Doyle high on Tiz Breathtaking ahead of Shady Well

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Mike Doyle has a long history in the Shady Well Stakes and will try to win it for the fifth time Saturday at Woodbine with the promising Tiz Breathtaking.

Off a narrow loss in the My Dear Stakes, Tiz Breathtaking should be favored in the 5 1/2-furlong sprint for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies. She won her 4 1/2-furlong debut on June 10 by two lengths in 52.39 seconds.

“We really liked her first time out,” Doyle said. “She’d done a lot of things really nicely, and we never really asked her to do much. She did well when she ran in the maiden race.”

In the 5 1/2-furlong My Dear, Tiz Breathtaking came wide from three lengths off the pace to finish a neck back in third. She was pushed out in deep stretch by My Gal Betty, who was subsequently placed third by disqualification. Tiz Breathtaking got second money, and the speedy shipper Stifling inherited the win.

Doyle is enamored with Tiz Breathtaking, who was bought back from the 2017 Keeneland September yearling sale for $210,000 by Windhaven Farms.

“She’s just so laid-back and really nice about everything,” Doyle said. “She’s absolutely beautiful to look at, just gorgeous.”

Eurico Da Silva picks up the mount.

A field of seven was assembled for the $125,000 Shady Well, carded as race 7 on the 10-race program.

KEY CONTENDERS

Tiz Breathtaking, by Tiznow
Beyers: 69-67

◗ Doyle captured his first Shady Well win with Avenare in 1979. He won it again with Casereae in 1986 and took the 1988 renewal with Blondeinamotel but didn’t win it again until last year with Glamanation.

Sav, by Big Screen
Beyers: 63-62

◗ She romped at first asking against males in a professional manner June 3. In the July 7 My Dear, she faded to fifth after leading the way. Lasix is added for this engagement.

Sailing By, by Sligo Bay
Beyers: 60-36

◗ Owned by Gary Barber, the $42,000 yearling purchase improved dramatically second time out on a sweltering day June 30, scoring in a five-furlong clocking of 58.73. Her trainer, Mark Casse, won the 2010 Shady Well with Roxy Gap.

Maritime Breeze, by More Than Ready
Beyers: 51-30

◗ The well-bred maiden was competitive in both of her starts, Her trainer, Mike De Paulo, won the 2009 Shady Well with her dam, Maritime Passion.

Appella, by Silent Name
Beyer: 49

◗ She fought for the lead before weakening on her left lead when second in her lone outing, a six-furlong maiden special on the grass July 15.