In contrast to Crown Over, City Chapel is a longshot claim that we've been following that has panned out and then some for his connections, Owner and Trainer Victor Trujillo. Scooped up for $4,000 out of Race 5 at Golden Gate Fields on August 26, (a race in which he went to post at Final Odds of 29.8-1) City Chapel had a streak of three straight in-the-money finishes (all against claiming company priced at double that for for which he was purchased) going into Sunday's second race at Golden Gate.
City Chapel did not disappoint. Despite making yet another move up the claiming class ladder, this time to the $12.5k-$10.5k level, City Chapel (Final Odds 9.4-1) continued his streak of finishing in the money, crossing the wire second behind Pat's Paradise (7.8-1). In addition to paying $8.20 to Place and $4.00 to Show (not to mention being half of a Quinella that paid $65.40 for a deuce) City Chapel collected another two grand in purse money, bringing his total purse winnings since being claimed for $4,000 to $8,150.
So City Chapel has returned more than double his original outlay to his current connections in purse money, and is successfully competing against company with a price tag more than triple that for which he was claimed. No matter how you slice it, this has to be considered an extremely successful move by Trujillo, who saw something in this gelding back in August that no one else did.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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