My Option romps in Chicago Handicap

"She's trained great coming up to it," said Chris Block, who trains the filly

for owner-breeder Tim Keeley. She and Eddie get along really well."

Flower Spell finished second, 1 1/4 lengths ahead of 8-5 favorite Disco

Barbie. Rounding out the order of finish were Allanah, Eden Prairie, Fire

Trucks, 2013 Chicago winner Cozze Up Lady, Queen's Award, and Chortle.

Apropos was scratched from the Chicago after flipping and striking her head

in the paddock. She was later vanned off after her bleeding was reportedly

controlled.

An Illinois-bred daughter of Belong to Me, My Option won three of her first

four stakes appearances, highlighted by a neck victory in the Arlington Oaks

last July. Previously, she had won the Pretty Jenny and Pat Whitworth Debutante

at Hawthorne, and finished second in the Purple Violet at Arlington, all against

state-breds.

The Chicago is the second Grade 3 win of My Option's career and her first

victory overall since the Arlington Oaks. Since the latter win, she had finished

third in the Hatoof and Pucker Up at Arlington, the Raven Run at Keeneland, and

the Third Chance at Hawthorne. She was unplaced in two other graded outings, the

Falls City Handicap at Churchill and the Hendrie at Woodbine in her most recent

start. Her record now stands at 13-5-2-4, $418,557.

"(In the Hendrie), she broke outward and she got into the race a little too

quickly," Block said. "She's the kind of filly who needs to lay back and make

one run. She was a little too involved in the pace early on and that cost her.

She still dug in hard and got a lot out of the race. That was our stepping stone

to today."

My Option was reared by the multiple stakes-winning Out of Options, a

daughter of Cohiba.

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