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Michael Tabor's Hold That Tiger will not run in the Castlemartin & La Louviere Studs Gladness Stakes (Gr. III) at The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland on April 6, 2003 and is now likely to go directly to Newmarket, England for the English 2,000 Guineas (Gr. I) on May 3, the same day as the 129th running of the Kentucky Derby (GI) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
"We are not going to run Hold That Tiger on Sunday and instead he will work after racing," trainer Aidan O'Brien told England's Racing Post on Thursday, Apr. 3. "We would like to have run him this weekend but to carry a Group I penalty against older horses is very difficult and it can leave its mark. It might not be fair to ask Hold That Tiger to do so and we are probably going to run Marino Marini in the race."
When asked by the Racing Post if Hold That Tiger would run again before the 2,000 Guineas, the trainer replied "he probably won't".
O'Brien also made reference to the plight of past Ballydoyle 3-year-olds facing older rivals in the Gladness, as Johannesburg lost the race last year by a short head and Desert King, Chateau Royal, Perigee Moon and Black Rock Desert were also defeated in the race. Giant's Causeway, who won the 2000 renewal of the race, has been O'Brien's only Gladness winner.
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Hold That Tiger News: Breeders' Cup Quotes |
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Won the Group III Railway Stakes at the Curragh in his second career start
Demonstrated an explosive late turn of foot to win the Group I Grand Criterium at Longchamp
Finished third, beaten five lengths by Vindication, in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Was named the Cartier Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in England
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Pedigree Analysis By: John Gaver III |
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Born: February 25, 2000
Dosage Index: 3.67
Chestnut colt fetched a healthy $1.1 million as a yearling at Keeneland in November of 2000, as he's by sire-of-sire's Storm Cat out of the fine race mare Beware of the Cat and is a half-brother to Belmont Stakes winner and millionaire Editor's Note and is very closely bred to the graded stakes winner Hennessy, who was ranked 23 at the end of 2002 on the list of stallions ranked by International earnings, and stands stud duty at Coolmore's Kentucky division in Versailles. Hold That Tiger's dam, who is by 1983 Belmont Stakes winner Caveat, also has the stakes winners Catnip, Elaflaak, Catfriend and the stakes-placed competitors Forth Nine Hearts and Bold Truth. Sire of sires Storm Cat is the sire of champions Giant's Causeway, Mistle Cat, Catrail, Munaaji, Silken Cat and Cat Thief, among others. As a broodmare sire, Caveat to date has 132 producing daughters and 19 stakes winner's including the main tracks stayers Editor's Note and Cavonnier and the additional stakes winners Two Item Limit, Lodge Hill, Foolish Pole, Silent Emotion, Act Smart, Catnip and Recording.
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