MUTAKDDIM ON THE MOVE IN NORTH AMERICA
2009
#27 By North American Earnings. 9 North American Stakes Winners
2008
#22 By North American Earnings. 8 North American Stakes Winners
2007
#19 By North American Earnings. 5 North American Stakes Winners
2006
#21 By North American Earnings. 8 North America Stakes Winners
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LADY TAK wins TEST (G1) at Saratoga and sets new stakes record (Photo by Adam Coglianese)
In a hand ride, LADY TAK set a new stakes record held by GO FOR WAND AND VERY SUBTLE and came within a fifth of a second of Darby Creek Road’s 25-year-old track record in winning the GI Test S. at Saratoga by 4 1/2 lengths. The small but attractive chestnut held the rail while racing close to the pace, went to the front approaching the stretch and was not seriously menaced thereafter. “She is very special. Always has been,” said winning trainer Steve Asmussen. “We have thought for a long time that this race would be a good opportunity to show how good she can be.” And good she was.
Lady Tak won each of her first five career starts, the first three around one bend, including the Jan. 4 Thelma S. at Fair Grounds. She proved her ability to handle the stretchout in distance with facile scores in the Jan. 26 Tiffany Lass S. at a mile and the GII Fair Grounds Oaks at 8 1/2 furlongs before finishing second to loose-on-the-lead Elloluv in the GI Ashland S. at Keeneland Apr. 5. Sixth to Bird Town as the favorite in the GI Kentucky Oaks May 2, the Florida-bred filly found the Oaks winner just a head too good in the June GI Acorn S. in her latest effort. The TEST victory was especially sweet for the winning connections. This was our target for her for the year and I couldn’t be any happier for her,” victorious trainer Steve Asmussen commented. “Everything fell into place. She was away smoothly and Jerry [Bailey] gave her a great ride.” The winner could make her next appearance in the GI Gazelle H. at Belmont Sept. 9.
After some difficulty at the start, Lady Tak showed her class and circled the leaders and drove through the stretch to miss by a neck in the Acorn (G1).
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