It was little more than another high gallop for Tyler's Tribe (Sharp Azteca) at Prairie Meadows Saturday evening, as the 'Hammering Hawkeye' took his record to five towering wins from as many appearances against five overmatched foes in the Iowa Cradle S.
The dark bay hit the ground running from his outside berth and had a bit of early pace pressure, but cleared away from that rival, and with Kylee Jordan a mere passenger into the lane, ran out an easy winner. Tyler's Tribe was then asked to gallop out around the turn and into the backstretch, as he is expected to press on to an appearance at the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland.
Tyler's Tribe has now won his five starts by nearly 60 lengths combined, including an 8 1/2-length romp in the Prairie Gold Juvenile S. in July and a 15 1/2-length tour-de-force when last seen in the Prairie Meadows Freshman S. Aug. 27.
One of 22 winners and one of two stakes winners for his white-hot Three Chimneys-based freshman sire (by Freud), Tyler's Tribe has an Iowa-bred yearling half-brother by Good Samaritan that fetched $15,000 at this year's Keeneland January Sale and his dam was sent to Enticed this past breeding season.
IOWA CRADLE S., $100,000, Prairie Meadows, 10-1, (S), 2yo, c/g, 6f, 1:09.74, ft.
1–TYLER'S TRIBE, 122, g, 2, by Sharp Azteca
1st Dam: Impazible Woman, by Mission Impazible
2nd Dam: Handlewoman, by Elusive Quality
3rd Dam: Bamboo Queen, by Devil His Due
($34,000 Ylg '21 IOWOCT). O-Timothy E Martin & Thomas D
Lepic; B-Clifton Farm & Derek Merkler (IA); T-Timothy E
Martin; J-Kylee R Jordan. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 5-5-0-0,
$306,294.
2–Big Luke, 122, g, 2, Tapiture–Warmhearted Sandy, by Say
Florida Sandy. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. O/B-Big Pine LLC (IA); T-Kelly R
Von Hemel. $20,000.
3–Palace Guard, 122, g, 2, Palace Malice–Addy Annie, by Posse.
($12,000 Ylg '21 IOWOCT). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. O-Kent Bamford
& Randy Patterson; B-MAMAS Thoroughbreds LLC (IA);
T-Tyrone Gleason. $10,000.
Margins: 6HF, NO, 3 1/4. Odds: 0.05, 22.90, 36.40.
Also Ran: Acceleritas, C R Insta Gator, I Love Rocknstroll.
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