st Dam: Grand Sofia, by Giant's Causeway
   2nd Dam: Sweet Trip, by Carson City
   3rd Dam: Stellar Affair, by Skywalker
($230,000 Ylg '21 FTKJUL). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Selective, LLC; B-Cobra Farm & MRJ Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Reylu Gutierrez. $300,700. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $336,700.
2–Towhead, 118, f, 2, Malibu Moon–Smartly Agree, by Smart Strike. ($100,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Deuce Greathouse; B-DJ Stable, LLC (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $97,000.
3–C C Cruise Control, 120, f, 2, Cross Traffic–Alpaca Fina, by Big Brown. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-David Menard (KY); T-Kenneth McPeek. $48,500.
Margins: NO, 9, 3/4. Odds: 4.11, 5.61, 7.86.
Also Ran: Knockyoursocksoff, Mustang Lady, Chiquita Mosca, Janis Joplin, Callie's Grit. Scratched: Up to Something.

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