Tapit Half-Sis to American Pharoah Becomes Stakes Winner at Santa Anita

ANOAKIA S., $77,500, Santa Anita, 10-14, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:09.86, ft.
1–CHASING YESTERDAY, 118, f, 2, by Tapit&log=">Tapit

1st Dam: Littleprincessemma (Broodmare of the Year, 2015), by Yankee Gentleman
2nd Dam: Exclusive Rosette, by Ecliptical
3rd Dam: Zetta Jet, by Tri Jet
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Summer Wind Equine (KY); T-Bob
Baffert; J-Drayden Van Dyke. $46,500. Lifetime Record:
3-2-0-0, $84,250. *1/2 to American Pharoah (Pioneerof the
Nile), Horse of the Year & Ch. 3yo & MGISW, $8,650,300.
2–It'sjustanillusion, 118, f, 2, Uncle Mo–Silent Fusaichi, by
Fusaichi Pegasus. O/B-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY);
T-Jerry Hollendorfer. $15,500.
3–Andyoushallreceive, 119, f, 2, Fed Biz–You Asked, by Yes It's
True. ($75,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV; $225,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP).
O-Jay Em Ess Stable; B-Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY); T-Brian J.
Koriner. $9,300.
Margins: HF, 4HF, 4 3/4. Odds: 0.60, 1.60, 10.70.
Also Ran: Marrazano, Watch Me Burn.
The regally bred Chasing Yesterday could only manage a surprising seventh as the favorite in Saratoga's GI Spinaway S. Sept. 1, but she got back on her upward trajectory Sunday with a hard-fought win in Santa Anita's Anoakia S. Named a 'TDN Rising Star' for a facile first-up score at Del Mar July 28, the half-sister to none other than Triple Crown winner American Pharoah
(Pioneerof the Nile) was 3-5 returning to Southern California for the powerful Bob Baffert barn. Chasing Yesterday sat in second last and out wide early as the flashy It'sjustanillusion quickly zipped away and posted splits of :21.49 and :44.72. She was second by the time they hit the stretch, and while the pacesetter was game to dig in and punch back, Chasing Yesterday had too much in the tank and got the job done by a measured neck.
“She showed us that she's a stakes winner now,” said Baffert. “She just went up in price. That was a nice filly that she beat today.”
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. Littleprincessemma, who was purchased by Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm for $2.1 million at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton November Sale and later crowned Broodmare of the Year in the U.S. in 2015 on the heels of American Pharoah's Triple Crown sweep, is also responsible for a yearling colt by Pioneerof the Nile named Theprinceofthebes and a weanling colt by Tapit named Triple Tap. She was bred back to Tapit this spring. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.