Heavily favored Watsdachances earned herself a fees-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. I) when she rallied for a convincing victory in the $150,000 Miss Grillo Stakes (gr. III) on Monday afternoon at Belmont Park.
Ridden to victory by Javier Castellano, Watsdachances was content to settle back into the seventh position in a field of ten as Manuka Honey sat a slow pace of :24.77 and :49.60. Buckingham Bull, Three Hearts, and Adriani were her closest pursuers, followed then by Sustained and Atlantic Dream. Fly Again, Effie Trinket, and Wave Theory were the early trailers.
Manuka Honey continued to lead through three-quarters of a mile in 1:14.79 seconds, and turning for home, he kicked away and opened up a two-length advantage. But then Watsdachances began to advance, splitting horses gamely and accelerating in good fashion to win by 2 1/4 lengths. The final time for 1 1/16th miles was 1:47.90.
Sustained rallied well to secure second despite exchanging bumps with Watsdachances at the top of the stretch and subsequently altering course. Manuka Honey held third in a decent effort. Fly Again, Wave Theory, Three Hearts, Buckingham Bull, Atlantic Dream, Effie Trinket, and Adriani completed the order of finish.
The winner is trained by Chad Brown and owned by Michael Kisber and Bradley Thoroughbreds. A daughter of Diamond Green out of the Entrepreneur mare High Finance, Watsdachances has now compiled an excellent record of 3-0-1 from 4 starts, with earnings of $164,582.
-Keelerman
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