JPMorgan Chase Jessamine S.

Team Casse has another talented turf filly on its hands.

While champion Tepin is the barn’s undisputed queen and Canadian Horse of the Year Catch a Glimpse commands her own respect, John Oxley’s 2-year-old La Coronel showed she’s worthy to tread in their hoof prints with a powerful 4 1/4-length victory on Oct. 12 in the $150,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes.

The Colonel John filly also punched her ticket to the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT) under jockey Florent Geroux as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” program.

“Oh yeah, I think we’re in,” winning trainer Mark Casse said. “My son Norman has done a good job with this filly. She’s kind of excitable and he got her ready for this today. When she broke her maiden up at Saratoga [on Sept. 5], Florent came back and said, ‘I think we have another Catch a Glimpse.’ ”

Sent off as the 9-5 favorite in a field of 12, La Coronel tracked from fourth along the inside in the 1 1/16-mile turf race for 2-year-old fillies as Kentucky Juvenile Fillies Stakes winner Lull pressed the pace set by longshot Divine Humor. After posting early quarter-mile fractions of :22.89 and :47.37, Divine Humor backed up suddenly on the far turn and Lull took over to run three-quarters in 1:13.57 into the stretch. But La Coronel was driving hard and put her away through a mile in 1:37.35, then increased her margin to soar clear under the line.

“When you ride good horses, they make it easier for you,” Geroux said. “We had a good trip; she put me exactly where we needed to be. When I asked her down the lane, she just exploded. Very nice turn of foot, and that was it. When I pushed the gas, it was just a matter of how far she was going to win by.”

The final time was 1:43.37 on a firm course.

La Coronel was the fifth stakes-winning juvenile for Casse in the past five days, joining Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity winner Classic Empire, Grade 3 Grey Stakes winner Golden Hawk, Grade 3 Dixiana Bourbon Stakes winner Keep Quiet and Grade 3 Mazarine Stakes winner Gale Force.

The winner returned $5.80, $4.20, and $3, while Lull paid $5.40 and $4.80. Rum Go brought $17.40 to complete the trifecta.—Claire Novak