Tourist (horse)
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Tourist after winning the 2016 Breeders' Cup Mile
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| Sire | Tiznow |
| Grandsire | Cee's Tizzy |
| Dam | Unbridled Melody |
| Damsire | Unbridled's Song |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 10, 2011 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | WinStar Farm |
| Owner | WinStar Farm, Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber |
| Trainer | William I. Mott |
| Record | 18: 6-3-4 |
| Earnings | $2,170,340 |
| Major wins | |
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Sir Cat Stakes (2014) Breeders' Cup Mile (2016) |
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Sir Cat Stakes (2014)
More Than Ready Mile Stakes (2015)
Fourstardave Handicap (2016)
Tourist (foaled April 10, 2011 in Kentucky) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2016 Breeders' Cup Mile. He raced unsuccessfully on dirt before switching to turf, where he quickly established himself as a stakes caliber horse. In addition to the Breeders' Cup Mile, he won the More Than Ready Mile Stakes and the Fourstardave Handicap, and over $2 million in earnings.
Tourist is a dark bay horse with a broad white blaze on his forehead. Bred by WinStar Farm, he was sired by Tiznow, who is one of their most influential stallions. Tiznow was a late developing horse who won back-to-back Breeders' Cup Classics, and is known for siring offspring that also tend to develop later in their career and are best at a distance of a mile and up. Tiznow is the most important modern descendant of Man o' War in the direct mail line – the sire line traces back to the Godolphin Arabian.
Tourist's dam, Unbridled Melody by Unbridled's Song, comes from a strong female family that has produced multiple stakes winners in recent generations. Unbridled Melody produced five named foals, four of them stakes winners.
Tourist has been described as "a terrific blend of Tiznow's size and strength, with Unbridled's Song's quality and balance." He raced for WinStar Farm in partnership with Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable. He was trained by Hall of Fame member William (Bill) Mott.
Tourist raced three times as a two-year-old, with his best finish being a second place finish in a maiden special weight at Aqueduct on December 1, 2013. All three starts were on the dirt.
Tourist started his three-year-old campaign with another loss, this time a fourth place finish at Aqueduct on January 10, 2014, again on the dirt. On February 8 at Gulfstream Park, he finally won for the first time in a maiden special weight race at 1 1⁄16 miles on the turf. He sat just off the early pace then inched his way to the lead, completing the race in a good time of 1:40.40. He followed this up with an allowance race win on June 8 at Belmont Park, winning in wire-to-wire fashion by over five lengths.
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