Slew's Tizzy pulls off Lexington shocker

Slew's Tizzy was the longest shot in the Lexington (Matt Wooley/Horsephotos.com)

Joseph Lacombe Stable Inc.'s homebred SLEW'S TIZZY (Tiznow) took the lead

soon after the start and pulled away to a convincing 3 1/2-length tally in the

$325,000 Lexington S. (G2) before the largest crowd in Keeneland's history on

Saturday. Sent right to the front beneath Robby Albarado, the three-year-old

colt established splits of :23 4/5, :48, 1:12 2/5 and 1:36 4/5 for the opening

mile, before completing 1 1/16 miles in 1:43 1/5 for trainer Greg Fox. The sophomore colt was sent off as the 40-1 longest shot and rewarded backers

with payoffs of $83, $29.60 and $13.60 in front of 33,821 fans.

"He had his ears up," Albarado explained. "He was content being up

there on the lead. I just tried to keep him as quiet as possible.

Ideally, we didn't want to be on the lead, but we found ourselves there.

He exploded when I called on him."

"I was concerned when (Slew's Tizzy) was on the lead but then I

started to get excited when I saw Robby sitting there on a tremendous

amount of horse," Fox admitted. "This horse has never put it all

together until this race. I never knew until the very end that he would

win."

Starbase (Tale of the Cat) tracked on the outside early and closed well to

earn the place spot, good for $29.60 and $13 at 36-1. The exacta paid $1,002.20,

and the trifecta returned $14,726.20 with Forty Grams (Distorted Humor) another

three parts of a length back in third. Show paid $5 for the 5-1 shot. Trust Your

Luck (Mr. Greeley) capped the whopping $97,128 superfecta (6-10-1-7) at 8-1, and was trailed by

Joe Got Even (Stephen Got Even), Sacrifice Bunt (Storm Cat), 3-1 second choice

Soaring By (Deputy Minister), Boogiemanball (Family Calling) and 9-5 favorite

Belgravia (Mr. Greeley). Moyer's Pond (Monarchos) was withdrawn.