# Tiger Tara

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{{Short description|New Zealand Standardbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox named horse
|horsename= Tiger Tara
|image=
|caption=
|breed= [Standardbred](/source/Standardbred)
|sire= [Bettor's Delight](/source/Bettor's_Delight) (USA)
|grandsire= [Cam's Card Shark](/source/Cam's_Card_Shark) (USA)  
|dam= Tara Gold
|damsire= Dream Away (USA)
|sex= [Stallion](/source/Stallion)
|foaled= 23 October 2010
|country= [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) 
|colour= Bay
|breeder= R P Anicich, NZ   
|owner= M Hawli, Ms C L Pizzuto, K J Pizzuto, Mrs T N Pizzuto   
|trainer= (1) Geoff Dunn (2) Kevin Pizzuto
|racerecord= 
|raceearnings= 
|racewins= 2018 [Inter Dominion Pacing Championship](/source/Inter_Dominion_Pacing_Championship)<br>2019 [A G Hunter Cup](/source/A_G_Hunter_Cup)
|awards=  2019 [Australian Harness Horse of the Year](/source/Australian_Harness_Horse_of_the_Year)
|honours=  
|updated= 
}}
'''Tiger Tara''' (foaled 23 October 2010) is a New Zealand bred [Standardbred](/source/Standardbred) racehorse that raced at the very top level in both New Zealand and Australia.

He is notable in that he was voted [Australian Harness Horse of the Year](/source/Australian_Harness_Horse_of_the_Year) for the 2019 season and he won seven Group 1 races, including the [Inter Dominion Pacing Championship](/source/Inter_Dominion_Pacing_Championship) which is raced between the best horses in [Australasia](/source/Australasia).

==Racing career==

Tiger Tara was originally trained in Canterbury, New Zealand, by Geoff Dunn and driven in all his wins during that time by Gerard O'Reilly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harness.hrnz.co.nz/gws/ws/r/infohorsews/wsd08x?Arg=hrnzg-rSite&Arg=TRUE|title = Horse Information}}</ref>  He was later sold and exported to Australian owners and trained by Kevin Pizzuto and driven by Todd McCarthy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harness.org.au/ausbreed/reports/performance/615473|title = Australian Harness Racing}}</ref>

===Notable performances===

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Year
!Placing
!Race
!1st
!2nd
!3rd
|-
| 2013 ||1st|| [New Zealand Sires Stakes 3yo Final](/source/New_Zealand_Sires_Stakes_3yo_Final)||'''Tiger Tara''' ||Better Offer  ||Isaiah
|-
| 2014 ||1st||[Great Northern Derby](/source/Great_Northern_Derby)||'''Tiger Tara''' ||Locharburn ||Maxim
|-
| 2015 ||1st||[New Zealand Free For All](/source/New_Zealand_Free_For_All)||'''Tiger Tara''' ||Mossdale Conner ||Messini
|-
| 2016 ||2nd ||[New Zealand Trotting Cup](/source/New_Zealand_Trotting_Cup)|| [Lazarus](/source/Lazarus_(horse)) ||'''Tiger Tara''' || Titan Banner 
|-
| 2017 ||3rd ||[New Zealand Trotting Cup](/source/New_Zealand_Trotting_Cup)||[Lazarus](/source/Lazarus_(horse)) ||Jack's Legend||'''Tiger Tara''' 
|-
| 2018 ||1st||[Victoria Cup](/source/Victoria_Cup_(harness_race))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/victoria-cup-tiger-tara-too-fast-too-tough/|title = Victoria Cup: Tiger Tara too fast, too tough | date=13 October 2018 }}</ref> ||'''Tiger Tara''' || Chicago Bull ||Carlas Pixel
|-
| 2018 || 2nd ||[New Zealand Trotting Cup](/source/New_Zealand_Trotting_Cup)||[Thefixer](/source/Thefixer) ||'''Tiger Tara''' || Dream About Me 
|-
| 2018 ||1st||[Inter Dominion Pacing Championship](/source/Inter_Dominion_Pacing_Championship)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/racing/tiger-tara-defies-odds-claim-crown|title=Tiger Tara defies odds to claim crown|date=17 December 2018}}</ref>||'''Tiger Tara''' || Our Uncle Sam||Cruz Bromac
|-
| 2019 ||1st||[A G Hunter Cup](/source/A_G_Hunter_Cup)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/hunter-cup-tiger-tara-does-it-again/|title=Hunter Cup: Tiger Tara does it again |date=2 February 2019 }}</ref>||'''Tiger Tara''' ||Our Uncle Sam ||San Carlo
|}

Tiger Tara retired in December 2019 with a record of 112 starts for 37 wins, 40 placings and $2,375,065 in earnings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harnesslink.com/australia/harness-racing-champ-tiger-tara-retired|title = Harness racing champ Tiger Tara retired - Harnesslink|date = 28 December 2019}}</ref>

==Stud career==

After retiring from the track, Tiger Tara commenced stud duties at Yirribee Pacing Stud, North Wagga for an initial fee of $3,500.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yirribee.com.au/tiger-tara-nz|title = Tiger Tara NZ &#124; Yirribee Pacing Stud, NSW Australia}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Harness racing in New Zealand](/source/Harness_racing_in_New_Zealand)
* [Harness racing in Australia](/source/Harness_racing_in_Australia)

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand
Category:Racehorses trained in New Zealand
Category:New Zealand standardbred racehorses
Category:Racehorses trained in Australia
Category:Harness racing in New Zealand
Category:2010 racehorse births
Category:Inter Dominion winners

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