Champali, winner of the Iroquois Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs in 2002, made his seasonal debut in the $50,000 Turfway Prevue on Jan. 4 and after a stretch-long duel with Great Notion, he earned the victory by a nose. One month later, colt was even more impressive when defeating a field of seven by 2 ¾ lengths in the $50,000 WEBN Stakes.
Lloyd Madison Farm's Champali, winner of the John Battaglia Memorial and second to Midas Eyes in the Derby Trial Stakes, has re-entered the picture as a possible starter for next Saturday's Preakness Stakes.Pimlico stakes coordinator David Rollinson said Saturday morning that connections of the Kentucky-bred son of Glitterman had contacted the racetrack and informed them to keep Champali on the list of possible starters.
