I'm a Chatterbox Heads Field of Nine Entered in Doubledogdare
Fletcher and Carolyn Gray’s millionaire I’m a Chatterbox heads a field of nine fillies and mares entered Tuesday for the 22nd running of the $100,000 Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare (G3) on Friday afternoon.
The Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare, run at 1 1/16 miles on the main track, will go as the ninth race on Friday’s 10-race program with a 5:30 p.m. ET post time. First post time Friday is 1:05 p.m.
Trained by Larry Jones, I’m a Chatterbox won the Cotillion (G1) last September and was disqualified to second after finishing first in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) in July. The daughter of Munnings, who will be piloted by regular rider Florent Geroux and break from post position two, won two other graded stakes last year and was second in the Alabama (G1) and third in the Kentucky Oaks (G1).
Friday will mark the 2016 debut for I’m a Chatterbox, who finished eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) in her most recent start.
Chief among I’m a Chatterbox’s rivals is Stoneway Farm’s Ahh Chocolate.
Trained by Neil Howard, Ahh Chocolate closed her 2015 campaign with a victory in the Falls City (G2) at Churchill Downs. She has had one start in 2016, finishing third in the Esplanade at Fair Grounds in the mud on March 18.
Brian Hernandez Jr. has the mount on Ahh Chocolate, who will break from post position six.
The field for the Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare, with riders and weights from the rail out, is: Brooklynsway (Robby Albarado, 118 pounds), I’m a Chatterbox (Geroux, 118), Welcome Aboard (Deshawn Parker, 118), Sea Shadow (Javier Castellano, 118), Back in Dixie (Channing Hill, 118), Ahh Chocolate (Hernandez Jr., 120), White Clover (Corey Lanerie, 118), Pretty Fancy (Joe Rocco Jr., 118) and Innovative Idea (James Graham, 118).
Source: Keeneland