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Douglas Scharbauer and Three Chimneys Farm’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Always a Runner bids for her second Grade 1 victory of the season and looks to get back in the mix for champion 3-year-old filly honors in Saturday’s $1-million Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing.
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The Cotillion, co-featured on the blockbuster 15-race betPARX Pennsylvania Derby Day card, attracted a field of nine led by Always a Runner along with the late-developing multiple Grade 1-placed Measure, Black-Eyed Susan and Monmouth Oaks winner My Miss Mo, Grade 1 winner Iron Orchard and Grade 2 winner Zany.
Always a Runner, winner of the Grade 3 Gazelle and Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks before back-to-back seconds to Counting Stars in Grade 1 stakes at Saratoga Race Course, drew post four and was pegged as the 8-5 favorite on the morning line by Parx’s Director of Racing and Racing Secretary David Osojnak.
Trained by Chad Brown, the 3-year-old daughter of Gun Runner will be ridden in the 1 1/16-mile Cotillion by Jose Ortiz. She’s won three of five starts with two seconds for $1,184,800 in earnings.
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’, Bridlewood Farm’s and Gary Barber’s Measure comes into the Cotillion off back-to-back Grade 1 placings at Saratoga – a third behind Counting Stars and Always a Runner in the Coaching Club American Oaks and a second to My Gun’s Loaded in the Alabama. Trained by Mark Casse, Measure will be ridden by Manny Franco as the 4-1 second pick.
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Repole Stable’s Zany, the 9-2 third choice for jockey John Velazquez, finished second in the Grade 1 Ashland in April at Keeneland and comes in off a fourth in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the daughter of American Pharoah is 3-for-6. With $414,625 in earnings.
My Miss Mo rides a two-race win streak into the Cotillion for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. and owners Averill Racing, Mathis Stable and Tristan De Meric. The daughter of Uncle Mo won the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan in May at Laurel Park and the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks last time out in late July. She’s 5-1 for jockey Tyler Gaffalione.
Tap to Open, the 8-1 co-fourth choice with Bodacious Bay, could provide a $50,000 bonus to both owner Whisper Hill Farm and trainer Brad Cox as the winner of the Cathryn Sophia and Cotillion.
The field for the Cotillion Stakes from the rail out with trainer, jockey, morning-line odds:
My Miss Mo, Saffie Joseph Jr., Tyler Gaffalione, 5-1
Bodacious Bay, Saffie Joseph Jr., Micah Husbands, 8-1
Zany, Todd Pletcher, John Velazquez, 9-2
Always a Runner, Chad Brown, Jose Ortiz, 8-5
Iron Orchard, Steve Asmussen, Luis Saez, 12-1
Savor It, Uriah St. Lewis, Francisco Martinez, 30-1
Ms Sophistication, Jorge Duarte Jr., Paco Lopez, 15-1
Measure, Mark Casse, Manny Franco, 4-1
Tap To Open, Brad Cox, Flavien Prat, 8-1
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This story was originally published September 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM.