Tiznow Son TOUR DE FORCE to Stand at Workwize Stables for 2021

Admin • October 14, 2020

The graded stakes placed runner TOUR DE FORCE will stand the 2021 season at Workwize Ent. Stables in Acme, Alberta. 


The seven year old Tiznow stallion completed his racing career this August with total earnings of $213,360. His record includes two third place finishes last season in the black type $100,000 Flat Out Stakes at Belmont Park and the $150,000 Grade 3 Excelsior Stakes at Aqueduct. Tour de Force also had a showing in the $75,000 black type Challedon Stakes at Laurel Park in 2018. The freshman sire sold for $1.35 Million at the 2014 Keeneland Yearling Sale consigned by Lane’s End Farm.


 The dam of Tour de Force, DREAM SUPREME, is a multiple grades stakes winner Seeking the Gold mare who earned over $1 Million in three seasons on the track. The impressive record for Dream Supreme included victories in the Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap and Test Stakes at Saratoga in addition to multiple wins in Grade 2 and 3 stakes races.


For contact information, please look under the Stallion Information – Stallion Directory on the CTHS web site at www.cthsalta.com.

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