Racing

Chop Chop, Atomic Blonde (GER) Headline Rood & Riddle Dowager Field of 12

Selective LLC’s Chop Chop and West Point Thoroughbreds, trainer Christophe Clement and Winters Equine’s Atomic Blonde (GER) – the 1-2 finishers from last spring’s Bewitch (G3) here – headline a field of 12 fillies and mares and two also-eligibles entered Sunday for the 33rd running of the $300,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3).

Contested at 1½ miles on the turf on Sunday, Oct. 20, the Rood & Riddle Dowager will go as the eighth race on the nine-race program with a 4:44 p.m. ET post time.

Trained by Brad Cox, Chop Chop will be attempting to become the third runner to sweep the Bewitch and Rood & Riddle Dowager in the same year. The others to do it were Kitten’s Point in 2015 and Upperline in 2012. Luan Machado has the mount from post 7.

Atomic Blonde, who will be facing Chop Chop for the fifth time this year, got the best of that rival in the Keertana (L) at Churchill Downs in May but finished behind her in the Robert G. Dick Memorial (G3) and Glens Falls (G2). Tyler Gaffalione has the mount from post 11.

The field for the Rood & Riddle Dowager, with trainers, riders and weights from the rail out, is:

PostHorseTrainerJockeyWeight
1Three Priests (JPN)Graham MotionJohn Velazquez122 pounds
2Cozee RagsBrian MichaelRafael Bejarano118
3AnatolianMike MakerRicardo Santana Jr.122
4Forever After AllBrendan WalshAdam Beschizza122
5Duvet Day (IRE)Michael McCarthyLuis Saez122
6SurprisinglyTodd PletcherIrad Ortiz Jr.122
7Chop ChopBrad CoxLuan Machado124
8Mrs. AstorJonathan ThomasVincent Cheminaud122
9Eternal Hope (IRE)Charlie ApplebyFrankie Dettori122
10Let’sbefrankbaby (AUS)Mark CasseJose Ortiz122
11Atomic Blonde (GER)Christophe ClementTyler Gaffalione122
12Neecie MarieButch ReidJoel Rosario124
AE13Embrace MeLance RutledgeJaime Torres122
AE14Heart SpinAnna NavarreteEdgar Morales122