Southwind Tempo aims for 9 straight in Tarport Hap

Southwind Tempo will put her eight-race winning streak on the line in the first of three Tarport Hap Stakes divisions on Friday night at the Meadowlands.

She will start from post six with usual partner Tim Tetrick in the sulky in the evening’s $58,000 third race. The precocious daughter of Bettor’s Delight has won 13 of 14 career starts and 10 races this season. The only blemish on her record was a near-miss to Striptease Hall in the Tender Loving Care series on Feb. 21 at the Meadowlands.

Southwind Tempo’s 2007 victories include the $60,000 Tender Loving Care final, the $222,250 Lady Catskill Pace at Monticello and the $242,620 Lismore at Yonkers. On June 16, she set a 1:49.3 five-eighths-mile track world record in the James Lynch at Pocono Downs. She picked up her seventh straight win in the Valley Forge Stakes on July 12 at Chester Downs.

Driver-trainer Toby Lynch purchased Southwind Tempo for $3,500 at the Blooded Horse Sale in the spring of 2005. He sold a 20 percent interest in the filly to New York Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet in April and turned over training duties to Steve Elliott for the remainder of her sophomore season.

"She's the type of filly that will let you know during the week that she wants to work,” said Lynch. “She seems to thrive on it. She's not shy about telling you either. Some horses don't like training. She's the opposite. She cannot wait to get out there, whether it is a race or not." (Meadowlands)

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