I love Tiznow. He was his own horse for sure. I watch his Breeders Cup wins and his documentary quite often. Still exciting all these years later.

Gambling addicts crying. 😆😆

Tiznow is my horses grandpa! I just found this out so I’m loading up on research

I had Tiznow a year earlier when he won the 2000 Classic. Sahkee actually did more in this race trying to become the first horse to pull off the Arc-Breeders' Cup double than Tiznow did in winning it.

I was at Belmont for that. Crowd would have been bigger except there was an Anthrax scare at that time that caused many who planned to fly to New York for that BC to cancel because it was not known at the time if Anthrax was done by terrorists or others (it turned out to be some lonely type who did that).

Hell yea!

2000 breeders was up there as well

BC stretch runs? Why put this race in that box? Tiznow, American, Sakhee, Godolphin and from the Middle East, whose expats destroyed two of America’s prized buildings and killed thousands of Americans a couple months before and the race was in the shadow of the fallen towers at Belmont? Tiznow was dead beat and found something from somewhere to get back up at the wire. This is the greatest stretch run in horse race history where irony and patriotism and competition and redemption all come together.

“Gutsiest move I ever saw, Mav”

+thevmanvj A thrilling race there.

Good evening Mister themanvj. You and I have some points in common. We like both Indianapolis 500 and Horse Racing. What a finish for a Breeder´s Cup Classic! Tiznow is one of the best thouroughbred horses of all time. Greetings from Venezuela.

He won because McCarron got him to finally switch leads inside the 1/16th pole. He'd been on his right lead all the way around the second turn and through the stretch. The instant he changed leads to his left foot he ducked in towards the rail and McCarron hand rode him from there to the wire. That lead change permitted him to put in one final burst to win.

He won on his right lead. He switched from left to right just after the turn (about 1:50) and stayed on his right til after the wire. It looks like McCarron just shook his stick at him a bit and he took off.

I wonder, where can I buy a copy of that photo? Nothing on Ebay...

Sammy2784 agree

I love your comment. My wife and I love Zenyatta and she knows horse racing thru that beautiful Mare and her great career but just today, I told her all about Tiznow and the backstory behind this race and she had tears in her eye’s when Durban yells “ Tiznow wins it for America!”. She has another favorite horse. Tiznow was so game that was behind and between two horses late down the stretch, he came back on, accelerated in a way that looks unbelievable... watching this brought me back.

@@davemcclung5972 Thanks, Dave. I am still in my 70s, still around, and still love horse racing. I often watch the Tiznow Breeder's Cup wins, many of Zenyatta's races, and another great one -- Mine That Bird in the 2009 Ky Derby, where the announcer does not even see him until he is 6 lengths in front!

Sammy2784 - My wife and I lived behind DelMar for about 5 years... so lucky those included the great ZENYATTA. We were able to see some of her greatest wins and while there is no call better than the call in her Classic win by Trevor Denman “one we will NEVER FORGET...”!! I must say that this is a close second - for the story, when and where it happened, hard to beat “He wins one for America!,,”

2009 Derby was great too... and I always loved the story of Monarchos, 2000 Kentucky Derby winner.

Wolfeson28 Well said I saw Tiznow at WinStar in 2007 and he came right to the fence and wanted attention. I was in awe. A big beautiful horse with such presence! I wanted to pet him but visitors are explicitly told NOT to try and pet stallions. While I understand this rule I do think Tiznow would have loved it! He stayed at the fence looking longingly as I walked away. He had such a personality!

@@valerieteti1755 I just met him last week, still sweet! For him to come back after those fractures as well as this race....wow!

I've said winning the breeders cup classic back to back is the equivalent of winning the tripple crown

And Zenyatta LOSS actually showed her true greatness. She did more in losing the 2010 classic to Blame than she did in any of her wins. Same here with Sahkee. As great as Tiznow was, Sahkee, trying to be the first horse to pull off the Arc-Breeders' Cup Double (which has been only done ONCE by Enable in 2018) actually showed more in this race trying dirt for the first time. I had Tiznow a year earlier in the 2000 Classic.

