Tapit's Love Train Debuts a Winner at Gulfstream

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Tapit's Love Train Debuts a Winner at Gulfstream

Updated: 6:47 PM ET (First posted: 4:25 PM ET)

8th at GPX

Msw ($42k) [6f]

Winner: Love Train, f, 3 by Tapit

8th-GPX, $42,000, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10 1/5, ft.
+LOVE TRAIN (f, 3, Tapit--Touch Love {GSW, $153,060}, by Not for Love) had displayed her affinity for this surface with a bullet drill prior to the turn of the calendar and blew out three furlongs for this in :37 Feb. 1. The grey was pegged at morning-line odds of 5-1, but took plenty of pari-mutuel support and was off at 3-1 to continue her sire’s extraordinary hot streak. Nearly away from the stalls, the $250,000 FTSAUG acquisition hounded pacesetting favorite Miss Moonshine (Malibu Moon) through fractions of :22.56 and :45.30. She edged past that one approaching the eighth pole and showed a tendency to lug in a bit, but drove clear to post a 4 1/2-length victory. Love Train, a daughter of 2001 GII Schuylerville S. victress Touch Love, is a half-sister to three-time course-record setter Starfish Bay (Elusive Quality), MSW, $241,831. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,200. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO.
O-Blue Devil Racing Stable (Holliday). B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd (KY). T-Steve Klesaris.

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