1st-Aqueduct, $87,300, Msw, 11-9, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:17.39, ft, 3 1/2 lengths.
TUX (c, 2, Tapit–Fancy Dress Party {GSW, $267,405}, by Munnings), a first-time starter in a well-met field of homebred maidens, broke in stride from the outside draw and moved up to stalk the pace of the only experienced runner in the field, Math Tutor (Algorithms). The top four stayed bunched together in pairs of two up the backstretch past the half in :46.89 and for a moment, it looked as though Math Tutor might break loose at the top of the lane. But as his strides began to shorten, Tux was grinding away with his closing kick down the center of the track, collared the leader at the sixteenth pole and opened up to the line to graduate by 3 1/2 lengths. The second foal out of GIII Beaumont Stakes winner Fancy Dress Party, Tux has a yearling Into Mischief half-brother and a weanling full-brother. His dam went to Good Magic for 2025. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-LNJ Foxwoods (KY); T-William I. Mott.
On debut the @LNJFoxwoods home-bred #6 TUX ($9.50) gets the lead late and pulls away to easily win the opener at Aqueduct. The son of Tapit was ridden by @JuniorandKellyA and is trained by Bill Mott.
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