With a sweeping rally from final, closely favored Chancer McPatrick reeled in second favourite Tip Prime Thomas and drew away late to take the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack. Mo Plex was a distant third.
The winner raced a mile on a quick monitor in 1:36.51 underneath Flavien Prat, paying $3.10. Chad Brown trains the 2-year-old son of McKinzie for Flanagan Racing.
Subsequent cease, the @BreedersCup Juvenile!
Chancer McPatrick breezes previous the vast majority of the sector earlier than chasing down Tip Prime Thomas to clinch the Champagne Stakes! #WinAndYoureIn pic.twitter.com/10SQDx9oUT
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 5, 2024
As a part of the Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection: Win and You are In, Chancer McPatrick earned a paid, automated berth within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar. The Champagne additionally awarded Kentucky Derby (G1) factors on a 10-5-3-2-1 scale to its prime 5 finishers as a part of the 2024-25 Highway to the Kentucky Derby.
Rigney Racing bred the winner in Kentucky out of the Bernardini mare Bernadreamy . Late-running Chancer McPatrick is now excellent in three begins, having beforehand gained a maiden race and the Hopeful Stakes (G1) this summer time at Saratoga Race Course.
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