Tabasco Cat
| Tabasco Cat | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Storm Cat |
| Grandsire | Storm Bird |
| Dam | Barbicue Sauce |
| Damsire | Sauce Boat |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1991 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Overbrook Farm & David P. Reynolds |
| Owner | Overbrook Farm |
| Trainer | D. Wayne Lukas |
| Record | 18: 8-3-2 |
| Earnings | $2,347,671 |
| Major wins | |
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San Rafael Stakes (1994) Preakness Stakes (1994) Belmont Stakes (1994) |
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| Last updated on June 13, 2007 | |
San Rafael Stakes (1994)
El Camino Real Derby (1994)
Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (1994)
Tabasco Cat (April 15, 1991 – March 6, 2004) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was best known for his performances in 1994 when he won the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, the second and third legs of the Triple Crown Series.
A son of Storm Cat, who in 2006 became the world's most expensive stallion, Tabasco Cat was out of the mare Barbicue Sauce. He was bred on a foal share partnership between Overbrook Farm owner William T. Young and Reynolds Metals Chairman David P. Reynolds. He was trained by D. Wayne Lukas and ridden by jockey Pat Day.
Tabasco Cat's most important win as a 2-year-old came in the Fort Springs Stakes at Keeneland Race Course. In his last race of 1993, the colt finished third to winner Brocco in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
In December 1993, Tabasco Cat seriously injured Jeff Lukas, who worked for his father as an assistant trainer. In a shedrow accident at Santa Anita Park, the colt broke loose and when Jeff Lukas tried to stop him, the excited horse slammed into him with such force that it fractured his skull and left him in a coma for several weeks. Jeff Lukas suffered permanent brain damage; he had changes in personality, vision loss, and damage to his memory. By spring of 1994, he had recovered enough that he attempted to return to horse racing, but after a series of less-demanding jobs ending in 2003, it was clear he could not work safely around race horses. He also tried living and working near horse farms, but his disabilities were too severe for him to be safe around horses at all. He ultimately moved to Atoka, Oklahoma in 2007 to work for David Burrage, who had been the accountant and general manager for Lukas Racing Stables. By that time, Burrage was a banker and owned the First Bank in Atoka, which employed Lukas, who lived a quiet life until his death at age 58 in March 2016.
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