Tiznow

Tiznow
Tiznow standing at Winstar Farms, Kentucky
Sire	Cee's Tizzy
Grandsire	Relaunch
Dam	Cee's Song
Damsire	Seattle Song
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1997
Country	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 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)
Awards
American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (2000) California Horse of the Year (2000, 2001) American Horse of the Year (2000) NTRA "Moment of the Year" (2000, 2001) American Champion Older Male Horse (2001)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (2009) Tiznow Stakes at Hollywood Park Tiznow Handicap at Louisiana Downs
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)

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

Pedigree

Tiznow, bred by the late Cecilia Straub Rubens, is out of the Seattle Song mare Cee's Song. His sire is Cee's Tizzy. A full brother, Budroyale, also finished second in the Breeders' Cup Classic. He was trained by Jay Robbins and ridden by Chris McCarron.

Racing

Tiznow was noted for his toughness on the dirt. In fifteen starts, he 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), and 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) and 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).

Tiznow is the only racehorse to date to have won the Breeders' Cup Classic twice. He was inducted into racing's Hall of Fame in 2009.

At stud

At stud, his fee was relatively low in 2008 ($75,000 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. Tiznow is a direct male line descendant of Man o' War whose sire line ends instead at the Godolphin Arabian. He 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. He is also the sire of Well Armed, the winner of the 2009 Dubai World Cup.

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

Peppers Pride, the undefeated winner of 19 consecutive races and the 2007 and 2008 New Mexican champion, was bred to Tiznow and was in foal as of May 2009.

Horsemen ranked Tiznow in 2009 among the top seven stallions then at stud. The order was A.P. Indy (b.1989), Distorted Humor (b.1993), Smart Strike (b.1992), Dynaformer (b.1985), Awesome Again (b.1994), and finally the "to be pensioned" stallion Dixieland Band.^{[citation needed]}

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)

References

• Tiznow's pedigree and racing stats
• Tiznow: Three-year-old Male of the Year
• WinStar Farm
• NTRA bio of WinStar Farm
• Thoroughbred Times
• BBC News
• America's Champion Three-Year-Old Males
• TB Times Stallion Registry Tiznow