Ce Ce Returns for More in Chillingworth

Bo Hirsch's champion Ce Ce , who won the 2021 Chillingworth Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park before her victory last fall in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar, aims to repeat Chillingworth history Oct. 2.

The three-time grade 1 winner returns in the 6 1/2-furlong, $100,000 race, a start aimed to propel her toward the Breeders' Cup, taking place this fall at Keeneland. She faces five fillies and mares on Sunday, among them 3-year-old Under The Stars .

A 6-year-old mare by Elusive Quality , Ce Ce ran fifth in the Ballerina Handicap (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 28. She is is 5-2-1 in nine starts at Santa Anita.

As he did last summer, this year trainer Michael McCarthy sent Ce Ce to Gulfstream Park, where she repeated in the Princess Rooney Invitational Stakes (G2), a race that provided her automatic entry into the 2022 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.

Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith's Under the Stars, who captured the Summertime Oaks (G2) at Santa Anita two starts ago in June, broke awkwardly and finished fifth in the Sept. 4 Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) at Del Mar. Though her last four starts have come in routes, she won the Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) sprinting seven furlongs in January for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

Last-out restricted stakes winner Teddy's Barino  leads the remaining four entrants.

Entries: Chillingworth S. (G3)

Santa Anita Park, Sunday, October 02, 2022, Race 6

• Grade III
• 6 1/2f
• Dirt
• $100,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 3:38 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Teddy's Barino (CA)	Mike E. Smith	124	Mark Glatt	5/2
2	2Under the Stars (KY)	Juan J. Hernandez	122	Bob Baffert	5/2
3	3Ce Ce (KY)	Victor Espinoza	126	Michael W. McCarthy	3/5
4	4Cover Version (KY)	Ramon A. Vazquez	122	Reed Saldana	30/1
5	5Scenic Masterpiece (KY)	Drayden Van Dyke	118	Jonathan Wong	20/1
6	6My Destiny (KY)	Hector Isaac Berrios	122	Herman Wilensky	30/1