I agree with that!! everyone talks about how hard it is to win the triple crown, but to me, I think it's harder to win the Breeders Cup because they race against the best horses, and age doesn't matter!!

I just commented the same. ATG ran a huge race! Set fractions and repulsed everyone till late.

Forgetting 98

It’s as if he heard the crowd cheer and he had another gear. One of my favorite horses of all time. All heart and grit

89 classic also

Agreed

There’s no ‘right’ opinion here. But my favorite is still his 1987 Classic call

@@jimcunningham61 oh will sunday silence ans esay Gore best one

Yes

I bet Tiznow because of a dream I had shortly before this race. In it Tiznow was an easy winner, and Jerry Bailey was riding him. Well, Bailey wasn't riding him, and the win was anything but easy, but my $50.00 win bet got me back almost $400.00! You're right...it was an epic call.

I hit Tiz trifecta's was a great day was at Santa Anita then went to Los Al and won another $600 Total $2000

I agree - as much as I was disappointed that Sakhee got beat. This finish lives long in the memory.

except that one time he drew his weapon when he needed that burst. McCarron said he was desperate and Tiznow responded like he never did before. He hit Tiznow right at the 1/16th pole and it propelled him to the line.

I traveled to Kentucky and went to see Tiznow. They brought him out of his stall, he was massive, this was 2007. He was such a monster of a horse.

+Patriot751 i always go back and forth between 2000 and 2001 Classic's but they never get old

I was there too. I travelled from Scotland expecting Sakhee to do it because he had just won the Arc in testing conditions but Tiznow showed amazing grit to do it for a second time. I was gutted at the time but came to admire the fight in Tiznow. You have to admire how they both ran their hearts out - great animals. Hopefully it will live longer in the memory even now we are in such testing times with COVID-19.

There.

I was there too, all the way from Scotland and I was backing Sakhee. Tiznow proved how tough he was because Sakhee was a tough animal and looked like he had Tiznow beaten so for him to come back the way he did just elevated him to greatness. This is the best finish I've witnessed - it's thrilling to watch it again!

@@jimreynolds2399 It was all guts, both horses just laid it down, just an amazing race. I had a $100;win ticket, it made my day.

Couldn't agree more , maybe even more impressive

Not even close to being the same as winning Triple Crown.

​@@christopherhoffman2515Sure it is because in at least the two races Tiznow ran in 2000 and 2001, look at the Euro greats he beat -- Giants Causeway, Sakhee, and Galileo. He raced against top class horses which isn't always true in the triple crowns races. Tiz was aces! ❤❤

True but alysheba came close

Tied for best call ever. Remember "This. Is. Un. Be. Lievable!"

luv

yep

+Joseph Weil That's what I was just thinking!

Yes

Yup, Galileo is one of the best sires ever

Tiznow, true dirt warrior but also sakhee was brilliant his only ever race on dirt.

@@kevinharrison5651 Not true. Sakhee ran 2 more races on dirt the next year, including his 3rd-place effort in Dubai World Cup.

as a 4 year old, yes

Got me all tearing up too

Got 9/1 on the horse of the year! ( Of course I bet something else)

Look up the Personal Ensign-Winning Colors Distaff. IMO the best Breeders Cup race ever.

Nope! Personal Ensign never raced the horses Winning Colors ran against, such as, Risen Star, Forty Niner, etc...and never raced Winning Colors when she was at her peak...always after Winning Colors was coming off a series of hard races. This race only shows a mere shell of what Winning Colors used to be. The males that Personal Ensign faced....were allowance quality bums. NOT Grade I winning top race horses. If personal Ensign was that great....she would have run in the Classic....like Azeri, Zenyatta, etc...... The distaff was a sad display of what once was a super-star ....run into the ground by too many hard races, unlike her competitor who was coddled and lightly raced and who beat nobody but an over-raced,, tired filly who should have been given the rest she deserved, instead of being asked, yet again, to perform a miracle well past her peak condition. This race was anything but great....it was pathetic. Great race mares run in the Classic. period!!!

Another great BC race....1987 Breeder's Cup Turf...Theatrical vs. Trempolino. AWESOME race!

