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Analysis: Who Is Lucency? How a US Allowance-Class Horse Became Unbeatable at Padre Garcia

Lucency (by Tapwrit), winner of four straight in the Philippines, was a US allowance-class horse: 18 starts for 6 wins, about $300,000 in earnings, and a yearling who fetched just $18,000. This piece looks at why a well-bred but modestly valued horse — by Belmont winner Tapwrit, out of a Giant's Causeway mare, bred by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm — now dominates at Padre Garcia, through the lens of pedigree, US form, and the quality of imports.
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News: Lucency Romps Home in the Porsche Cup for a Fourth Straight Win as Stablemate Student Regent Breaks Isa Bell's 3yo Record

Joseph Dyhengco's six-year-old Lucency (Tapwrit USA) won the Porsche Philippine Cup (1650m) at Padre Garcia in 1:39.32, making it four wins from his last four starts for a combined winning margin of 38.5 lengths. On the same day, stablemate Student Regent took the Audi Cup in 1:41.45, eclipsing Isa Bell's three-year-old course record. Behind a lower-rated horse beating a higher-rated one lies the structure of penalty-free special conditions races.
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News: Gentle Dance Romps Home in Triple Crown Leg 2 as Unbeaten Isa Bell Flops on a Muddy Metro Manila Turf

In the second leg of the Philracom-PCSO Triple Crown (1800m at Metro Manila Turf), Claudio Angeles's filly Gentle Dance won by six lengths, while record-setting first-leg winner Isa Bell was beaten well before home on a muddy track. With the first two legs split between different winners, the final leg (2000m at Padre Garcia, July 19) now comes down to a head-to-head between the two.