Jockey Flavien Prat, broadly anticipated to win an Eclipse Award for his driving achievements this yr, tied a stakes document set by Irad Ortiz Jr. in 2022 by successful his 79th stakes race of the yr in piloting Tizzy within the Sky to victory within the $200,000 Go for Wand Stakes (G3) Dec. 7 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
He has three remaining stakes mounts Saturday alone at Aqueduct, all of them in graded stakes. With 54 graded stakes victories on the season, he is only one behind Corridor of Famer Jerry Bailey’s single-season document of 55 set in 2003.
Prat had his mount properly positioned early within the Go for Wand by inserting her in second, chasing longshot chief Rachel’s Rock . He then went after her on the flip of the mile race, and Tizzy within the Sky took over in early stretch and repelled challenges from runner-up Occult and third Film Moxy down the lane to prevail by a half-length. The Todd Pletcher trainee was timed on a quick monitor in 1:35.64, paying $8.20 to win
Prat mentioned of the record-equaling triumph, “It has been an awesome season and I am very grateful. It means quite a bit to me.”
KimDon Racing’s Tizzy within the Sky, a 5-year-old daughter of Sky Kingdom , gained her second stakes race and first on the graded stage. Bred in Kentucky by Westrock Stables, she is out of the Tiznow mare Tiz the Tide .
