![\"Cliquot](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2e1ca4bbc8aee2f464434c6b2ca56131.jpeg\"\/)
<\/p>\nSept. 22 (UPI) — The 3-year-olds were back at it in weekend horse racing, with Baeza finally getting a Grade I victory in the Pennsylvania Derby after chasing the division’s best in his previous four starts.<\/p>\n
Parx Racing staged a high-quality supporting program around the Pennsylvania Derby. Churchill Downs was back in action with support from Los Alamitos, Gulfstream Park and Aqueduct, among others.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Diving right in …<\/p>\n
Classic \/ Dirt Mile <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Cliquot was the winner pf ins Saturday’s $1 million Grade I Cotillion for 3-year-old fillies at Parx Racing. Photo by Taylor Ejdys\/EQUI-PHOTO, courtesy of Parx Racing<\/p>\n
Baeza was due and he collected in Saturday’s $1 million Grade I Pennsylvania Derby.<\/p>\n
The McKinzie colt, after breaking his maiden in his third start, had finished second to Journalism in the Grade I Santa Anita Derby, third in the Kentucky Derby behind Sovereignty and Journalism, third in the Belmont behind Sovereignty and Journalism, and second in the Grade II Jim Dandy behind Sovereignty.<\/p>\n
![\"Nothing](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b579d71d05ce6df23a17920941993d74.jpeg\"\/)
<\/p>\n
Nothing Like You wins Saturday’s Dark Mirage Stakes at Los Alamitos. Photo by Benoit Photography, courtesy of Los Alamitos<\/p>\n
Neither of those two nemeses was at Parx Saturday, so Baeza swept by most of his eight rivals and won easily, finishing 2 1\/4 lengths to the good of Magnitude. Goal Oriented was third.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
With Hector Berrios in for the ride for trainer John Shirreffs, Baeza ran 1 1\/8 miles on a fast track in 1:48.03.<\/p>\n
“Today was one of the most exciting races I have ever participated in, to tell you the truth,” Shirreffs said.<\/p>\n
When Chunk of Gold and Admiral Dennis were scratched, Disco Time inherited the favorite’s role for Friday’s $250,000 St. Louis Derby, centerpiece of Fairmount Park’s 100th birthday celebration.<\/p>\n
Jockey Florent Geroux rode the Not This Time colt accordingly, scooting off to a lead that was never challenged and a 5 1\/2-length victory.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Saturday’s $300,000 Bourbon Flight Stakes for 3-year-olds was scratched down to three starters and that opened the way for Brotha Keny to lead, dictate his own pace and win by 1 1\/2 lengths over Chunk of Gold. Both had been scratched from the St. Louis Derby.<\/p>\n
Among the older set, No Bien Ni Mal made it 2-for-2 in North America with a pace-pressing, 1 3\/4-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Grade III Greenwood Cup at Parx Racing.<\/p>\n
Cool Kiss won Saturday’s $180,000 (Canadian) Grade III Durham Cup at Woodbine, Encino took Friday’s $150,000 Presque Isle Mile and Nelson Avenue won Saturday’s $300,000 Parx Dirt Mile.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Distaff \/ Dirt Mile <\/p>\n
Cliquot continued her rapid climb up the class ladder with a stretch-running victory in Saturday’s $1 million Grade I Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing.<\/p>\n
The 3-year-old daughter of Quality Road, with Irad Ortiz Jr. up, raced in mid-pack down the backstretch, picked things up around the turn and found the front at mid-stretch, outfinishing Dry Powder by a neck. Locally trained Ourdaydreaminggirl was third.<\/p>\n
Cliquot, trained by Brendan Walsh, won her second career start at Keeneland in March, moved right along to victory in a first-level allowance event at Churchill Downs on May 31 and romped by 4 lengths in the Grade III Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis on July 5.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Immersive, one of the few top 3-year-old fillies not in the Cotillion field, instead led all the way to a 2-length victory as the odds-on favorite in Saturday’s $175,000 Seneca Stakes at Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n
Nothing Like You pressed the pace in Saturday’s $75,000 Dark Mirage Stakes at Los Alamitos, took full charge at the top of the stretch and rolled home first by 1 3\/4 lengths over Double Cappucinno.<\/p>\n
