Chopsticks grew to become the primary black-type winner for Godolphin’s homebred sire Important High quality when the 2-year-old filly received the $197,000 Debutante Stakes Aug. 10 at Ellis Park.
A son of Tapit , Important High quality stood the 2025 season for an marketed price of $50,000 at Darley close to Lexington. He was topped with Eclipse Awards in 2020-21 for champion 2-year-old and 3-year-old male. His profession on the racetrack was highlighted with wins within the 2020 Breeders’ Futurity (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), and the 2021 Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1) beneath the tutelage of Brad Cox.
Selective LLC’s Chopsticks got here into the race off a three-length maiden win June 27 at Churchill Downs for Cox. She broke sharply and stalked the pacesetters by the start levels of the Debutante earlier than making her transfer into the flip heading for residence, combating off a sport Kingsolver within the stretch to win by one size. Chopsticks completed the seven-furlong race in 1:23.68.
Chopsticks was bred in Kentucky by Machmer Corridor and is out of the graded stakes positioned mare Miss Southern Miss . Her homeowners picked her up on the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $300,000 from the Machmer Corridor Gross sales consignment.
She is now undefeated in two begins, racking up earnings of $190,680.Join BloodHorse Day by day
Video: Ellis Park Debutante S. (BT)
