Miss Temple City, Time and Motion top Matriarch nominees

Miss Temple City, fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile last time out but winner of two Grade 1 stakes against males earlier this year at Keeneland, and Time and Motion, who has won 5 of 6 starts this year, including the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Keeneland, head a star-studded cast of 25 nominated to the Grade 1, $300,000 Matriarch Stakes on closing day of the meet Dec. 4.

Both the Matriarch and the Grade 1, $300,000 Hollywood Derby, to be run Dec. 3, have strong East Coast representation. Trainer Chad Brown, for instance, has four nominated to the Matriarch, and three to the Hollywood Derby, including multiple graded stakes winner Camelot Kitten.

The Hollywood Derby, at 1 1/8 miles on turf for 3-year-olds, lured 22 nominations, including local hopes Frank Conversation, Free Rose, and Blackjackcat, the first three finishers in the Grade 2 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita on Nov. 4.