Expected to be the favorite for Saturday's GI Santa Anita H., Mr. and Mrs Jerome Moss's homebred Tiago (Pleasant Tap) was not entered yesterday because of a loss of appetite. “He backed off his feed a little and, for a race like this, we wouldn't run him if he's not 1000 percent,” said Dottie Shirreffs, wife of trainer John Shirreffs and his stable manager. “Hopefully, he'll be back at 1000 percent very soon and continue training for whatever race might be next.” Third in the Oct. 25 GI Breeders' Cup Classic to cap off his 2008 season, the five-year-old returned to fill the show spot once again in the Feb. 8 GII San Antonio H. His record stands at 18-5-3-5 with earnings of $2,358,270.
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