D.Wayne was a former Quarterhorse trainer who ran many good, well bred Thoroughbred horses into the ground. He actually admitted how the experience with Tabasco Cat, brought him to a more humane understanding of his charges. The breed, flush with mares from lines deep in heat racing, used to support 20+ starts a year, starting twice or three times a month, etc. Two World Wars and ignorant inbreeding for showring sales, have since ravaged the soundness and durability of the Thoroughbred horse. D.Wayne seemed to have forgotten that, or he simply ignored it and relied on the high proportion of superior bloodstock his prestige brought to his stable.

Christopher Duganberry:Why do great race mares have to run in the Classic? You should know that it is much harder for females to win against G1 males on dirt than on grass, especially on North American tracks.Even Zenyatta won the Classic on a synthetic surface, not natural dirt.

If someone said you never tell the truth, you just did.

your losing popularity we still all love horse racing

History has a way of re-writing itself over the years, but Kinane never lost his whip. He had trouble switching from left hand to right hand late in the race, but he gives Giant's Causeway a right handed smack in the shadow of the wire. Did the delayed switch cost him? I don't know, but with two horses as dyed in the wool battlers as both were, one has to be glad the wire came up because they both would have killed themselves before giving the other an inch.

I'm not positive Tiznow would have defeated Giant's Causeway on UK turf, but I'm confident he'd make Giant's Causeway earn it. Tiznow was a big colt blessed with athleticism and an efficient stride, those traits usually display nicely on turf surfaces. Giant's Causeway became a great sire.

Whip or no whip GC WAS NOT GONNA PASS TIZNOW ON DIRT

Yes he did

Frankel, nathaniel, gleneagles, australia, and japan just to name a fee

American jockeys are the worlds best (I'm a brit). What I love about American racing is often the sheer guts of many U. S. Horses. There are many very good horses everywhere, however I've never been keen on how many British jockeys ride. They aren't aerodynamic and also can be untidy in the saddle. So, it's the great jockeys and brave horses in the U. S. For me. I'm not being unfair in my comments, just saying it how it is.

He hit him once about the sixteenth pole. Gotta look for it, but Chris has said he was in desperation mode and Tiznow gave him another gear when he hit him just that once.

A stupid , loser , hater

nothing much, he just went on to become the sire of Frankel one of the most important sires in the World

@@WESSERPARAQUAT But I really think he deserved to have a much better, or, if it is possible, even a perfect ending for his racing career with at least his placing effort in this BC Classic, or even with a fierce battle with the first two finishers, including Tiznow.

@@myfrobert Surface is ALWAYS an important factor , Galileo did not show his true ability on the dirt he was not a dirt horse on grass in Europe Sakhee wouldn't get within 10L of him

@@myfrobert Tiznow, was a MONSTER! and battled hard, such a nobel head on him, really great horse

@@WESSERPARAQUAT I understand. Maybe would've been better to have the Round 3 against Fantastic Light in that year's Breeders' Cup Turf instead of this one?

I think it's all in the horse itself -- look what Arrogate did in the 2017 Dubai World Cup. He was boxed out at the break, but continued on and settled, then turned on his speed when asked for it and crossed the finish line first. Tiznow was a tough horse. And smart. He did his own thing. He wanted to win so he did. Watch his documentary. Lots of insight into his complicated psyche.

@@patriciaguth6882 I didn't know there was a documentary, I must look it up. Many thanks Dave Ireland

@@numanoid5665 Please do. You'll enjoy it. You could say Tiznow's nickname could rightfully be Crazy Horse! Just look up Tiznow documentary and enjoy.

He was not

Picked up a leg injury in the Travers that wasn't discovered until a week after the race. Strained tendon that likely would have meant a year of rest and rehab if his career was to continue. Obviously with his stud fees on the line they opted to retire him immediately, but even if they hadn't there's no way he would have been fit for the Classic.

Watch the Tiznow documentary. Chris McCarron said he let Tiznow lead the way until the very end when he tapped him once to get that burst of speed that beat Sakhee. Horses are herd animals that like to run together. They don't care who wins!

If he would’ve squeezed him he would have been disqualified for interference with another horse and impeding another horse’s progress. So he still would’ve lost