Sprint <\/p>\n
Madhouse, in from Canterbury Park, dueled for the lead in Saturday’s $400,000 Grade II Gallant Bob Stakes for 3-year-olds at Parx Racing, and then drew off smartly in the stretch to lead home an all-longshot trifecta with the odds-on favorite, Barnes, a late-running fourth.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Smoken Wicked won Saturday’s $300,000 Harrods Creek Stakes for 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs and Buccherino took Saturday’s $150,000 Parx Sprint.<\/p>\n
Filly & Mare Sprint <\/p>\n
Haulin Ice was out front early in Saturday’s $200,000 Grade II Princess Rooney at Gulfstream Park and cruised home first by 4 3\/4 lengths, earning a “Win and You’re In” ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.<\/p>\n
A Coal Front filly trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Haulin Ice ran 7 furlongs in 1:22.80 on a track upgraded from muddy to good before the race. Edgard Zayas had the mount.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Also in the division: Gal in a Rush came with a late rush to win Friday’s $300,000 Grade II Presque Isle Downs Masters by 1 length from the favorite, Ellen Jay; Ragtime won Saturday’s $300,000 Grade III Dogwood Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs; Mystic Lake took Saturday’s $150,000 Liberty Bell Stakes at Parx Racing and Maida was victorious in Saturday’s $100,000 Weather Vane Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Laurel Park.<\/p>\n
Filly & Mare Turf <\/p>\n
Ready for Candy won Saturday’s $175,000 Winter Memories Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct and Leo Torro won the off-the-turf $75,000 Ginger Punch Stakes Saturday at Gulfstream Park.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Turf Sprint<\/p>\n
Asher’s Edge dueled to the lead in Saturday’s $75,000 Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint at Gulfstream Park, and then got away to win by 2 3\/4 lengths.<\/p>\n
Around the world, around the clock <\/p>\n
Australia <\/p>\n
The Everest Carnival opened Saturday at Randwick with Fangirl edging Lindermann by a whisker in the Group 1 7 stakes. Both are trained by Chris Waller.<\/p>\n
Fangirl repeated her victory in the same race a year ago while bouncing back from a first-up fourth in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
“I actually thought Lindermann had won but when it’s the stablemate fighting out the photo finish you’re not too concerned. Great result,” Waller said.<\/p>\n
Joliestar rallied widest of all from the back of the field to win the Group 1 The Shorts at 1,100 meters, with the favorite, Private Harry, checking in a well-beaten fourth.<\/p>\n
Winning jockey James McDonald said the outcome serves notice to Hong Kong’s sprint star Ka Ying Rising, who with jockey Zac Purton, is highly touted for the AUS$20 million (about $13.2 million) Group 1 The Everest on Oct. 18.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
At Caulfield, Sepals won the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes Handicap, with the favorite, Angel Capital, fourth. Sir Delius saved the day for the chalk players with a narrow win over Buckaroo in the Group 1 Underwood.<\/p>\n
Japan <\/p>\n
Regaleira opened her autumn campaign with a victory in Sunday’s Grade 2 Sankei Sho All Comers Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse.<\/p>\n
Jockey Keita Tosaki produced Regaleira from a pace-stalking trip as the field passed the 200-meter mark and she ran by outside the leaders to win by 1 1\/2 lengths over Douradores. The 2,200 meters on good to firm turf went in 2:20.2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 22 (UPI) — The 3-year-olds were back at it in weekend horse racing, with Baeza finally getting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[12403,9464,7564,16199,61776,30501,30500,3004,49486,101,67924,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-153161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-baeza","tag-churchill-downs","tag-gulfstream-park","tag-kentucky-derby","tag-los-alamitos","tag-parx-racing","tag-pennsylvania-derby","tag-racing","tag-santa-anita-derby","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-derby","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}