Tiago, (foaled on March 8, 2004 at Mill Ridge Farm near Lexington, Kentucky), is an American Thoroughbred Stallion Racehorse. His sire is the 1992 U.S. Outstanding Older Male Horse, Pleasant Tap. His dam is the stakes winning mare, Set Them Free, by Stop The Music, making him a half-brother to the 2005 Kentucky Derby winner, Giacomo. The colt was named after the son of singer Sergio Mendes, a longtime friend of the Owners'. Interestingly, Tiago a...
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Tiago, (foaled on March 8, 2004 at Mill Ridge Farm near Lexington, Kentucky), is an American Thoroughbred Stallion Racehorse. His sire is the 1992 U.S. Outstanding Older Male Horse, Pleasant Tap. His dam is the stakes winning mare, Set Them Free, by Stop The Music, making him a half-brother to the 2005 Kentucky Derby winner, Giacomo. The colt was named after the son of singer Sergio Mendes, a longtime friend of the Owners'. Interestingly, Tiago and Giacomo are the same names meaning James, the first being Portuguese and the second, Italian. The two horses also shared the same racing silks.
Tiago made his racing debut as a two year old in a Maiden Special Weight race at Santa Anita Park on December 26, in which he placed third.
On January 23, Tiago finished second in another Maiden Special Weight race, but was bumped to first place after the leader was disqualified for interference down the stretch. The colt was then run in the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes on March 3, 2007, where he...
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