Mercedes Stable Pulls Horses From Baffert & Yakteen
Feb 19, 2014 8:39:42 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on Feb 19, 2014 8:39:42 GMT -5
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BAFFERT TRAINEE TIZ THE TRUTH DIES; OWNER PULLS HORSES FROM BARN, CITING ‘BAD LUCK’
Paulick Report
Tiz the Truth, a talented Mercedes Stable homebred who won back-to-back allowance races at Santa Anita last fall, has died after being stricken with an infection, owner Ernie Moody confirmed on Tuesday.
“He came back (to Moody Creek Farms in Bonsall, Calif.) and got sick, and we had to send him to a vet clinic,” Moody said. “They were not able to save him.”
Moody said the 4-year-old colt by Tiznow died “about three weeks ago.”
“He was truly a special horse with a lot of natural ability and great potential,” said Moody. “It was a real tragedy to lose him that way.”
rained by Bob Baffert, Tiz the Truth broke his maiden by 7 ¾ lengths at Santa Anita Park in his third start Feb. 2, 2013 – his first time going around two turns. He was immediately thought to have stakes potential, but was sidelined with a quarter crack and didn’t return to the races until late August at Del Mar. He finished seventh, then won his next two starts by open lengths in September and October.
Out of the French Deputy mare Truly Blessed, Tiz the Truth was a half brother to multiple graded stakes winner and sire Notional.
Moody has since moved his horses out of Baffert’s barn but said the death of Tiz the Truth was not the reason for the change. “We have just had some bad luck,” he said, calling it a “mutual decision” with the Hall of Fame conditioner. The majority of horses stabled with Baffert and Tim Yakteen, a former Baffert assistant, have been shipped to Moody Creek.
“Basically, at this time, we are not using Bob or Tim,” he said.
One former Baffert trainee, True Ten, made his racing debut for trainer Vladimir Cerin, winning a California-bred maiden race at Santa Anita on Sunday. The son of Rock Hard Ten (who was campaigned by Moody) beat a field of 10 3-year-old California-breds going six furlongs.
BAFFERT TRAINEE TIZ THE TRUTH DIES; OWNER PULLS HORSES FROM BARN, CITING ‘BAD LUCK’
Paulick Report
Tiz the Truth, a talented Mercedes Stable homebred who won back-to-back allowance races at Santa Anita last fall, has died after being stricken with an infection, owner Ernie Moody confirmed on Tuesday.
“He came back (to Moody Creek Farms in Bonsall, Calif.) and got sick, and we had to send him to a vet clinic,” Moody said. “They were not able to save him.”
Moody said the 4-year-old colt by Tiznow died “about three weeks ago.”
“He was truly a special horse with a lot of natural ability and great potential,” said Moody. “It was a real tragedy to lose him that way.”
rained by Bob Baffert, Tiz the Truth broke his maiden by 7 ¾ lengths at Santa Anita Park in his third start Feb. 2, 2013 – his first time going around two turns. He was immediately thought to have stakes potential, but was sidelined with a quarter crack and didn’t return to the races until late August at Del Mar. He finished seventh, then won his next two starts by open lengths in September and October.
Out of the French Deputy mare Truly Blessed, Tiz the Truth was a half brother to multiple graded stakes winner and sire Notional.
Moody has since moved his horses out of Baffert’s barn but said the death of Tiz the Truth was not the reason for the change. “We have just had some bad luck,” he said, calling it a “mutual decision” with the Hall of Fame conditioner. The majority of horses stabled with Baffert and Tim Yakteen, a former Baffert assistant, have been shipped to Moody Creek.
“Basically, at this time, we are not using Bob or Tim,” he said.
One former Baffert trainee, True Ten, made his racing debut for trainer Vladimir Cerin, winning a California-bred maiden race at Santa Anita on Sunday. The son of Rock Hard Ten (who was campaigned by Moody) beat a field of 10 3-year-old California-breds going six furlongs.
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