Cougar II
| Cougar | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Tale of Two Cities |
| Grandsire | Tehran |
| Dam | Cindy Lou |
| Damsire | Madara |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1966 |
| Country | Chile |
| Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
| Breeder | Haras General Cruz |
| Owner | Mary F. Jones |
| Trainer | Charlie Whittingham |
| Record | 50: 20-7-17 |
| Earnings | $1,162,725 |
| Major wins | |
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Cabrillo Handicap (1970) Clasico Municipal de Vina Del Mar (1970) Escondido Handicap (1970) Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap (1971) Oak Tree Invitational Stakes (1971, 1972) Californian Handicap (1971, 1972)) San Gabriel Handicap (1971) San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1971) Carleton F. Burke Handicap (1972) Century Handicap (1972, 1973) San Marcos Stakes (1972) Santa Anita Handicap (1973) Sunset Handicap (1973) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Male Turf Horse (1972) | |
| Honours | |
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U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (2006) Cougar II Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack |
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Cougar (1966–1989) was a Chilean Thoroughbred racehorse who also competed in the United States, where he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Cougar was noted for his late running style and versatility, winning major stakes races on both dirt and turf. After his relocation from Chile to the United States he was usually referred to as Cougar II
Cougar was sired by Tale of Two Cities, a son of Tehran, winner of the 1944 St. Leger Stakes and the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland. Muscular and with a long tail that touched the ground, uncommon for most horses of this time.
Cougar raced in the late 1960s in Chile and was brought to the United States in 1970. Cougar lost his first two U.S. starts but then won a race on the dirt followed by one on the turf. On future Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Whittingham's advice, Mary F. Jones, later known as Mary Jones Bradley, then purchased the horse from Joe Hernandez for $125,000.
Conditioned by Whittingham, Cougar scored his first stakes win in the 1970 Escondido Handicap. In 1971, he won the San Juan Capistrano Handicap on grass over turf star Fort Marcy and defeated him again later in the season in the Ford Pinto Invitational Turf Handicap. In 1972, he won the Century Handicap, Oak Tree Invitational Stakes, and Carlton F. Burke Handicap en route to receiving the 1972 Eclipse Award as American Champion Male Turf Horse.
In 1973, Cougar won the Santa Anita Handicap on dirt after finishing second in that race the two previous years. He retired at the end of the season with over $1 million in earnings, making him the first foreign-bred horse to achieve that milestone in the U.S.
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