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Giacomo's half-brother Tiago upsets Santa Anita Derby
"He finished today like Giacomo did in the (2005) Kentucky Derby," Smith said. "I thought there would be plenty of pace and that they'd come back to us, and they did. I tell you, at the eighth pole, he hit another gear." "He had great acceleration in the stretch, like Giacomo, although this horse has a better turn of foot," Jerry Moss noted. As the second-longest shot on the board, Tiago furnished healthy mutuels of $60.60, $23.80 and $10. King of the Roxy gave back $6.40 and $4.60 as the 7-2 third choice, and nearly 5-2 favorite Sam P. checked in another 2 3/4 lengths back in third to pay $3.20. "It's a shame to get beat like that," said Richard Migliore, King of the Roxy's rider. "He gave all he had and came up a little short today. I thought right down to the sixteenth pole I was going to win it, and right there I started to worry, because he really started to weaken under me. The other horse had some momentum, and it was a tough beat." Michael McCarthy, assistant to Todd Pletcher, who sent out both King of the Roxy and Sam P., commented on his charges' placed efforts. "I think (King of the Roxy) put to rest distance limitations by the way he ran today," McCarthy said. "Sam P. ran very well. Obviously, with the blinkers he was a little more keen than we would have liked to see. I don't know that he was rank by any means, but obviously, that was something new for him, but they both ran well." The $1 exotics were worth $191.40 (exacta), $862.10 (trifecta) and $3,202.90 (9-8-2-5 superfecta) with the 5-2 second choice Liquidity in fourth. Next came Bwana Bull (Holy Bull), Medici Code (GB) (Medicean), Court the King (Doneraile Court), Black Seventeen, Boutrous (Tiznow) and Level Red (Aptitude). With Saturday's windfall of $450,000, Tiago has now amassed $484,320 from his 4-2-0-1 line. The bay was crossing the wire in front for the first time in his brief career, having been awarded his maiden victory via disqualification. In his stakes debut in the Robert B. Lewis S. (G2) last time out, Tiago moved well along the rail before flattening out to finish seventh. Bred in Kentucky, the winner is out of multiple stakes queen Set Them Free (Stop the Music), who in addition to Giacomo, has also produced Grade 2-placed Sea Jewel (Sea Hero), an unnamed juvenile full brother to Tiago and a yearling colt by Giant's Causeway. This is the female family of French classic winner Baiser Vole (Foolish Pleasure), co-champion two-year-old in France in 1985. Moss, a co-founder of A&M Records, named both Giacomo and Tiago for sons of rock stars. Giacomo is named after Sting's son, while Tiago's namesake is the son of Sergio Mendes. In four weeks' time, Tiago will try to emulate his famous half-brother by wearing the roses at Churchill Downs.
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