{"id":58590,"date":"2025-08-11T06:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/58590\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T06:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:42:09","slug":"favorites-comport-chopsticks-take-ellis-park-stakes-for-two-year-olds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/58590\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorites Comport, Chopsticks Take Ellis Park Stakes For Two-Year-Olds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Favorites Comport, Chopsticks Take Ellis Park Stakes For Two-Year-Olds<\/a> originally appeared on Paulick Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joseph Sutton\u2019s Comport delivered as the heavy 1-4 favorite with a determined stretch run to win Sunday\u2019s 10th running of the $198,000 Ellis Park Juvenile.<\/p>\n

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Trained by Eddie Kenneally and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Comport completed the seven furlongs in 1:22.73 over a fast track.<\/p>\n

Spice Runner was sent to the early lead with his stablemate Papa Ken securing a forward position along the rail. Down the backstretch, Comport advanced to second and ranged up alongside Spice Runner after an opening quarter in :22.88. Around the far turn, Comport drew even after a half-mile in :46.01, then gradually edged clear in the stretch to prevail by two lengths.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe definitely gave me the impression he wants to go longer,\u201d Gaffalione said. \u201cHe was so kind and did whatever I asked him. When I asked him to quicken down the lane he kept getting stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spice Runner held second, with Papa Ken finishing third. Shake and Rattle was fourth, followed by Longstrider.<\/p>\n

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Comport returned $2.70<\/p>\n

A 2-year-old son of Collected out of the Flatter mare Bartlett Narrows, Comport was bred in Kentucky by Edwin Anthony.<\/p>\n

The victory was his second from three starts and increased his earnings to $236,300 with the $122,000 winner\u2019s share from the $198,000 purse.<\/p>\n

Chopsticks Stays Perfect In Debutante<\/p>\n

Two races earlier on Sunday’s card, Selective LLC\u2019s Chopsticks stayed unbeaten in two starts with a determined stretch run to capture the eighth running\u00a0of the $197,000 Ellis Park Debutante for 2-year-old fillies .<\/p>\n

Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Florent Geroux, Chopsticks completed the seven furlongs in 1:23.68 over a fast track.<\/p>\n

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Breaking from the rail, Kingsolver was sent to the lead and dueled early with Boom Boom Bell through an opening quarter in :22.43. Up the backside, Boom Boom Bell edged clear of Kingsolver before Prowess and Chopsticks moved into contention around the far turn. After a half-mile in :45.27, Kingsolver tipped four wide at the quarter pole and battled with Chopsticks to her inside. Inside the final sixteenth, Chopsticks edged ahead and held sway to the wire for a one-length victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a big effort today,\u201d Cox said. \u201cAnytime a horse starts two-for-two it is special. I\u2019m very happy for the entire team to be able to get this stakes win and looking forward to her future. She has a great mind to her. Florent did a good job getting her into a good position. I think as the distances get longer, she\u2019ll keep improving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prowess rallied to finish third. She was followed by Red Beretta, Boom Boom Bell and Mescat.<\/p>\n

Chopsticks earned $121,380 for her victory in the Ellis Park Debutante to boost her career earnings to $190,680. She returned $3.40 to those backing her through the windows.<\/p>\n

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A gray daughter of Essential Quality, Chopsticks is out of the More Than Ready mare Miss Southern Miss. She was bred in Kentucky by Machmer Hall.<\/p>\n

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Chopsticks and Florent Geroux win the Ellis Park DebutanteCoady Media<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Paulick Report<\/a> on Aug 11, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Favorites Comport, Chopsticks Take Ellis Park Stakes For Two-Year-Olds originally appeared on Paulick Report. Joseph Sutton\u2019s Comport delivered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[31830,31829,31828,31826,31825,3004,31827,101,18425,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-58590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-boom-boom-bell","9":"tag-chopsticks","10":"tag-comport","11":"tag-florent-geroux","12":"tag-joseph-suttons-comport","13":"tag-racing","14":"tag-spice-runner","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-tyler-gaffalione","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58590","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=58590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}