KimDon Racing's Tizzy in the Sky continued her proficiency over the racing surface at Aqueduct Racetrack by capturing the $200,000 Go for Wand Stakes (G3) Dec. 7 under hot-riding Flavien Prat. The 5-year-old mare improved to 5-2-0 in eight starts on its dirt track, compared to 0-2-0 in five starts over other dirt courses.
Second in the 2023 Go for Wand, she notched the first graded stakes win of her 13-race career.
Prat had his mount well positioned early in the Go for Wand by placing her in second, chasing longshot leader Rachel's Rock . He then went after her on the turn of the mile race, and Tizzy in the Sky took over in early stretch and repelled challenges from runner-up Occult and third Movie Moxy down the lane to prevail by a half-length. The winner was timed on a fast track in 1:35.64, paying $8.20 for a $2 wager.
Stakes victories from Tizzy in the Sky and Poster in Saturday's Remsen Stakes (G2) gave Prat 80 stakes wins this year—surpassing a record of 79 stakes victories set by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. in 2022.
Tizzy in the Sky, a daughter of Sky Kingdom bred in Kentucky by Westrock Stables, is out of the Tiznow mare Tiz the Tide .
"She loves it here," said Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. I think she is even better around two turns here, but she overcame some pace pressure today and finished up well."