Practical Move ( Practical Joke) won the GI Runhappy Santa Anita Derby Saturday, which was a surprise to no one. But most importantly, he'll come in to the race off of the best performance of his career and everything points to him continuing to get better.Īt Santa Anita, Another Big Effort Out of a Japanese Horse He's fast enough and has the right pedigree. It does mean that, after the Blue Grass, he has to be considered a major contender. That doesn't mean that Tapit Trice has to win the Derby. It's also faster than any number Forte has ever run.
That's just two points behind Two Phil's ( Hard Spun), whose 101 Beyer from the Jeff Ruby Steaks is best among horses headed to the Derby. Tapit Trice got by him in the final sixteenth, showing the type of determination that is important in any race and extra important in the Kentucky Derby. He was a worthy foe and he put up a fight. and romped in an Oaklawn allowance before finishing fourth in the GII Rebel S. Verifying comes out of the loaded Brad Cox barn, finished second in the GI Champagne S. Note that he beat the same horse by 16 1/2 lengths in the Blue Grass.įast forward four weeks and Tapit Trice continued to make progress until drawing even with Verifying ( Justify) at the top of the Blue Grass stretch. It was good enough for the win, which came over Classic Car Wash (Noble Bird). Tapit Trice looked beaten on the far turn at Tampa and didn't do any real running until the final eighth. He went from eighth to fourth in a matter of about 40 yards. Beginning in the run down the backstretch, Tapit Trice made a sharp move and seemed to be doing it on his own. It was a much different scenario in the Blue Grass. At the half-mile pole, he already had Tapit Trice under a drive and, at least initially, got no response. In the Tampa Bay Derby, jockey Luis Saez figured out early on that he needed to get close to the leaders. At the first point of call in the Blue Grass, he was fourth, just 2 1/2 lengths off of the lead being set by Clear the Air (Ransom the Moon). He still didn't have the type of speed that could carry him to the front, but neither would he sluggishly drop back. In the Blue Grass, he broke with the field, losing nothing at the start. Down the backstretch, he was 11th out of 12 and 8 1/4 lengths behind the leader. At Tampa, Tapit Trice walked out of the gate and was so sluggish early on that he found himself in last within four or five strides of the horses leaving the gate.
He looked like a horse that can beat stablemate Forte ( Violence) and everyone else in the Derby. at Keeneland, this was a much better version of Tapit Trice. Which meant there was room for improvement and that he had to getter better. Combine that with the fact that he beat a soft group of horses and earned a Beyer figure of only 88 and his chances to win a race as tough and as demanding as the Derby seemed slim. But the Tapit Trice that won the Tampa Bay Derby looked like an immature horse who had yet to figure the game out. Yes, he had become a Grade II winner, is by Tapit, cost $1.3 million at Keeneland September sale and is in the capable hands of Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. 11, but that horse was never going to win the GI Kentucky Derby. Tapit Trice ( Tapit) won the GII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby in his stakes debut back on Mar.
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