Hold That Tiger (horse)

Hold That Tiger
Racing silks of Michael Tabor
Sire	Storm Cat
Grandsire	Storm Bird
Dam	Beware of the Cat
Damsire	Caveat
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	25 February 2000
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Ten Broek Farm
Owner	Michael Tabor
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	10: 3-1-1
Earnings	₤409,859
Major wins
Railway Stakes (2002) Grand Critérium (2002)
Awards
European Champion Two-Year-Old (2002)
Last updated on June 21, 2007

Hold That Tiger (foaled 25 February 2000) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in the United States and trained in Ireland. He is best known for winning the 2002 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère and being named European Champion Two-Year-Old at the Cartier Racing Awards.

Hold That Tiger, is a dark-coated "liver" chestnut, bred in Kentucky by Ten Broeck Farm Inc. He was sired by the two-time American Champion sire Storm Cat out of Beware of the Cat, making him a half-brother to the Belmont Stakes winner Editor's Note and a close relative of the Hopeful Stakes winner Hennessy. He was sent as a weanling to the Keeneland November Sale where he was sold for $1,100,000 to the Irish bloodstock agent Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne, acting on behalf of Michael Tabor. He was sent to Ireland and went into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle.

Hold That Tiger began his career in June 2002 by winning a maiden race at Leopardstown by two lengths as 6-4 favourite. He was immediately moved up to Group race class in the Railway Stakes at the Curragh two weeks later, where he defeated the Coventry Stakes runner-up Pakhoes by a neck. Immediately after the race he was offered at odds of 14-1 for the following year's 2000 Guineas.

In August there was an outbreak of coughing amongst the Ballydoyle horses, but Hold That Tiger was nevertheless made 11-10 favourite for the Group One Phoenix Stakes, only to finish last of the nine runners, showing clear signs of "respiratory distress". He took time to recover and did not reappear for almost two months.