And Tell Me Nolies swings and connects in Chandelier Stakes

Although she took and awkward stutter-step leaving the gate, And Tell Me Nolies settled comfortably while midpack in the early stages of Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita and rallied impressively under Ramon Vazquez to easily run down Ice Dancing and Home Cooking turning for home en route to a comfortable three quarter length win.

Trained by Peter Miller and based at San Luis Rey Downs, the 2-year-old daughter of Arrogate, who was trying two turns for the first time along with six rival juvenile fillies, got a mile and one sixteenth in 1:46.15.

Miller said the filly's recovery from her early trouble was key.

“She stumbled pretty good leaving (the gate) and I wasn’t too thrilled with that, but Ramon didn’t panic," he said. "He let her get up and get into her stride and that was the key."

A Breeders’ Cup “win and you’re in” qualifier, the Chandelier winner thus earns a fees-paid berth into the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Nov. 4 at Keeneland.

A 6 ½ furlong maiden winner in her second start Aug. 14 at Del Mar, And Tell Me Nolies came off an upset win in the Del Mar Debutante (G1) Sept. 10 and was an overlay at 8-1 off of her morning line of 3-1 and paid $18.80, $6.80 and $3.80.

Owned by Peter Redekop B.C., Ltd, And Tell Me Nolies, who is out of the Exchange Rate mare Be Fair, has now won three in-a-row, all with Vazquez aboard, who posted his second win on Saturday’s card. With the winner’s share of $120,000, And Tell Me Nolies increased her earnings to $352,800.

Off at 24-1 with Juan Hernandez up, Uncontrollable rallied well for the place and paid $14.60 and $5.00 while finishing 4 ¾ lengths in front of the well-fancied Justique.

An impressive first-out maiden winner on July 31, Justique was heavily favored at 6-5 with Victor Espinoza but never threatened from last and returned $2.60 to show.

Fractions on the race were 22.85 seconds, 46.71 seconds, 1:11.45 and 1:39.00.