7th-Fair Grounds, $54,000, Msw, 12-3, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:46.90, ft, 7 1/2 lengths.
TAPIT SHOES (c, 2, Tapit–Awesome Flower {MSW & MGSP, $556,593}, by Flower Alley) made the most of a troubled trip at first asking, tackling a sloppy track at Churchill Oct. 30 to wind up sixth after trailing most of the race. With the addition of both blinkers and Lasix Saturday, the half-brother to Cyberknife (Gun Runner), MGISW, $2,087,520 had the betting public's favor, going off at 8-5 over the same distance as his debut. Racing again off the pace in seventh, Tapit Shoes settled outside of horses up the back straightaway and began to pick rivals off into the turn. Put to a drive while four wide past the quarter pole, he drove clear despite racing greenly a furlong from home, hitting the wire much the best while wrapped up the final sixteenth to be 7 1/2 lengths ahead of More Than Five (More Than Ready). From the family of G1 Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed (Tiznow) and GISW American Patriot (War Front), Tapit Shoes has weanling half-brother by Authentic who brought $575,000 from Whisper Hill Farm at this year's Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed sale. Awesome Flower was bred back to Gun Runner for a full-sibling to Cyberknife in 2023. Sales History: $300,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $33,678. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Spendthrift Farm LLC, Steve Landers Racing LLC, Martin S. Schwartz, Michael Dubb, Ten Strike Racing, Jim Bakke, Titletown Racing, LLC, Kueber Racing, LLC, Big Easy Racing LLC, Winners Win & Michael Caruso; B-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey & Tapit Syndicate (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
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