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Trainer Cal Lynch Scores With Another Promising Jersey-Bred As 2-Year-Old Filly Tiz Tapping Cruises To Two-Length Win On Sunday

July 26, 2026

As much as it seems that Cal Lynch has an endless roster of Jersey-breds – most of them for sisters Hope H. Jones and Isabelle de Tomaso – that isn’t quite the case.

But the veteran trainer says there are enough of them that it’s easy to lose count.

“I have quite a few,” he said.

Lynch and Jones showed off yet another promising state-bred on Sunday at Monmouth Park when 2-year-old filly Tiz Tapping cruised to a two-length win in Jersey-bred maiden special weight company at Monmouth Park.

Beaten a neck in her debut on July 5 at Monmouth Park when she broke slowly, Tiz Tapping had no issues out of the gate, shrugging off the challenge of 3-5 favorite She’s a Twelve while covering the five furlongs in :59.26.

“We were disappointed when she broke so poorly (in her debut),” said Lynch. “I kind of blame myself. I should have popped her one more time. But the race came up and we ran her. She was flat footed when the gate opened but she ran so well and made up so much ground that we weren’t disappointed in the effort.

“I was disappointed in myself for not getting her gate schooled better. When she broke well today I thought she would be tough from there.”

La Cayetana finished second in the field of eight fillies.

Jones, who bred and owns Tiz Tapping, and De Tomaso are the daughters of Amory Haskell, the first president and chairman of Monmouth Park. The Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes is named in his honor.

For Lynch, now with 4-4-2 line from 13 starters at Monmouth Park this meet, Sunday’s result was an extension of the success he continues to have with Jersey-breds.

Re Election, owned by de Tomaso, broke his maiden on Saturday at Delaware Park. Howler (also owned by de Tomaso) won an allowance race at Delaware Park on Thursday, Magical Cry broke her maiden for Jones at Monmouth on July 10 and Cairo Surprise (also owned by Jones) won both an allowance at Monmouth Park and the romped in the John J. Reilly Handicap on June 7.

All Jersey-breds.

“They just good horses, not necessarily good Jersey-breds,” said Lynch. “That makes it a little easier. With races like this one you have to keep in mind what you’re running against. At the same time (She’s a Twelve) is very well thought of. You just never know what you will run into in these races. It could be another Book’em Danno for all I know with all of the first timers (five were in the field) she ran against.”

Lynch has shown he has no aversion to running a good Jersey-bred in open company. Tiz Tapping may be the next to try after rolling through fractions of :22.45 and :46.54 to the half under jockey Julio Hernandez.

“She was very professional today. I don’t think Julio hit her once,” said Lynch, who now has 1,105 career wins.

He is shopping for the next spot for Tiz Tapping, who could be a candidate to stretch out – or may try open company.

“If we have a nice Jersey-bred we’ll race them at Monmouth Park and Delaware in the summer and in Maryland in the winter,” he said.

He seems to have no shortage of those.