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The
Road to the Kentucky Derby
takes us coast to coast Saturday
with prep races in New York, California and Florida.
At
Gulfstream Park in Hallendale, Florida, TIZ THE LAW will go to the
starting gate as the 3-5 morning-line favorite in the 30th running
of the $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3). Post time is 5:04 p.m. ET.
Tiz
the Law comes into this race with a 2-0-1 record in three starts for trainer Barclay
Tagg including a third-place finish in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2).
Here’s the video
and chart
call of that race:
TIZ
THE LAW stalked the pace early while pocketed, waited for room along the far
turn and in the upper stretch, was asked near the three sixteenths, under a
long drive while on the inside of the winner late, did not have enough in the
final stages and lost the place spot.
Tiz
the Law was behind horses on the far turn but found and opening late in the
stretch to narrowly get up for third just three quarters of a length shy of
victory.
Constitution,
the sire of Tiz the Law, didn’t race until he was three years old but was a
competitive runner that compiled a 4 -0-1 record in eight starts with
$1,031,596 in career earnings.
Despite the late start,
Constitution showed promise and was undefeated in three starts including a win
the Florida Derby (G1). But a hairline fracture
kept him out of the 2014 Kentucky Derby (G1). He came back eight months later
to close the season with a third-place finish in the Clark Handicap (G1).
At the age of four, Constitution
was 1-0-0 in three starts with a win in the Donn Handicap (G1).
As a stallion, Constitution’s
first runners are two years old in 2019 and, in addition to Tiz the Law, a
couple of his best runners on the Kentucky Derby Trail are Independence
Hall,
By
Your Side and Gouverneur
Morris.
Tiz the Law has a D Classic
Champion Thoroughbred Profile® and that makes him competitive in this small
herd of runners.
TOLEDO (7-2) comes into this race with
a 1-2-0 record in three starts for trainer Chad Brown including a second-place
finish last out. Here’s the video
and chart
call:
The
latter [TOLEDO] encountered some early traffic, gained clearance and moved up
menacingly four wide late on the turn, had dead aim on the leader into the
stretch but made no further gains a pole clear of the rest.
Toledo
made a nice move on the far turn to secure second but could not gain on the eventual
winner, Ete Indien.
Into Mischief, the sire of Toledo, was a
precocious colt and multiple graded stakes winner that compiled a 3-3-0 record
in six starts with $597,080 in career earnings.
As
a two-year-old, Into Mischief easily won his maiden debut by 2½ lengths at
Santa Anita Park on October 21, 2007. He went on to finish second in the
Hollywood Prevue Stakes (G3) and followed that with a win in the 8½-furlong
CashCall Futurity (G1). His finish time of 1:40.82 was just a few ticks off of
the record time of 1:40.74 set by Afternoon Deelites and the second fastest time of
1:40.78 set by Valiant Nature.
In
his debut as a three-year-old in February 2008, Into Mischief finished second
to Georgie Boy in the San Vicente Stakes (G2).
He came out of that race with an injury to his right-hind foot and he
was taken off the Triple Crown Trail.
After
an extended break, Into Mischief returned to racing in October winning the
Damascus Stakes by two lengths. In December, Into Mischief finished his racing
season with a second-place finish in the Malibu Stakes (G1).
Into
Mischief’s best runners on the Kentucky Derby Trail have been Audible, Goldencents, Practical Joke, Vyjack and Vicar’s in Trouble. Audible won the Holy Bull
Stakes (G2) and Florida Derby (G1) en route to a third-place finish in the
Kentucky Derby (G1). Goldencents won the Santa Anita Derby and finished 17th
in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Practical Joke finished second in the Toyota Blue
Grass Stakes (G2) and fifth in the Derby. Vyjack finished third in the Wood
Memorial Stakes (G1) and 18th in the Derby. Vicar’s in Trouble won
the Louisiana Derby and finished 19th in the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Harlan’s Holiday, the grandsire of Audible, won
the Florida Derby (G1), Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and finished seventh in
the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Toledo
has an E Classic Champion Thoroughbred Profile® and that makes him competitive
in this race.
ETE INDIEN (6-1) comes into this race with
a 2-0-0 record in three starts for trainer Patrick Biancone including a win
last out. Here’s the video
and chart
call:
ETE
INDIEN vied early inside rivals, drew clear around the turn shifting off the
inside, drifted out steadily through the stretch on the wrong lead but kept
TOLEDO at bay.
Ete
Indien took an early lead and never trailed to improve his record to two wins
in a final time of 1:35.07.
