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The Tatling
The Tatling, (23 April 1997 – April 2017) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter, he was noted for his exceptional durability contesting 176 races over thirteen seasons between 1999 and 2011. During his racing career he had at least three different trainers, six owners, and thirty-six jockeys. He retired having won eighteen races and being placed on fifty-three other occasions.
After winning twice as a juvenile he did not record another success until the age of five in 2002 when he won three minor races. He emerged as a top-class sprinter in the following year when he won the Sprint Stakes and the King George Stakes and reached his peak as a seven-year-old in 2004 when he won the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot and the World Trophy. He won a second World Trophy in 2005 but was never a threat at the highest level thereafter. He continued to race until the age of fourteen, winning eight more races and ending his career by taking a minor sprint handicap under joined top-weight from a wide stall on 12 December 2011. He was retired from racing and died in 2017 at the age of 20.
The Tatling was a dark bay or brown gelding with a small white star bred in Ireland by Patrick J Power. His sire Perugino, a half-brother of Sadler's Wells, was retired to stud after winning a maiden race on his only start in 1993. His other progeny have included It's Gino (third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Sudurka (Oakleigh Plate) and Testa Rossa (Emirates Stakes). The Tatling's dam Aunty Eileen made little impact as a racehorse but was a half-sister of the Duke of York Stakes winner Lugana Beach. She was also a granddaughter of Amazer who was the dam of Mtoto and the female-line ancestor of Blue Canari.
In September 1998 The Tatling was offered for sale for the first time when the yearling was consigned to the Tattersalls Ireland sale at Fairyhouse and was bought for 54,000 Irish guineas by Bullard Bloodstock. The colt entered the ownership of "Messrs McGee" and was sent into training with Michael Bell at Newmarket, Suffolk.
As a two-year-old The Tatling was beaten in his first three starts before winning a maiden race over five furlongs at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on 14 July. In August he won at Brighton Racecourse and finished second in a valuable sales race in Ireland. On his final start of the year he produced his best performance of the season when he started a 25/1 outsider for the Group Three Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot Racecourse and finished second of the thirteen runners behind the Michael Jarvis-trained Kier Park.
The Tatling raced only four times as a three-year-old and failed to win. He was campaigned without success in major sprint races, finishing unplaced in the Palace House Stakes, the Achilles Stakes and the King's Stand Stakes. He was even less active in 2001, failing to win in three starts. In July of that year he was offered for sale at Tattersalls and bought for 11,000 guineas by the trainer David Nicholls and entered the ownership of The Gardening Partnership.
By the time he reappeared as a five-year-old in 2002, The Tatling had been gelded. In that year he raced fifteen times, competing mainly in handicap races. In the summer he passed into the ownership of the Dab Hand partnership (David Pearson and Alan Pirie) and was transferred to the stable of Milton Bradley in Gloucestershire. Bradley had acquired the horse for £15,000 after he ran in a claiming race at (Folkestone). He recorded his first success since his juvenile season when he won a claiming race at Catterick Racecourse in July and went on to win handicaps at Sandown in August and York in October as well as finishing second as a 33/1 outsider in the Ayr Gold Cup.
In 2003 The Tatling failed to win in his first six races: he did finish first in a handicap at Newmarket Racecourse in May but was disqualified for hampering the runner-up. On 5 July the gelding was stepped up in class for the Listed Sprint Stakes at Sandown in which he was ridden by Darryll Holland and started the 7/2 favourite against twelve opponents. He took the lead in the last 100 yards and won by a head from his stablemate Bali Royal. The next three places were filled by Vision of Night (winner of the Goldene Peitsche), Bahamian Pirate and The Trader (World Trophy). He then finished third to Somnus in the Hackwood Stakes before contesting the Group Three King George Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse on 31 July. With Holland again in the saddle he started 11/4 favourite ahead of the Italian sprinter Slap Shot, Bishops Court (Prix du Petit Couvert), Bahamian Pirate and Smokin Beau (Portland Handicap). After struggling to obtain a clear run, he was switched to the outside and produced a strong late run to take the lead in the final stride and won by a neck from the 16/1 outsider Dragon Flyer.
