By Alan Carasso
Klaravich Stables' Tariff Mindset (Tiz the Law) never truly looked like validating favoritism until the final jump, when Flavien Prat threw him across the line for a highly improbable debut victory.
A $250,000 Keeneland September graduate, the Mar. 22 foal traded at odds-on for a large portion of the wagering, but he drifted all the way out to just shy of 8-5 at the off, and he was immediately on the back foot when breaking slowly and pinched back a stride or two thereafter.
Clearly resenting the kickback and climbing noticeably over the rain-affected track, the chestnut left Prat no option but to guide him into the clear and he traveled better once that mission was accomplished midway up the backstretch.
Finally out of last as they approached the lane, the ironically named colt advanced steadily towards the inside and was angled back out to the grandstand side with a furlong to travel. Even at that point, things looked fairly unlikely, but Tariff Mindset closed with big strides in the final 100 yards to nail 30-1 Print (Munnings) right on the wire.
Springhouse Farm acquired dam West Palm Beach for $150,000 at the 2019 Keeneland January Sale and her first foal was Ocean Pointe (Kitten's Joy), a stakes-placed winner of $225,991. A half-sister to Irish Group 1-placed The Irish Rover (Ire) (No Nay Never), West Palm Beach is also the dam of a 2-year-old Bolt d'Oro filly and a full-sister to Tariff Mindset that fetched $150,000 at KEEJAN last month. Back in foal to Tiz the Law, West Palm Beach sold for $16,000 during the Fasig-Tipton Digital December Sale.
5th-Aqueduct, $80,000, Msw, 2-21, 3yo, 1m, 1:40.37, my, nose.
TARIFF MINDSET (c, 3, Tiz the Law–West Palm Beach {Ire}, by Scat Daddy) Sales history: $250,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $44,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Klaravich Stables Inc; B-Springhouse Farm (KY); T-Chad C Brown.
From last to first! 💨
TARIFF MINDSET closes to break his maiden in Race 5, and gives Flavien Prat win number three on the day, this one for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/4L6Ha39KLz
— NYRA (🗽) (@TheNYRA) February 21, 2026
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