2020 Chillingworth Stakes at Santa Anita Park
Qahira Seeks Fourth Straight Win in the 2020 Grade 3 Chillingworth Stakes
Bob Baffert holds a strong three-card hand in the Grade III, $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes at Santa Anita Park, with his streaking 4-year-old Qahira, who is in search of her fourth consecutive win, rating top billing among a field of seven fillies and mares three and up going 6 ½ furlongs on Friday, September 25.
Due to air quality concerns resulting from the Bobcat Fire in the nearby San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Anita's 2020 Autumn Meet, originally scheduled to begin on Sept. 19, will instead open this Friday, with both the Grade III Chillingworth and the Grade II Eddie D Stakes headlining a 10-race card.
Baffert will also be well represented by classy Quality Response, a restricted stakes winner at two who will be making her second start of the year on Friday and by recent restricted stakes winner Message, a 4-year-old filly that will be shortening up out of four consecutive routes.
Richard Mandella's Amuse, most recently second in the Grade III Rancho Bernardo Handicap going 6 ½ furlongs, seeks her first graded stakes win at age five and rates a solid chance.
Formerly run as the LA Woman Stakes, the Chillingworth honors the memory of longtime Oak Tree Racing Association Executive Vice President Sherwood Chillingworth, who passed away in October, 2019 at the age of 93.
2020 Chillingworth Stakes Field & Odds
Race 6 at Santa Anita on Friday, September 25 - Post 6:12 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Message | 7-2 | Flavien Prat 124 Lbs |
Bob Baffert |
| 2 | Qahira | 2-1 | Luis Saez 124 Lbs |
Bob Baffert |
| 3 | Into Chocolate | 5-1 | Umberto Rispoli 124 Lbs |
Clifford Sise, Jr. |
| 4 | Mucho Amor | 10-1 | Juan Hernandez 124 Lbs |
Blaine Wright |
| 5 | Hang a Star | 4-1 | Tyler Baze 122 Lbs |
Ian Kruljac |
| 6 | Amuse | 5-2 | Drayden Van Dyke 122 Lbs |
Richard Mandella |
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QAHIRA
A winner of four out of her six career starts, Qahira, who dominated her competition by taking a 6 ½ furlong classified allowance by three lengths on Aug. 16 at Del Mar, will be making her second start of the year and will also be trying stakes competition for the first time.
Although ridden last time by Abel Cedillo, top eastern rider Luis Saez, who comes to town primarily to ride Maximum Security for Baffert in Saturday's Grade I Awesome Again, will be aboard for the first time.
Dating back to her 4 ¾ length first-out maiden romp on Nov. 25, 2018, she has dominated her competition by a combined 13 ¼ lengths in her four victories. With speed to spare and Saez aloft, Qahira is the horse to beat in the Chillingworth.
Owner: Baoma Corporation | Trainer: Bob Baffert
QUALITY RESPONSE
A winner of her first two starts in September of last year by a combined 12 ¾ lengths, this daughter of Quality Road was subsequently dispatched at 7-2 in the Grade I Frizette Stakes going a one turn mile at Belmont Park on Oct. 6, 2019, but finished a well beaten last and did not resurface prior to running a respectable fourth, beaten 3 ¼ lengths in second condition allowance going 5 ½ furlongs on Sept. 6 at Del Mar. With a recent race under her belt, look for big improvement.
Owner: Mike Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman | Trainer: Bob Baffert
AMUSE
A game second when beaten 3 ¾ lengths in the Grade III Rancho Bernardo on Aug. 21, this 5-year-old mare by Medaglia d'Oro, who has two wins from nine starts, will be making her fifth start of the year and with two wins from three lifetime starts at Santa Anita, rates a solid chance.
Owner: Claiborne Farm, Ramona Bass, Perry Bass & Adele Dilschneider | Trainer: Richard Mandella
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