Tiz Breathtaking Rallies to Mazarine Stakes Win

Tiz Breathtaking, rallying from last place in the field of seven, got the bob on the outside under jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva to capture the 1 1/16-mile Mazarine Stakes (G3) by a head Oct. 6 at Woodbine.

The $125,000 Mazarine went at 1 1/16 miles and attracted a field of seven 2-year-old fillies.

Mike Doyle, who conditions the homebred Tiz Breathtaking for Windhaven Farms' Bill Graham, was sending out his third winner of the afternoon.

"When they broke there, it looked like we were going to have a nice little pace but then everybody slowed down and the pace was very, very slow," said jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva, who was riding his meet-leading 21st stakes winner. "I had no choice anymore. I was in that position and I said, 'I'm going to wait here.' I have a lot of faith in this filly because when you move, she sprints, she sprints home. When I moved in the turn, she just broke from there."

Tiz Breathtaking, by Tiznow , had trailed through opening fractions of :24.82, :50.23 and 1:14.82 while Jolie Bay showed the way with Lady Azalea and Comic Kitten in hot pursuit.

"She had a lot of work to do and then she was very wide because it was the only place to go. There was no point going up the inside," said Doyle. "I was certainly worried. I wasn't sure she if she got there or not but I knew she'd come running and I knew the trip wouldn't be a problem."

Doyle mentioned the Nov. 4 Princess Elizabeth, a 1 1/16-mile race for Canadian-bred two-year-old fillies, as a logical target for Tiz Breathtaking but was keeping an ace up his sleeve.

"We might maybe talk about the Breeders' Cup for two minutes, just in case," said Doyle. "She got a few points, just in case it made any sense. It probably doesn't, but it may do some other time."