- Barclay Tagg
Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Barclay Tagg
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occupation =Horse trainer
birthplace =Lancaster, Pennsylvania ,United States
birth date = birth date and age|1937|12|30
death date =
career wins = Ongoing
race =Alabama Stakes (2003)Jockey Club Gold Cup (2004)Coolmore Lexington Stakes (2006)Colonial Turf Cup (2006)Secretariat Stakes (2006)
Jamaica Breeders' Cup Handicap (2006)Hollywood Derby (2006)Remsen Stakes (2006)Holy Bull Stakes (2007)Wood Memorial Stakes (2007, 2008)Red Smith Handicap (2007)Mrs. Revere Stakes (2007)Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (2007)Futurity Stakes (2007)
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (2007)Kent Breeders' Cup Stakes (2007)Jamaica Handicap (2007)Tampa Bay Derby (2008)American Classics
Kentucky Derby (2003)Preakness Stakes (2003)
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horses =Funny Cide ,Nobiz Like Shobiz ,Showing Up Bit of Whimsy
Big Truck,Tale of Ekati
updated = March 15, 2008Barclay Tagg (born
December 30 ,1937 inLancaster, Pennsylvania ) is an AmericanThoroughbred horse trainer . A 1961 graduate ofPennsylvania State University with a degree inAnimal Husbandry , he is best known for conditioningKentucky Derby ,Preakness , andJockey Club Gold Cup winnerFunny Cide ...and now for the impressive stable he's been able to build after Funny Cide, his "Big Horse" (term for the horse that puts the trainer "on the map"). With horses likeShowing Up andNobiz Like Shobiz , his stable is growing. Barclay trains horses year round: Spring inNew York , Winter inFlorida . His assistant trainer isRobin Smullen . (Photos of Tagg and Smullen can be found on the Funny Cide article.)Formerly a steeplechase
jockey , Tagg won his first race in 1972 at Old Liberty Park. He has been a journeyman trainer for many years now, and with Funny Cide became the first trainer to win the Kentucky Derby in his first attempt sinceCam Gambolati withSpend a Buck in 1985.Like the famous trainer of
Seabiscuit , the silent Tom Smith, Tagg has a long-standing reputation of being conservative and judicious, so when he gets aggressive with a colt, people pay him heed.Quotations
Q - "You enabled a New York-bred gelding to transcend the Sport of Kings and infiltrate mainstream America like no other horse in the last 30 years." ---Steve Haskin
A - "That's all I do. I don't play golf. I don't go bowling. I don't go to Disneyland. I just take good care of the horses and wait for something good to happen. It took me 30-some years but this lovely thing came along." ---Barclay Tagg on Funny Cide
References
* [http://www.BarclayTaggRacing.com BarclayTaggRacing.com]
* [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=10068 Barclay Tagg at the NTRA]
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