Tim Tam (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Tim Tam


caption =
sire = Tom Fool
grandsire = Menow
dam = Two Lea
damsire = Bull Lea
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1955
country = USA flagicon|USA
colour = Dark Bay
breeder = Calumet Farm
owner = Calumet Farm
trainer = Horace A. Jones
record = 14:10-1-2
earnings = $467,475
race = Fountain of Youth Stakes (1958)
Florida Derby (1958)
Derby Trial (1958)
Kentucky Derby (1958)
Preakness Stakes (1958)
Everglades Stakes (1958)
awards= U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1958)
honours = United States Racing Hall of Fame (1985)
updated= September 17, 2006

Tim Tam (1955-1982) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Tom Fool out of the great racing mare Two Lea (both sire and dam listed on the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century; Tom Fool at #11 and Two Lea at #77), the dark bay colt was owned and bred by Calumet Farm. Trained by Horace A. Jones, Tim Tam won the Everglades Stakes, the Florida Derby, and the Derby Trial en route to winning the 1958 Kentucky Derby.

After winning the Preakness Stakes, Tim Tam was considered to have a strong chance to capture the American Triple Crown. However, in the Belmont Stakes, coming down the home stretch in the lead that seemed to assure victory, Tim Tam fractured a sesamoid bone and hobbled the last yards across the finish line in second place. His injury ended his career but he went on to be a successful sire.

Although his racing season was cut short, Tim Tam still won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse. Retired to stud, he sired 14 Graded stakes race winners, among them the Hall of Fame filly Tosmah.

In 1985, Tim Tam was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Tim Tam is also the namesake for popular Australian snack biscuit Tim Tams. It has also been speculated that Tim Tam was named after Calumet Farm's owner, Lucille Markey's beloved Yorkshire Terrier, Timmy Tammy, though that has not been fully proven to be the case.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/tim+tam Tim Tam's pedigree]
* [http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1958.html Tim Tam's 1958 Kentucky Derby]