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Saint Tapit | Chelsea Durand
4th-Belmont, $90,000, Msw, 6-26, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:17.20, ft, 4 length.
SAINT TAPIT (c, 3, Tapit–Havre de Grace {Horse of the Year, Ch. Older Mare, MGISW, $2,586,175}, by Saint Liam), The fifth pony to participate in the Havre de Grace Horse of the Year 2011 race, ignited the potential that he could be her most talented pony to date with a convincingly successful debut on Sunday. Japan in Belmont. Showing above-average but not eye-catching job boards, capped by a light breeze half a mile past this gate in: 48 4/5 (17/61) June 19, domestic breed open cold looking across the board, but increasingly losing money in the minutes leading up to post time and breaking as the 19-10 narrow second choice. Shows speed from the rails before getting a little jumbled up in visioning Superior (Midnight storm) was settled through a quarter: 23.07, the fiery-faced chestnut put increasing pressure on that opponent in the first leg and poked his head forward to return home. Clear past between retch, Saint Tapit never be intimidated from there and hit the four-way wire for good. The Golden Alchemist (Nyquist) won a tight shot for second. The winner was Graceful Princess’ same-age brother, GSW, $264,474. Famously purchased for $10 million by Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm at the Fasig-Tipton Show in November 2012, Havre de Grace is responsible for a pony being coveted by Evenly. Lifetime record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500. Click to view Equibase.com chart or VIDEO sponsored by TVG.
O-Whisper Hill Farm, LLC; B-Whisper Hill Farm, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
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