• Tale Of The Cat
  • Tale Of The Cat
  • Tale Of The Cat
Tale Of The Cat

America

Tale Of The Cat

Bay 1994 15.3½ hh
Storm Cat - Yarn
Distance won over: 7f. to 8.5f.


Champion 2-y-o sire in U.S.A. in 2003 & Champion Freshman sire in New Zealand in 2002/03. Sire of Lion Heart - the only colt of his generation to win G1 races at 2 & 3 years. Other top performers include G1 winners My Trusty Cat and Tale of Ekati, Gr.2 winners Be Gentle, Spellbinder, Whoopi Cat, Gr.3 winners Artemus Sunrise, Catboat, Feline Story, Catcominatcha etc. 

Fee for 2009: $30,000

Tale Of The Cat has a stakes winner out of a mare by TIME FOR A CHANGE, Gr.1 winner My Trusty Cat is out of a PRIVATE ACCOUNT mare and a DAMASCUS mare is the second dam of the Gr.1-placed Resplendency.

Tale Of The Cat’s Gr.1 winner Tale of Ekati is inbred 4 x 4 to NORTHERN DANCER and 3 x 4 to MR. PROSPECTOR.

Mares by AFFIRMED already have bred stakes winner by Tale Of The Cat, his 2008 Gr.2 winner Gio Ponti is out of an ALYDAR mare. In addition to the Gr.1 winner Tale of Ekati, Gr.2 winner Spellbinder, Gr.3 winner Catboat and several of his other stakes winners are inbred to MR. PROSPECTOR. Spellbinder is out of a mare by Fappiano’s son QUIET AMERICAN and the talented Meal Penalty out of an UNBRIDLED’S SONG mare.

Tale Of The Cat is doing very well with the HAIL TO REASON line. Tale of Ekati is from a mare by HALO’s top son SUNDAY SILENCE and leading 2008 French juvenile Naval Officer is out of a daughter of RED RANSOM to mention just two. Interestingly his ­top son Lion Heart is out of a mare inbred 2 x 4 to HAIL TO REASON.

Tale Of The Cat has a Gr.2-placed juvenile out of an A.P. INDY mare. His Graded winners Be Gentle and Ashley’s Kitty are inbred to Bold Ruler’s son SECRETARIAT.

The RIBOT line has worked through Key To The Mint’s son JAVA GOLD siring the dam of the Gr.1-placed Resplendency and PLEASANT COLONY is already broodmare sire of three of Tale Of The Cat’s stakes performers, including the Gr.1-placed Galantas, while Gr.3 winner Naval Officer has HIS MAJESTY as the sire of his second dam.