Tizway stacks up another drill before the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on 1 October
After the 9 September workout, when Tizway went five furlongs in 1 minute and 1.26 seconds, and just after six days the son of Tiznow was at it again, when he drilled five furlongs in 1 minute and 1.24 seconds on 15 September, 2011, at the Oklahoma track.
Trainer James Bind wanted Tizway to be the first one to hit the Oklahoma track before the forecasted rains hit the track, and he was there before sunrise to make sure his 6-year-old horse turns in a workout session right before the Grade 1 $750,000 Jockey
Club Gold Cup on 1 October, 2010 at Belmont Park.
Tizway has been flying high in the handicap division, bagging two handicap races in a row, in his last two starts.
Out of Bethany by Dayjur, Tizway started off slow in the 2011 season, as he kicked off the season with a third place finish in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Handicap at Gulfstream Park under jockey Rajiv Maragh.
Tizway was up against good runners with a mile to cover, as he rolled in behind Tackleberry and Soaring Empire. James Bind had to endure a similar sort of performance from Tizway in his next start.
The Grade 3 Charles Town Classic on dirt was Tizway’s second start of the season, but this time a longer stretch was to be considered, 1 1/8 miles to be precise.
Rajiv Maragh, has been Tizway’s regular jockey for a long time now, and he took the responsibility yet again, and was able to finish on the money at Charles Town racecourse.
Tizway picked up his game in the next two races of this season, with a same pattern of races in terms of distance. 1 mile long Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park on 30 May, 2011, was when things took a different turn for Tizway.
The winning curve took an upward rise, and Tizway bagged the Metropolitan Handicap and then after the all important Grade 1 Whitney Handicap.
Since winning the Whitney Handicap, Tizway has worked four times and will turn in one more breeze before getting shipped to Belmont for the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
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