Gattellaro has another sharp juvenile filly in Clickity Clack

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Clickity Clack, who recorded her first stakes score in the $225,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes on Oct. 29, could run back in the $125,000 South Ocean Stakes on Nov. 15 or the $125,000 Ontario Lassie Stakes on Dec. 3, trainer Tony Gattellaro said.

The South Ocean is for Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies, and the Ontario Lassie is for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies.

“I’m leaving it open,” said Gattellaro, who won the Ontario Lassie last year with Ellan Vannin for his first stakes win as a trainer. “There’s no reason to delay or hold back on her or anything like that. I’m just going to let her tell me, and if she’s heading into the South Ocean like the way she was heading into the Princess Elizabeth, then I’m going to run her.”

Clickity Clack has now posted back-to-back victories after winning her maiden on Oct. 7. She also finished second in her career debut in an allowance restricted to local sale graduates on Aug. 7. Gattellaro said Clickity Clack’s development throughout her 2-year-old season has been smooth.

“She’s been very easy to train since Day 1,” he said. “I would say towards the beginning of the summer, she did come up with a bit of a shin issue, so I did back off slightly, but she didn’t miss any more than a couple days of training. It’s been the same thing as Ellan Vannin last year, where they just kind of took themselves to the spots that they ran in.”

Gattellaro purchased Clickity Clack for $20,000 out of the 2016 Canadian premier yearling sale at Woodbine, and owns her with several close friends. Gattellaro said the partnership came together through a posting on both his Facebook page and his fantasy football league message board. It’s been a successful year for the group, with Clickity Clack earning $173,000 in her first four starts.

“We’re in a 14-man league and the other nine guys are pretty jealous,” he said.