Undefeated Chub Wagon faces toughest test in Bed o' Roses Stakes

ELMONT, N.Y. – Chub Wagon, an undefeated Pennsylvania-bred mare, will have her toughest test to date when she is scheduled to face seven rivals in Friday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Bed o’ Roses Stakes at seven furlongs.

Trained by Guadalupe Preciado, Chub Wagon has gone 6 for 6 beginning with a $20,000 claiming victory in her debut and culminating with a victory in the Skipat Stakes at Pimlico on Preakness Day.

Chub Wagon will take on a field that includes Vagrancy winner Victim of Love, Pacific Gale, Lake Avenue, Bayerness, Alandra, Estilo Talentoso, and Piedi Bianchi.

Flagstaff, winner of the Grade 1 Churchill Downs in his last start, and Firenze Fire, a 12-time stakes winner, including last year’s True North, head a field of seven entered in Friday’s Grade 2, $300,000 True North Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs.

Others entered include American Power, Big Engine, Looking at Bikinis, Phat Man, and Wicked Trick.

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In the $150,000 Tremont Stakes for 2-year-olds, Little Drama, a five-length debut winner here for Steve Asmussen on May 16, heads a field of six entered to run 5 1/2 furlongs.

The field includes Baytrown Frosty, Kavod, Rising Outlaw, Trusty Our Journey, and the 0-for-2 maiden Overbore.