Ten Draw Into Pennsylvania Derby Field, Nine For Cotillion

BENSALEM, PA – A deep field of ten 3-year-olds drew into the field for the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and nine tough female counterparts will contest the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) Saturday at Parx Racing.

The 1 1/8-mile Pennsylvania Derby and the 1 1/16-mile Cotillion were not run in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Inside Track to the 2021 Pennsylvania Derby

Jackie’s Warrior, Silver State, Hot Rod Charlie, Midnight Bourbon, Clairiere. The stars invade Parx!

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The star-studded Pennsylvania Derby lineup features seven graded stakes winners including Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Medina Spirit, who rebounded from his Preakness Stakes (G1) defeat to win the Shared Belief Stakes last time out.

Hot Rod Charlie returns to the track after being disqualified from winning the Haskell Stakes (G1) due to crossing over and clipping heels with Midnight Bourbon, who fell but has since recovered and will seek his revenge in this event.

Here is the full field for the Pennsylvania Derby:

POST	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	ODDS
1	Fulsome	Florent Geroux	Brad Cox	12/1
2	Keepmeinmind	Joel Rosario	Robertino Diodoro	8/1
3	Speaker's Corner	Jose Ortiz	Bill Mott	12/1
4	Weyburn	Paco Lopez	Jimmy Jerkens	12/1
5	I Am Redeemed	Abner Adorno	Penny Pearce	20/1
6	Bourbonic	Kendrick Carmouche	Todd Pletcher	12/1
7	Hot Rod Charlie	Flavien Prat	Doug O'Neill	5/2
8	Midnight Bourbon	Ricardo Santana Jr.	Steve Asmussen	5/1
9	Medina Spirit	John Velazquez	Bob Baffert	2/1
10	Americanrevolution	Luis Saez	Todd Pletcher	15/1

Not to be outdone, the sophomore fillies brought the heat with their own set of seven graded stakes winners among the nine entries, including local hopeful Leader of the Band, winner of July’s 1 1/16-mile Monmouth Oaks (G3).

Four rivals return for a rematch after competing in last month’s 1 1/4-mile Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga: Clairiere (second), Army Wife (third), Will’s Secret (fourth), and Maracuja (seventh). The winner Malathaat is training up to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1).

Here is the full field for the Cotillion:

POST	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	ODDS
1	Obligatory	Jose Ortiz	Bill Mott	10/1
2	Allworthy	Florent Geroux	Saffie Joseph Jr.	12/1
3	Will's Secret	Jon Court	Dallas Stewart	12/1
4	Maracuja	Kendrick Carmouche	Rob Atras	8/1
5	Army Wife	Joel Rosario	Mike Maker	7/2
6	Clairiere	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Steve Asmussen	2/1
7	Private Mission	Flavien Prat	Bob Baffert	9/2
8	Always Carina	John Velazquez	Chad Brown	6/1
9	Leader of the Band	Frankie Pennington	John Servis	12/1