By Stefanie Grimm
Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency
3rd-AQU, $80K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:58 p.m. ET
CORTON CHARLEMAGNE, a well-bred son of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah out of the winning Victory Gallop mare Swingit, debuts for Speedway Stables LLC and trainer Christophe Clement. Purchased for $1.25 million from the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Showcase, he is a half-brother to five winners from six to race, including current Pleasant Acres stallion GSW & GISP Neolithic (Harlan's Holiday), who earned over $2.2 million, as well as $850k Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase GSW & GISP Travel Column (Frosted). The dark bay has been preparing for this with several five-furlong works on the Payson turf, including a pair of 1:02 2/5 breezes Mar. 26 (9/12) and Apr. 1 (6/18). He gets Lasix for his first start and picks up jockey Junior Alvarado. TJCIS PPs
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