In a Tizzy? Get a Kitty! (Chicago Handicap review)

On what was a spectacular day in Chicago, Kitty in a Tizzy sat mid pack for most of the race and let loose at the top of the stretch to win the Grade 3 Chicago Handicap by 1 length under winning jockey Cisco Torres.

(Kitty in a Tizzy - courtesy Four Footed Fotos)

The interesting thing about Kitty in a Tizzy is that she hadn’t won a race since June of 2010. That’s quite a long absence from the winners circle. However today was her day and trainer H. James Bond wouldn’t send a horse to Arlington for no reason, right? 

(photo courtesy Jeff Ruggaber)

Honey Chile set some very fast early fractions of :22.3 and :44.4 and had a pretty good lead through one half mile. However with these fast times you knew the race would fall apart and it certainly did. Kitty in a Tizzy shifted out to the three path at the top of the stretch and took over with a vengeance. Once she got the lead she didn’t look back but I was also thinking that post-time favorite Maude S might bring it in too as she stormed home like a freight train late, but it wasn’t enough to catch “Kitty” and finished second. The horse a lot of people thought would win, Ariana D, closed late as well but didn’t have enough room and finished third.