Tropical Park Derby

Lord Robyn stays perfect on the turf (Skip Smith)

Top Line Racing & Alex & Joanne Lieblong's LORD ROBYN (Robyn Dancer)

jumped to the early lead in the $100,000

Tropical Park Derby (G3) Saturday at Calder.

While the rest of the pack sat back waiting for the three-year-old gelding to

tire, jockey Eibar Coa kept him up front, where he stayed for the entirety of

the 1 1/8-mile contest. Making just his third start on the turf, the David Fawkes charge took control, leading through splits of :24, :47 4/5 and 1:10 3/5

as Medigating (Fr) (Dolphin Street [Fr]) trailed in second. As the group entered

the second turn, Fire Path (Tale of the Cat) took his place as the runner up,

but was not able to gain ground on the leader, as Lord Robyn was clocked in the

stretch drive at 1:34 3/5 before finishing off the good turf event in 1:47 in a seemingly

easy victory.

Entering the gate at 7-1, Lord Robyn paid his backers well, returning $17.60,

$11.40 and $7 while on the front end of a $200.40 exacta. Fire Path gave back $11 and

$8 at 10-1 while Crown Point (Honor Grades) paid $5.20 for his efforts at 6-1,

rounding out the nice $1,586.80. Turk's Ransom (Comic Strip) ended the 11-3-5-12

superfecta which paid $11,899.80.

Medigating, Catch Me (Cat Thief), Safely Run (Safely's Mark), Stormy Jim (High Yield),

2-1 favorite Exceptional Ride (Chester House), Running Surprise (Running Stag),

Starship Zim (Miesque's Song) and Elusive Thunder (Thunder Gulch) rounded out

the order of finish. Drum Major (Dynaformer), Ginger's Fella (Rizzi), Skip's

Song (Unbridled's Song) and Magna Graduate (Honor Grades) were scratched.