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After recording the highest Beyer Speed Figure in the field (85) when runner-up by just a nose last out over this course in a six-furlong maiden special weight Nov. 4, Sweetlou'sgotaces (Constitution–Kayce Lu, by Lonhro {Aus}) broke her maiden in Aqueduct's Tepin S. when stretched to a mile for the first time. She was also a narrow second on debut Sept. 1 at the Spa and off the board Oct. 8 in the GIII Matron S. at the Belmont at Aqueduct meet.

In the Tepin, Sweetlou'sgotaces broke from the rail and was sent up with the first flight to duel briefly with Private Credit (Into Mischief) from the inside. She wrenched away the lead from that one and had the clear advantage, getting her early splits in :24.76 and :49.23 with her ears pricked. Private Credit made another run at her on the turn, but the dark bay opened up despite staying belatedly on her incorrect lead and bounded home four lengths in front of a closing Smokie Eyes.

“I just let Joel [Rosario] do his thing, give him the keys to the car and decide, but I felt pretty good going into the first turn,” said winning trainer Ray Handal. “She went 24 and 3 and then you see all the kickback, so it's nice to be getting the fresh part of the ground and dictating things. She was just traveling so well all the way around there. It felt pretty good to watch.”

A $60,000 OBS 2-year-old this spring for Handal Racing, Sweetlou'sgotaces has a yearling half-brother by Into Mischief who sold at the recent Keeneland September yearling sale for $210,000 to Lynwood Stable. Her dam, a half to GSW & MGISP Comical (Into Mischief), was barren this year but was bred back to Maclean's Music for next term. She hails from the immediate family of MGISW Colonel John (Tiznow).

TEPIN S., $120,000, Aqueduct, 11-27, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:38.49, gd.
1–SWEETLOU'SGOTACES, 118, f, 2, by Constitution
               1st Dam: Kayce Lu, by Lonhro (Aus)
               2nd Dam: Kayce Ace, by Tiznow
               3rd Dam: Sweet Damsel, by Turkoman
($65,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP; $60,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR).
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable &
Twin Sports Racing; B-Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC &
George Saufley (KY); T-Raymond Handal; J-Joel Rosario.
$66,000. Lifetime Record: 4-1-2-0, $104,750.
2–Smokie Eyes, 120, f, 2, Nyquist–Smoke Signals, by Street
Sense. ($160,000 Ylg '21 SARAUG). O-Reeves Thoroughbred
Racing, Darlene Bilinski, & Steven Rocco; B-Kathleen
Schweizer & Daniel Burke (NY); T-Christophe Clement.
$24,000.
3–Alluring Angel (GB), 120, f, 2, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–All of Me
(GB), by Teofilo (Ire). (48,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA).
O-Lawrence Goichman; B-Michael E Wates CBE (GB);
T-Jorge R. Abreu. $14,400.
Margins: 4, HD, HD. Odds: 2.25, 5.70, 3.10.
Also Ran: Bulsara, Lifelovenlaughter, Private Credit, Next Episode, The Classy One, Agua Dulce (GB), Thirty Thou Kelvin. Scratched: Gambling Girl, Interpolate, La Vita Sofia, Shidabhuti.
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TEPIN S., $100,000, Aqueduct, 11-29, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:47.14, gd.
1–LOVESTRUCK, 120, f, 2, by Tapit
1st Dam: Love Style, by Mr. Prospector
2nd Dam: Likeable Style, by Nijinsky II
3rd Dam: Personable Lady, by No
Robbery
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin, LLC (KY); T-William I. Mott;
J-Junior Alvarado. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $94,600. *1/2 to Scat Daddy (Johannesburg), Among the Leading Sires-U.S., Leading Sire-Chi, MGISW, $1,334,300;
1/2 to Antipathy (A.P. Indy), GSW & GISP, $341,784; 1/2 to Grand Daddy
(Johannesburg), SW, $151,669.
2–Invincible Gal (GB), 120, f, 2, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Alsindi
(Ire), by Acclamation (GB). (200,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT).
O-Michael J. Ryan, Jeff Drown, & Team Hanley; B-Rabbah
Bloodstock Limited (GB); T-H. Graham Motion. $20,000.
3–Big Time Lady, 120, f, 2, Big Brown–Liza Lu, by Menifee.
($100,000 Ylg ’19 SARAUG). O-Repole Stable; B-Spruce Lane
Farm, et al (NY); T-Rudy R. Rodriguez. $12,000.
Margins: 1, 1HF, 3/4. Odds: 1.10, 2.30, 26.75.
Also Ran: Island Treasure, Fifth Risk, Bravo Regina, Lexinator, Thursday. Scratched: Dollar Mountain, Frost Me, Hit the Woah, Malibu Curl.

Lovestruck didn’t bat an eye over the leap from a Sept. 7 maiden special weight win over this distance at the Spa into black-type company in the Tepin S. Her one-length maiden victory notched a solid 75 Beyer Speed Figure and she’d been entered twice prior to the Tepin, including the rained-affected Chelsey Flower S. earlier in the month.

Eager out of the gate in the Tepin, Lovestruck was kept under a hard hold by rider Junior Alvarado. He kept the gray reserved in third on the inside through a quarter in :24.05 and a half in :50.50. Looking for room, she moved out several paths to find a seam in upper stretch. Lovestruck was sitting on go and once she found the front about a sixteenth from home, a couple of right-handed taps was all she needed to edge away with authority and remain undefeated in two starts.

“She’s been ready for quite a while,” said Alvarado. “We were expecting the kind of run from her that we saw today. There’s still room for her to improve. She’s still a little bit green and when she got to the lead she was wandering around the track, which is fine. When she puts it all together, we’ll get a little more from her.

“I knew she was going to be sharp, but I like to teach them to relax behind horses and have a nice finish. I didn’t want to just let her go. Even though it was a slow pace, I knew I was close enough that she wouldn’t have too much to do at the end.”

The 140th stakes winner for Tapit, Lovestruck is a Godolphin homebred and is the fourth black-type winner out five foals to race for her unraced dam. Love Style, herself out of GISW Likeable Style, is best known as the dam of the late MGISW and stellar sire Scat Daddy. The 21-year-old mare has a weanling filly by Into Mischief and has been bred back to Frosted for next term. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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