ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chad Brown had three fillies or mares nominated to Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Athenia Stakes at Belmont Park, and any of the trio would have fit. In the end, Brown decided to go with Tottie, one of several contenders in an 11-horse field entered for the 1 1/16-mile turf race.
Tottie, a British-bred daughter of Fantastic Light, is 4 for 6 this year for Brown, including a victory in the Omnibus Stakes last out at Monmouth Park. That race came just three weeks after Tottie finished third, beaten a half-length in the Grade 3 Matchmaker, also at Monmouth.