Silver Prospector Upsets Tiz The Law in the KY Jockey Club

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Tiz The Law (Constitution) was everyone’s idea of a good thing in Saturday’s GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill Downs, but things didn’t go exactly according to script for him and SILVER PROSPECTOR (c, 2, Declaration of War–Tap Softly, by Tapit) proved the chief beneficiary, fighting his way to a tough victory. Settled in the latter half of the field early on, the $50,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $190,000 OBS April breezer edged out into the clear down the backstretch as Tiz The Law saved ground behind the pacesetters. With the chalk all dressed up but with nowhere to go on the turn, Silver Prospector was niggled along and was poised to pounce on the leaders four wide on the swing for home. As the grey colt made progress down the center, Tiz The Law was crying out for room and a split came with about a furlong to race. The New York-bred had every conceivable chance if good enough on the day, but he raced greenly a sixteenth of a mile from home and Silver Prospector got home first as 80-1 Finnick the Fierce (Dialed In) outfinished Tiz The Law for second. Silver Prospector, the 25th black-type winner and 14^th graded/group winner for his sire, broke his maiden two back at Keeneland Oct. 13 and was on two weeks’ rest when finishing third in the one-mile Street Sense S. Oct. 27.

Saturday, Churchill Downs
KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB S.-GII, $300,000, Churchill Downs, 11-30, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:45.94, sy.
1–SILVER PROSPECTOR, 122, c, 2, by Declaration of War
                1st Dam: Tap Softly (MSP, $207,696), by Tapit
                2nd Dam: Silentlea, by Cherokee Run
                3rd Dam: Lea Carter, by Dr. Carter
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($50,000 Ylg
’18 KEESEP; $190,000 2yo ’19 OBSAPR). O-Ed & Susie Orr;
B-Hargus & Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm, LLC (KY);
T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Ricardo Santana, Jr. $180,420.
Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-2, $255,551. Werk Nick Rating: A++.
   Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Finnick the Fierce, 122, g, 2, Dialed In–Southern Classic, by
Southern Image. O-Arnaldo Monge & Rey Hernandez; B-Blu
Sky Stables (KY); T-Rey Hernandez. $58,200.
3–Tiz the Law, 122, c, 2, Constitution–Tizfiz, by Tiznow.
($110,000 Ylg ’18 SARAUG). O-Sackatoga Stable; B-Twin Creeks
Farm (NY); T-Barclay Tagg. $29,100.
Margins: 3/4, HD, 1 1/4. Odds: 7.90, 87.90, 0.60.
Also Ran: Enforceable, New Eagle, South Bend, Fighting Seabee, Two Last Words. Scratched: Shotski. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

 

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