A Kentucky Jockey Club win could put Tiz the Law in Eclipse Awards picture

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The connections of Tiz the Law, the Grade 1 Champagne winner by Constitution, believe a victory in the Grade 2, $300,000 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs on Nov. 30 could put them in the hunt for an Eclipse Award in the 2-year-old male division.

Typically, the award goes to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner, but that race was won by 45-1 longshot Storm the Court. Tiz the Law skipped the Breeders’ Cup because neither trainer Barclay Tagg nor the owner, Sackatoga Stable, wanted to ship cross-country to run a young horse at Santa Anita.

Given that a longshot won the Breeders’ Cup, and a victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club would cap a perfect 3-for-3 season for Tiz the Law, trainer Tagg said, “If we could win this, that would put us right there” for a divisional championship.

On Sunday, Tiz the Law worked five furlongs under Manny Franco in 1:01.05 in company with the older turf horse Dr. Edgar over Belmont’s main track.

“Manny had him about a length and a half behind Dr. Edgar,” assistant trainer Robin Smullen said. “We didn’t do much with him at all, just real easy.”