BENSALEM, Pa. – The Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing featured a three-horse photo finish, but none of the trio of Grade 1 winners entered in the seven-horse field were part of it.  Instead, it was Clicquot, coming off a victory in the Grade 3 Indiana Oaks two months ago, who prevailed by a neck over Dry Powder, who was a head in front of longshot Ourdaydreaminggirl.  Meanwhile, the trio of Grade 1 winners – Scottish Lassie, La Cara, and Good Cheer – finished fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively. Indy Bay was pulled up and eased by Tyler Gaffalione after his filly lost her action when Clicquot went by her on the far turn. Not Too Late was scratched.  Clicquot, a daughter of Quality Road is owned by X-Men Racing and Madaket Stables. Madaket Stables is headed by Sol Kumin, who has now won 100 Grade 1 stakes.  “Excited to get 100 in the books,” Kumin, who was at a lacrosse tournament with his kids, wrote in a text. “Now we need to start all over again. It’s an exciting achievement. Lots of special horses contributed to 100.” :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Clicquot, trained by Brendan Walsh, had reeled off three straight wins, including a fourth-length score in the Grade 3 Indiana Oaks at Horseshoe Indianapolis on July 5. While Walsh was confident his filly was on the improve, he knew the Cotillion field was going to be the toughest she faced to date.  “We knew she was improving – it’s easy to say it now – but for her to come and beat these fillies [as] a relatively lightly raced filly, I thought it was quite an accomplishment from her,” Walsh said.  Clicquot was a bit anxious early, dragging Irad Ortiz Jr. in between Indy Bay and Good Cheer, that trio sitting behind La Cara and Dry Powder, who were within a half-length of each other through a half-mile in 47.38 seconds. Around the far turn, as Dry Powder went to challenge La Cara for the lead, Clicquot moved into clear third. Clicquot came three wide while Dry Powder and La Cara duked out into midstretch. As Dry Power put La Cara away, she had a new rival in Clicquot, who got past her at the sixteenth pole and was able to outfinish her and a wide-rallying Ourdaydreaminggirl to get the victory.  Both Walsh and Ortiz said Clicquot eased up once she struck the front.  “I don’t want to make the lead, but I don’t want somebody to surprise me outside either,” Ortiz said. “I used those two horses as a target and I wanted to stay there and start working on her slowly, but I had so much horse she just went by them. I think she made the lead a little early and she got lost and hesitated a little bit, then she felt them and gave me another gear. I think she has a little more.”  Clicquot covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.85 (92 Beyer Speed Figure) and returned $12.60 as the fifth choice.  Dry Powder and Ourdaydreaminggirl were coming out of a one-two finish in the Cathryn Sophia Stakes, run a month ago. Dry Powder, ridden by Antonio Fresu, used his filly’s speed to get position from her outside post, and though she fought on gamely through the stretch, she came up just short.  “To run in this race against three Grade 1 winners and an up-and-coming star in Clicquot, it’s all you can ask for,” said Chad Summers, the trainer of Dry Powder. “Obviously, it’s painful to lose a million-dollar race like that when she gallops out back in front after the wire.”  Ourdaydreaminggirl, under Eliseo Ruiz, was last of seven but came with a strong and wide rally to get third at 42-1.  “We thought we could be closer, but he said they were just going too quick, so he let her settle and asked her for her late run and she came with it,” trainer Lou Linder said. “I wish it was a couple of steps longer, but I’m very pleased with the effort. We knew there was more to her and she’s showing it.” :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.