Hybrid of LNJ Foxwoods Machine water never won a bet in his starting 17 career despite being a steady player over the past few years on the Southern California grass circuit. ‘s 6 year old daughter Tapit placed in four stakes, including a top-two failure starting back as second in the Las Cienegas (G3T) Stock on Jan. 9 in her lone hillside start.
The dashing gray, trained by Hall of Famer Richard Mandella, looks set to roll late as she tackles a field of six fillets and older mares at $200,000 Monrovia Stakes (G2T) on September 9 April at Santa Anita . Park.
In her last attempt, the February 26 Wish Well Stakes, Tapwater bobbed at halftime and ran steadily to finish fifth, only beaten by Nick Alexander’s 2 3/4 length. Alice Marbles , who returned to Monrovia and was the favorite of the 2-1 morning race. The Wish Well, which was also run at 6 1/2, however, ran out of the manger, and was not on Santa Anita’s downhill turf.
Jockey Joe Bravo kept his mount on Saturday on Tapwater.
Two Eastern invaders boarded ships to the west in pursuit of the Monrovia prize.
Brooke Marie won an allowance contest last fall in Keeneland
In its clear recent form at Fair Grounds & Slots Castleton Lyons’ Brooke Marie regrouping from speed to unsorted bets on 5 1/2 innings on second court starting back on 4 Dec and most recently she finished even third, beating 3 3/4 length in another unclassified bet at the same distance on January 29.
6 year old Lemon Drop Kid The mare is the first-run winner of a graded allowance at 5 1/2 feathers on the back court starting back at Keeneland On October 28 and since April 17 of last year, she has won 3 of her last 4 games, all at 5 and a half on the pitch.
From Eddie Kenneally’s barn, Brooke Marie looks for her first ranked win in Monrovia. She has never raced in California.
South Florida-based coach Brian Lynch moves West with his chubby 4-year-old Tobys’ Heart , a three-time undistinguished bet winner who raced exclusively on grass in all 10 of her starts. Most recently for the eighth, beating 4 1/2 lengths in Oaks Tropical Park at 1 1/16 miles on December 26 at Gulfstream ParkTobys Heart has been training consistently at Palm Meadows Training Center.
A Kentucky bred by War front stallion Jack Milton Tobys’ heart lies outside the mare Lil’s Lad Selection of Packages . A three-sprint winner, she was also the first winner of her first game to go 5 1/2 on grass at the age of 2 at Churchill Downs. Easily the top earner in the field at $503,250, Tobys Heart is 4-1-1 in 10 starts.
Item: Monrovia S. (G2T)
Santa Anita . ParkSaturday, April 9, 2022, Race 1
- Level II
- About 6 1/2f
- Grass pitch downhill
- 200,000 dollars
- 4 yo & up Fillies and Mares
- 12:00 PM (local)