Ete
Indien has an F Classic Champion Thoroughbred Profile® and that makes him competitive
in this race.
Honorable
mention goes to Clear
Destination (20-1) who comes into the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) off an impressive
four-length win (video)
last out. He’s making a big step up in class and ships in from Woodbine for
trainer Ashlee Brnjas.
With
a C Classic Champion Thoroughbred Profile®, Clear Destination is the best-bred runner
in this herd and he has the breeding to, potentially, upset at a nice price.
*****
A
total of 35 races comprise the Road to the Kentucky Derby. In addition, there
are seven races on the European road to the Kentucky Derby and there three
races on the Japan road to Derby glory.
2020 KENTUCKY DERBY LEADERBOARD
Ranking, total points, Trainer, Non-Restricted Stakes Earnings
1. Storm the Court, 22, Peter Eurton, $1,136,351
2. +Enforceable, 13, Mark
Casse, $264,550
3. Anneau d’Or, 12, Blaine Wright, $381,000
4. Shoplifted, 12,
Steve Asmussen, $351,000
5. Tiz the Law, 12,
Barclay Tagg, $304,100
6. Silver Prospector, 11, Steve Asmussen, $204,851
7. Maxfield, 10, Brendan Walsh, $300,000
8. Eight Rings, 10, Bob Baffert, $200,351
9. Independence Hall, 10, Mike Trombetta, $165,000
10. Shotski, 10, Jeremiah O’Dwyer, $143,466
11. Dennis’ Moment, 10, Dale Romans, $137,800
12. Gold Street, 10, Steve Asmussen, $137,250
13. Thousand Words, 10, Bob Baffert, $121,000
14. Authentic, 10, Bob Baffert, $60,000
15. +Scabbard, 6, Eddie Kenneally, $178,000
16. Wrecking Crew, 5, Peter Miller, $293,000
17. Ajaaweed, 5, Kiaran McLaughlin, $75,000
18. Finnick the Fierce, 5, Rey Hernandez, $66,200
19. Green Light Go, 4, Jimmy Jerkens, $210,000
20. Gouverneur Morris, 4, Todd Pletcher, $100,000
23. +Azul Coast, 4, Bob Baffert, $20,000
+ = Enforceable (Hip 76), Scabbard (Hip
802)
and Azul Coast (Hip
1177)
were colts we profiled at the 2018
Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Unlike other companies that provide automatic computer-generated
pedigree analysis of yearlings at auction, Classic Champion Thoroughbreds LLC
personally handpicks from the sales catalog all yearlings to
be profiled at auction based upon their breeding.
EUROPEAN
ROAD LEADERBOARD
Ranking,
total points, Trainer, Non-Restricted Stakes Earnings
1.
Kameko, 14, Andrew Balding, $192,894
2.
Innisfree (IRE), 14, Aidan O’Brien, $127,856
3.
Victor Ludorum, 10, Andre Fabre, $250,958
4.
Royal Donarch (IRE), 10, Aidan O’Brien, $115,813
5.
Alson (GER), 4, J.P. Carvalho, $135,572
6.
Shekhem (IRE), 4, Dermot Weld, $24,068
7.
Year of the Tiger (IRE), 3, Aidan O’Brien $36,086
8.
Armory (IRE), 2, Aidan O’Brien, $258,793
9.
Iberia (IRE), 2, Aidan O’Brien, $25,389
10.
Gold Maze (GB), 2, Jessica Harrington, $12,034
11.
Mogul (GB), 1, Aidan O’Brien, $111,879
12.
Ecrivain (FR), 1, Carlos Laffon-Parias, $69.202
13.
Camorra (IRE), 1, Ger Lyons, $3,610
JAPAN ROAD LEADERBOARD
Ranking, total points, Trainer,
Non-Restricted Stakes Earnings
1.
Vacation (JPN), 20, Kenichi Takatsuki, $499,874
2.
Dieu du Vin (JPN), 10, Yukihiro Kato, $159,609
3.
Iolite (JPN), 8, Yoshinori Muto, $246,008
4.
T’s Dunk (JPN), 4, Takashi Mizuno, $143,414
5.
Shonan Mario (JPN), 4, Shizuya Kato, $96,526
6.
Meisho Tensui (JPN), 2, Katsumi Miani, $255,394
7.
Daimei Corrida (JPN), 2, Naoyuki Morita, $107,736
8.
Aurora Tesoro, 1, Yoshihiro Hatakeyama, $99,395
