Tiznow

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Tiznow

Tiznow standing at Winstar Farms, Kentucky
Sire Cees' Tizzy
Grandsire Relaunch
Dam Cees' Song
Damsire Seattle Song
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1997
Country United States Flag of the United States
Colour Brown
Breeder Cecilia Straub-Rubens
Owner Michael Cooper
Cecilia Straub-Rubens
Trainer Jay M. Robbins
Record 15:8-4-2
Earnings $6,427,830
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Breeders' Cup Classic (2000 & 2001)
Super Derby (2000)
Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap (2000)
Affirmed Handicap (2000)
Santa Anita Handicap (2001)
San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes (2001)
Racing Awards
American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (2000)
American Horse of the Year (2000)
NTRA "Moment of the Year" (2000, 2001)
American Champion Older Male Horse (2001)
Infobox last updated on: 22:19, Monday June 9, 2008 (UTC).

Tiznow (foaled March 12, 1997 in California) is an American thoroughbred racehorse owned by Michael L. Cooper and Cee's Stable.

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[edit] Pedigree

Tiznow, bred by the late Cecelia Straub Rubens, is out of the Seattle Song mare Cee's Song. His sire is Cee's Tizzy. He was trained by Jay Robbins and ridden by Chris McCarron.

[edit] Racing

Tiznow was noted for his toughness on the dirt. In fifteen starts, Tiznow won 8 times, placed 4 times, and came in third twice. Over his career he won $6,427,830.

At 3, he won the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), beating Irish champion Giant's Causeway, Kentucky Derby winner, Fusaichi Pegasus, and Lemon Drop Kid. He also won the Super Derby (G1), Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2), Affirmed Handicap (G3), and was second in the Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) and Swaps Stakes (G1).

When he was 4, he again won the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), beating Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sakhee. He also won the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), the San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes (G2), placed in the Strub Stakes (G2), and was third in the Woodward Stakes (G1) and the Goodwood Breeders' Cup (G2).

[edit] At stud

At stud his fee is relatively low in 2008 ($30,000 for a live foal) as his pedigree is unusual for a great horse; he is one of the few modern thoroughbreds whose sire line does not end at the Darley Arabian, ending instead at the Godolphin Arabian. (However, his full brother Budroyale also came second in the Breeders' Cup Classic.) Tiznow nonetheless has made a reasonably promising start to his career as a stallion. As a freshman sire, Tiznow sired 2005 Eclipse Award champion juvenile filly Folklore, who won the 2005 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Tiznow is the sire of 2008 Belmont Stakes champion Da'Tara. The bay colt scored a gate-to-wire upset over Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, who was eased in the stretch and finished last.

Tiznow is also the sire of undefeated two-year-old colt Tiz Wonderful, winner of the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs in Stakes Record Time, and the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs. Tiz Wonderful was the only 2-year-old in the country to have posted a Beyer speed figure of 97 or better three times in 2006, and he did it in his only 3 starts.

Other top performers include Tough Tiz’s Sis, Da'Tara, Slew's Tizzy, Colonel John, Miss Tizzynow, Liquidity, Sweet Sugaree, Outrageous Limit, Bear Now, Tizthen, Sure Why Not, Tis a Man, etc.

In 2006, Champion sire Tiznow's 2-year-olds sold for $350,000-500,000. His yearlings sold for $200,000-300,000. Mares in foal sold for $300,000-1,600,000.

Tiznow is the #1 First-crop covering sire and #1 first-crop weanling sire.

Tiznow stands at Winstar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. [1]

[edit] Pedigree

Pedigree of Tiznow
Sire
Cee's Tizzy
1987		 Relaunch
1976		 In Reality Intentionally
My Dear Girl
Foggy Note The Axe
Silver Song
Tizly
1981		 Lyphard Northern Dancer
Goofed
Tizna Trevieres
Noris
Dam
Cee's Song
1986		 Seattle Song
1981		 Seattle Slew Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
Incantation Prince Blessed
Magic Spell
Lonely Dancer
1975		 Nice Dancer Northern Dancer
Nice Princess
Sleep Lonely Pia Star
Sulenan (F-No.26)

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