Tapit Colt Catches the Eye in Glitzy Aqueduct Debut

This column highlights the performances of maidens who’ve made not more than 5 begins and who both offered for greater than $500,000 at public public sale, have siblings which might be graded/group winners, or have dams which might be graded/group winners. BloodHorse analysis reveals maiden winners, specifically, who meet these standards usually tend to go on to be graded stakes winners.

Aqueduct Racetrack

LNJ Foxwoods’ homebred Tux  turned his debut right into a glowing affair Nov. 12, trouncing his rivals by 3 1/2 lengths in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden particular weight at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The second foal out of the gifted graded stakes-winning sprinter Fancy Costume Celebration, Tux turned in knowledgeable first-time effort for coach Invoice Mott. Racing simply off the frontrunner early underneath jockey Junior Alvarado, the colt minimize into his rival’s benefit turning for dwelling. With lengthy, bounding strides he put away his cussed foe and surged to a transparent benefit within the closing sixteenth.

Tux accomplished the space in 1:17.39 over a quick principal monitor.

Favored Salamis , a half brother to this yr’s Marvel Once more Stakes (G2T) victress and Belmont Oaks (G1T) runner-up Segesta , completed fourth.

Tux’s dam, Fancy Costume Celebration, tore via her first 4 begins underneath the LNJ Foxwoods banner. Skilled by Ben Colebrook, the chrome-splashed daughter of Munnings   handed every new check with grit, model, and pace in climbing the ladder of situations from October 2018 to April 2019. After capturing her first two outings as a juvenile, she got here again even stronger as a 3-year-old, taking Gulfstream Park‘s Glitter Lady Stakes earlier than battling to a head victory in Keeneland‘s Beaumont Stakes (G3).

The streak ended within the 2019 Acorn Stakes (G1), the place Fancy Costume Celebration ran unplaced, her solely effort out of the cash. Within the closing race of her profession, she bowed out a winner within the Miss Woodford Stakes that September at Monmouth Park.

Fancy Costume Celebration has a weanling full sister to Tux on the bottom and was bred to Good Magic   throughout the 2024 breeding season. From two foals of racing age, Tux is her first winner.

On debut the @LNJFoxwoods home-bred #6 TUX ($9.50) will get the lead late and pulls away to simply win the opener at Aqueduct. The son of Tapit was ridden by @JuniorandKellyA and is skilled by Invoice Mott.

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