While he seems to have nicely inherited that same grinding style of Giacomo's.....I think people will be making a big mistake if they put too much emphsis on whoelse his dam dropped.
Giacomo actually ran several very good races leading into his Santa Anita Derby effort---where he got no pace to work with. Giacomo had only been passed by one single horse in his career going into the Derby, and he had an abysmal trip in that race, his 3rd place effort in the Sham.
Tiago, may have improved markedly (off his lousy form) with the removal of blinkers---but, he's going to have a lot more to run down in the Kentucky Derby than some Ohio-bred sprinter/miler type like King of the Roxy.
What's interesting about Giacomo and Tiago's dam---was that she (Set Them Free) was a confirmed sprinter. I believe she was 2nd in career debut to Champion Eliza...before winning a couple stakes at age two. She won five races in her career, four of them stake races, her average winning distance was just 5.8 furlongs.
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