ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 26, 2013) – Tiz a Minister, with jockey Garrett Gomez copying the strategy he used for Qiaona in the filly version one race earlier, stormed from far back to take Saturday’s $300,000 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes for 3-year-olds eligible to the Golden State Series on the Sunshine Millions card at Santa Anita.
Tiz a Minister is by Ministers Wild Cat, out of the Cee’s Tizzy mare Tiz a Mistress, was bred by Dahlberg Farms, is owned by S.A.Y. Racing and trained by Paul Aguirre. The current owners claimed Tiz a Minister as a maiden for $40,000 out of his second start last August.
The $6,500 Barretts purchase has two wins in nine starts, earnings of $246,780 and was coming off a second in a Jan. 10 starter’s allowance.
Tiz a Minister, taken back to last by 15 lengths for the run down the backstretch, ran the mile in 1:36.56 on a wet-fast track at odds of 9-1 and won by 1 ¼ lengths, with odds-on favorite Omega Star second and Surfcup third in the field of 10.
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