After riding Zedan Racing Stables’ Arabian Knight to a first-out 7 1/4-length debut victory at Keeneland Nov.
Month: January 2023
‘Did Some Therapy On Him’: Iowa Star Tyler’s Tribe Resumes Training
Iowa-bred sensation Tyler's Tribe resumed training about a week ago and is scheduled to return to Oaklawn early next month, said Tim Martin, the 3-year-old gelding's co-owner/trainer.
Tyler's Tribe was sent to Martin's nearby training center following a third-place finish in the Advent Stakes for 2-year-old sprinters Dec. 9 at Oaklawn. Martin said Tyler's Tribe winner bled during the 5 ½-furlong race and subsequently received “four of five weeks off.”
“Did some therapy on him,” Martin said. “He's doing good. I'll probably bring him back to the track in another week or so.”
Tyler's Tribe won his first five career starts, all dirt sprints at Prairie Meadows in Iowa, by a combined 59 ¾ front-running lengths before finishing 12th the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) Nov. 4 at Keeneland.
Tyler's Tribe led early, began to back up on the turn, was eased in the stretch and then vanned off after bleeding. On a scale of 1 to 5, Martin called the bleeding incident, “a 5.”
Tyler's Tribe was racing without Lasix for the first time in the Juvenile Turf (the medication is prohibited in the Breeders' Cup), but he competed on the anti-bleeder medication in the Advent. Tyler's Tribe was beaten 3 ½ lengths in the Advent after leading in midstretch. Tyler's Tribe was sent to Martin's training center in Royal following the race.
“I kept him in a stall, but I turned him out through the day,” Martin said. “I jogged him a couple of days a week. Just had my guy train him a couple of days a week, just jog, because he gets a little bit too high and crazy. The rest of the day, just turn him out, trying to get some R&R and get him healed up. Hopefully, we're on track.”
Martin said he plans to begin breezing Tyler's Tribe “in a couple of weeks,” but added next-race plans are pending. Martin said Tyler's Tribe has filled out since a needed break from racing.
“Just going to work him and start him back going and just see how he does,” Martin said. “Make sure we're all right. Did some therapy on him that's supposed to be pretty effective.”
From the first crop of millionaire Grade 1 winner Sharp Azteca, Tyler's Tribe has a 5-0-1 record from seven lifetime starts and earnings of $320,169. He is a four-time stakes winner. Martin campaigns Tyler's Tribe, a $34,000 yearling purchase, with Iowan Thomas D. Lepic.
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Free horse racing post tips Sunday 29th January
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Fontwell 4.0 Art Decco – win bet.
Southwell 4.10 Shallow River – win bet.
‘I’m Pleasantly Surprised’: Secret Oath Pleases Lukas In Preparations For 2023 Debut
Millionaire Grade 1 winner Secret Oath continues to progress toward her 4-year-old debut in the $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares March 11 at Oaklawn, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said.
A homebred from Briland Farm (Robert and Stacy Mitchell), the Arrogate filly hasn't started since finishing fifth in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) Nov. 5 at Keeneland. She returned to the work tab Jan. 8 at Oaklawn, recording a half-mile bullet (:47.60). Secret Oath subsequently breezed five furlongs Jan. 16 (1:01.80) and Jan. 23 (1:01.40) at the Hot Springs, Arkansas track.
“Everybody you talk to on their horse always tells you they love the way they're training and everything,” Lukas said. “But I'm pleasantly surprised. I knew she'd fill out and put on weight and mature. I'm surprised how much she did this winter.”
The Azeri is the final major local prep for the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 15. Both races are 1 1/16 miles. The Apple Blossom is the major spring objective for Secret Oath, whose dam, Absinthe Minded, by Quiet American, finished second in the 2012 edition for Lukas and Briland Farm. Absinthe Minded also ran fourth in the 2012 Azeri.
“We'll go straight into the Azeri,” Lukas said. “In fact, we could jump in any time here in February without a blink.”
Secret Oath was a runaway winner of the Martha Washington Stakes and Honeybee Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies last year at Oaklawn before capturing the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.
Secret Oath, a finalist for an Eclipse Award as the country's champion 3-year-old filly, has a 5-2-3 record from 13 lifetime starts and earnings of $1,768,417.
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