Betting With, and Against, Rebel Red in the Chorleywood Stakes

A field of 10 turf stayers will travel 1 3/8 miles over the Churchill Downs lawn in Saturday’s $200,000 Chorleywood S. The Cherie DeVaux-trained #4 Rebel Red (3-1) is the morning line favorite in the field with Jose Ortiz in the silks. Third in the Red Smith S. (G2) at the distance to conclude 2024, the son of Frankel has gone unplaced in a trio of graded runs to kick off this season, but the chestnut is much better than he has shown as of late and will be a menacing figure with a top try on this occasion. 

Rebel Red – With 

• $2 trifecta key 4 with 3,7,8,10 ($24)
• $1 superfecta key 4 with 3,7,8,10 ($24)

Rebel Red – Against

• $2 trifecta 3,8 with 3,4,7,8,10 with 3,4,7,8,10 ($48)

Rebel Red was a smart maiden winner on the local green last season, and he has given the impression of a horse that will thrive going this distance, in general. The five-year-old import is bred to be a very good one with a trio of stakes-winning siblings, and the win threat will be doing his best work from off the pace in this spot. 

#3 Utah Beach (7-2) will potentially go off as the betting choice at post time coming off of a pair of graded wins while traveling 12 panels on the sod on each occasion. Trained by Ignacio Correas, the gelded son of English Channel proved to be very capable on this surface last time and is going exceptionally well right now, while in a fine form cycle. Kentucky-bred gelding will be an imposing figure at the top of the lane with Vincent Cheminaud retaining the ride. 

For those searching for an interesting value play, #8 Highway Robber (15-1) has a ton of appeal to me at a price. One of two in the field for conditioner Brian Lynch, the five-year-old gelding has never run a bad one on the course and comes off of a close third in the deep Turf Classic S. (G1) beneath the Twin Spires most recently. Hard Spun chestnut will have Christian Torres in the silks. 

Man o’ War S. (G1) second #7 Anglophile (5-1) and #10 Sugoi (5-1), who was second in the race last season, are both logical top-three threats.