Therecomesatiger captures Commonwealth

Charles Patton's THERECOMESATIGER (Tiger Ridge) battled slow splits before

pulling away to annex Sunday's $174,900

Commonwealth Turf S. at Churchill Downs.

Sent off as the 7-1 third choice, the Tom Proctor-conditioned sophomore got out

early to press the pacesetting T. D. Vance (Rahy), taking over the lead from that

rival near the three-sixteenths pole and holding off Cosmonaut (Lemon Drop Kid)

en route to a 1 3/4-length victory. Therecomesatiger completed 1 1/16 miles over the good turf

in 1:43 4/5.

Sunday was the first day back for jockey Mark Guidry, who was involved in a

spill in Friday's 10TH race when his mount bolted toward the inside and jumped

the rail just past the eighth-pole. Guidry was uninjured, but did not ride his

four mounts on Saturday.

Therecomesatiger returned $16.40, $8.60 and $5.80 while leading the $219.80

exacta. Cosmonaut gave $12.40 and $6.80 for the place at 13-1 while Drum Major (Dynaformer)

hit the wire another three parts of a length back to pay $8.60 at 11-1 and end

the $1,607.80 trifecta. Sky Conqueror (Sky Classic) finished the 2-9-8-3

superfecta ($1), which returned $8,506.40. T. D. Vance, Cosmic Kris

(Storm Creek), 3-2 favorite Rebel Rebel (Ire) (Revoque), Spring House (Chester

House) and Greater Good (Intidab) rounded out the order of finish.

The Florida homebred is out of Come Tight (Artistry [SAf]), making him a

half-brother to an unnamed weanling by Pure Precision. This was Therecomesatiger's fourth win in five attempts and

he now shows earnings of

$173,238. He placed third in the Bryan Station S. last out.