Lit De Rose win in Blue Chip Matchmaker Series

Lit De Rose, racing with Lasix for the first time, angled off the pylons in early stretch and rallied furiously to get by favored Easy To Please in the first of three $40,000 divisions in round four of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series on Friday night (April 8) at Yonkers Raceway. Trainer-driver Pat Lachance guided the 7-year-old by Leader Bayama to a 1:52.3 score.

Man Dontforget Me and driver Dexter Dunn marched away sharply from the pole position, forcing Lachance to duck in behind her on the opening bend with Lit De Rose, a 7-2 proposition. Easy To Please, in search of her third victory in the series for driver Jordan Stratton, left hard from post six but settled in fourth on the opening bend.

With the field in line, Dunn set fractions of :26.3 and :55.4 for the opening half with Man Dontforget Me. Stratton asked Easy To Please to move past the half, and the 4-year-old rallied up to the pacemaker with three-quarters hit in 1:24.2.

Late on the final turn, Easy To Please surged to command and appeared destined for her third straight win, but Lachance was able to angle Lit De Rose out behind her, the mare kicked into high gear, and rolled by in the shadow of the wire. Easy To Please settled for second, with Man Dontforget Me third.

Owned by Guy Corbeil, Lit De Rose returned $9.60 to win and keyed a $22.40 exacta and $62.50 trifecta. With her fourth win in 2022, Lit De Rose has earned $109,610 this year.