Chasing Yesterday Shines on Veterans Day at Del Mar

Chasing Yesterday | Benoit photo

Chasing Yesterday was bet down to 1-2 favoritism in the Monday feature at Del Mar and delivered the goods in a scratch-reduced three-horse field. A 'TDN Rising Star' half-sister to 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, the chestnut was pinched back a bit at the start and settled in last as It'sjustanillusion (Uncle Mo) and Boujie Girl (Flashback) sparred past the quarter-mile mark. Moving three wide at will, the regally bred filly ranged up to challenge for the lead in midstretch and gradually edged clear to score by 1 1/2 lengths over It'sjustanillusion. Chasing Yesterday captured her 5 1/2-furlong debut at the seaside oval July 28 and subsequently was unable to replicate that performance when seventh after a slow start as the 17-10 favorite in the GI Spinaway S. at Saratoga Sept. 1. She rebounded from that effort with a hard-fought score in the Anoakia S. traveling six furlongs at Santa Anita Oct. 14.

2015 U.S. Broodmare of the Year Littleprincessemma was purchased for $2.1 million by Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton November Sale and subsequently bred to Tapit, producing Chasing Yesterday in 2016. In addition to American Pharoah, Chasing Yesterday is a half to GI Del Mar Debutante S. runner-up American Cleopatra (Pioneerof the Nile), as well as St. Patrick's Day (Pioneerof the Nile), who ran second in the G3 Rennaissance S. in Ireland. The accomplished mare produced a 2017 colt by Pioneerof the Nile named Theprinceofthebes and a 2018 colt by Tapit named Triple Tap before being bred back to Tapit this spring.

“I can't explain what she means to me,' Lyon said of Chasing Yesterday in the aftermath of the Desi Arnaz. “We're so proud of her today. I was almost afraid to watch.” Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

DESI ARNAZ S., $92,000, Del Mar, 11-12, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23.81, ft.
1–CHASING YESTERDAY, 122, f, 2, by Tapit&log=">Tapit
1st Dam: Littleprincessemma (U.S. Broodmare of the Year), by Yankee Gentleman
2nd Dam: Exclusive Rosette, by Ecliptical
3rd Dam: Zetta Jet, by Tri Jet
O/B-Summer Wind Equine (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Drayden Van
Dyke. $60,000. Lifetime Record: MSW, 4-3-0-0, $144,250.
2–It'sjustanillusion, 120, f, 2, Uncle Mo–Silent Fusaichi, by
Fusaichi Pegasus. O/B-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY);
T-Jerry Hollendorfer. $20,000.
3–Boujie Girl, 118, f, 2, Flashback–Super Girlie, by Closing
Argument. ($65,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR). O-Rockingham Ranch &
David A Bernsen LLC; B-Pedro & P. J. Gonzalez (FL); T-Peter
Miller. $12,000.
Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, NO. Odds: 0.50, 1.60, 4.70.
Also Ran: Der Lu. Scratched: Andyoushallreceive.

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