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Sire Secretariat Secretariat (horse) Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes —records that still stand today.Secretariat was sired by Bold...

Grandsire Bold Ruler Bold Ruler Bold Ruler was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse.Bred by the Wheatley Stable of Gladys Mills Phipps, Bold Ruler was foaled on April 6, 1954 at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky to Nasrullah and Miss Disco by Discovery...

Dam Devon Diva

Broodmare Sire The Minstrel The Minstrel The Minstrel was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse in Great Britain and Ireland. His performances led to him becoming the Horse of the Year in the United Kingdom, Horse of the Year in Ireland and being inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.Foaled at E.P...

Sex Stallion

Foaled 1990

Country USA

Colour Chestnut

Breeder Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared...

Owner Culpepper Stock Company

Trainer Bobby Frankel Bobby Frankel Robert Julian Frankel was an American thoroughbred race horse trainer whom ESPN called "one of the most successful and respected trainers in the history of thoroughbred racing." He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1995, and was a five-time winner of the Eclipse...

Jockey Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...

Record 27: 7-6-4

Earnings $1,847,734

Major Wins Pacific Classic Pacific Classic Stakes The Pacific Classic Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for runners aged 3-year-old or up run at the classic American distance of a mile and a quarter...  (G1) (1994,1995), Californian Californian Stakes The Californian Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade II event is open to horses age three and up willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt...  (G1)(1996)

Tinners Way is an American Thoroughbred sired by 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat and out of Devon Diva, whose sire was The Minstrel. Born in 1990 to Secretariat's final crop, he was his sire's last graded-stakes-winning colt. His career spanned multiple countries, tracks and surfaces. He began running on European turf in 1992 and concluded three and a half seasons later with wins and strong performances against top-rated fields on American dirt courses. His earnings exceeded $1.8 million, which established him, along with Risen Star

Risen Star

Risen Star, , was a champion thoroughbred race horse.The dark bay colt was the son of the great Triple Crown winner Secretariat out of the mare Ribbon. Bred by Arthur B. Hancock III and Leone J. Peters, Risen Star was bought by Louisianans Ronnie Lamarque and Louie Roussel III at the 1987 Calder...

, Lady's Secret

Lady's Secret

Lady's Secret was an American Eclipse Award winning Thoroughbred racemare that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.-Breeding and background:...

, and others, as one of his sire's top performers. Tinners Way won the G1 Pacific Classic in 1994 and 1995.

Career highlights

Bred by and running for Juddmonte Farms, Tinners Way began his career with a 7-furlong maiden win on British turf at Doncaster in his first and only race in 1992. In 1993, on turf courses in England, France and the United States, Tinners Way ran four times. He captured two stakes wins and two shows in graded races. In 1994, he remained in the United States, competing in California for 8 starts and at New York's Belmont Park for an additional two. Now under the training of Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, he began the season on dirt courses. Of these six races, he ended up with 2 firsts, 3 seconds and one third. He also recorded a place in Santa Anita’s G3 Arcadia Handicap, his only turf competition for the year. All but two of these races were graded stakes, including his first victory in the G1 10-furlong Pacific Classic at Del Mar, where he defeated future Hall of Fame runner Best Pal

Best Pal

Best Pal was an American Hall of Fame champion racehorse, who to this day holds the record for purses of any California-bred racehorse, earning his owners, the Golden Eagle Farm, US$5.6 million over his lifetime.A descendant of Princequillo on both his sire's and dam's line, Best Pal won the first...

. In 1995 he ran 6 times, 5 of which were on dirt courses. That season, Tinners Way secured a record consecutive win in the Pacific Classic, where he bested 1994's Breeder's Cup Classic champion Concern

Concern (horse)

Concern is a multi-millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by top stallion Broad Brush, who in turn was a son of Ack Ack. His dam was Fara's Team. Concern was best known for his wins in the 1994 Breeders' Cup Classic and the grade two Arkansas Derby. Born at owner Robert...

. He earned 2 places, including a second to Cigar

Cigar (horse)

Cigar , is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1995 and 1996 became the first American racehorse racing against top-class competition to win 16 consecutive races since the Triple Crown winner, Citation did so in 1948 and 1950...

 in the G1 10-furlong Hollywood Gold Cup, and one show. His only turf competition for the year came in the G1 Arlington Million at Arlington Park, where he finished 4 1/4 lengths behind the winner, Awad.

The 1996 slate opened with a win over Santa Anita Handicap

Santa Anita Handicap

The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up , and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during the winter racing season...

 victor Mr. Purple in the G1 9-furlong Californian at Hollywood Park. This victory was followed by a loss in his second try in the Hollywood Gold Cup. In his next race, his third running of the Pacific Classic, Tinners Way was pulled up early and exited the contest with an injury. He never competed again. For the season, he ran three times and won one race.

In all, Tinners Way finished in the top three in 17 of 27 starts. He had 7 firsts, 6 seconds and 4 thirds. He captured major wins (G1) in the Pacific Classic (two consecutive victories) and the Californian, and stakes wins in the Golden Gate Fields Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap at 1 1/16 miles carrying high weight, the City of York Stakes (England, turf, 1993) and the Milcars Temple Fortune Stakes (England, turf, 1993). He finished second in the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), the Arcadia Handicap on turf (G3), the Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (G2), the Bel Air Handicap (G2), and the Goodwood Handicap (G2). He was third in the San Bernadino Handicap (G2), the Californian (G1), the Singer and Friedlander Greenham Stakes (turf G3) in England, and the Prix de la Foret (turf G1), where he carried 136 pounds on the Longchamp course in France¹. He equaled track records in his first Pacific Classic victory and his second running of the Californian.

Tinners Way was boarded by Hall of Fame inductees Ed Delahoussaye, his most successful rider, and Pat Day

Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

 and Kent Desormeaux

Kent Desormeaux

Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...

, who led Real Quiet's and Big Brown's Triple Crown efforts in 1998 and in 2008.

Tinners Way's final earnings amounted to $1,847,734.

Retirement

Tinners Way assumed stallion duties at Vinery, Kentucky in 1996. In 2000, he was sold to the Harris Farm operation in California, where he stood for three years. He was then relocated to the Key Ranch enterprise in Texas, where in 2010 he completed his stallion career. His progeny includes blacktype winners and competitors Tin Man Commin, Riverruns Thruit, and Only One Way.

As of September 13, 2010, Tinners Way was retired to Old Friends at Dream Chase Farm in Georgetown, KY.