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The Tatling
The Tatling, (23 April 1997 – April 2017) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter, he was noted for his exceptional durability contesting 176 races over thirteen seasons between 1999 and 2011. During his racing career he had at least three different trainers, six owners, and thirty-six jockeys. He retired having won eighteen races and being placed on fifty-three other occasions.
After winning twice as a juvenile he did not record another success until the age of five in 2002 when he won three minor races. He emerged as a top-class sprinter in the following year when he won the Sprint Stakes and the King George Stakes and reached his peak as a seven-year-old in 2004 when he won the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot and the World Trophy. He won a second World Trophy in 2005 but was never a threat at the highest level thereafter. He continued to race until the age of fourteen, winning eight more races and ending his career by taking a minor sprint handicap under joined top-weight from a wide stall on 12 December 2011. He was retired from racing and died in 2017 at the age of 20.
The Tatling was a dark bay or brown gelding with a small white star bred in Ireland by Patrick J Power. His sire Perugino, a half-brother of Sadler's Wells, was retired to stud after winning a maiden race on his only start in 1993. His other progeny have included It's Gino (third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Sudurka (Oakleigh Plate) and Testa Rossa (Emirates Stakes). The Tatling's dam Aunty Eileen made little impact as a racehorse but was a half-sister of the Duke of York Stakes winner Lugana Beach. She was also a granddaughter of Amazer who was the dam of Mtoto and the female-line ancestor of Blue Canari.
In September 1998 The Tatling was offered for sale for the first time when the yearling was consigned to the Tattersalls Ireland sale at Fairyhouse and was bought for 54,000 Irish guineas by Bullard Bloodstock. The colt entered the ownership of "Messrs McGee" and was sent into training with Michael Bell at Newmarket, Suffolk.
As a two-year-old The Tatling was beaten in his first three starts before winning a maiden race over five furlongs at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on 14 July. In August he won at Brighton Racecourse and finished second in a valuable sales race in Ireland. On his final start of the year he produced his best performance of the season when he started a 25/1 outsider for the Group Three Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot Racecourse and finished second of the thirteen runners behind the Michael Jarvis-trained Kier Park.
The Tatling raced only four times as a three-year-old and failed to win. He was campaigned without success in major sprint races, finishing unplaced in the Palace House Stakes, the Achilles Stakes and the King's Stand Stakes. He was even less active in 2001, failing to win in three starts. In July of that year he was offered for sale at Tattersalls and bought for 11,000 guineas by the trainer David Nicholls and entered the ownership of The Gardening Partnership.
By the time he reappeared as a five-year-old in 2002, The Tatling had been gelded. In that year he raced fifteen times, competing mainly in handicap races. In the summer he passed into the ownership of the Dab Hand partnership (David Pearson and Alan Pirie) and was transferred to the stable of Milton Bradley in Gloucestershire. Bradley had acquired the horse for £15,000 after he ran in a claiming race at (Folkestone). He recorded his first success since his juvenile season when he won a claiming race at Catterick Racecourse in July and went on to win handicaps at Sandown in August and York in October as well as finishing second as a 33/1 outsider in the Ayr Gold Cup.
In 2003 The Tatling failed to win in his first six races: he did finish first in a handicap at Newmarket Racecourse in May but was disqualified for hampering the runner-up. On 5 July the gelding was stepped up in class for the Listed Sprint Stakes at Sandown in which he was ridden by Darryll Holland and started the 7/2 favourite against twelve opponents. He took the lead in the last 100 yards and won by a head from his stablemate Bali Royal. The next three places were filled by Vision of Night (winner of the Goldene Peitsche), Bahamian Pirate and The Trader (World Trophy). He then finished third to Somnus in the Hackwood Stakes before contesting the Group Three King George Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse on 31 July. With Holland again in the saddle he started 11/4 favourite ahead of the Italian sprinter Slap Shot, Bishops Court (Prix du Petit Couvert), Bahamian Pirate and Smokin Beau (Portland Handicap). After struggling to obtain a clear run, he was switched to the outside and produced a strong late run to take the lead in the final stride and won by a neck from the 16/1 outsider Dragon Flyer.