Hall of Fame Champion, Horse of the Year and Champion Sire, Tiznow is not only one of the world’s top sires, but is the leading link to the sire line of the great Man o’ War.
Still the only two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Tiznow won or placed 14 times in 15 starts, earned $6,427,830, and was voted Champion three-year-old, champion older male, and Horse of the Year. Tiznow became an immediate success at stud, siring Breeders’ Cup winner and Eclipse Champion Folklore in his first crop, to earn Champion Freshman Sire honors in 2005. His accomplishments include:
- Top Five Leading Sire five times in the past five years, including 2012
- Nine Group/Grade 1 winners in seven seasons, including 2012 Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Gemologist; $5-million earner Well Armed; 2011 Eclipse Award Finalist Tizway
- 40 stakes winners, 23 Graded stakes winners, 77 stakes horses
- Earners of $41 million, including $9.1 million in back-to-back years
- $1,000,000 covering sire average at 2011 Fasig-Tipton November
- 10 stakes winners, 16 SHs in 2011, including two U.S. Grade 1 winners
- 11 stakes horses, 5 SWs in 2012, 4 Graded stakes winners
- #1 Sire of 2012 Triple Crown nominees - 12
Tiznow ranks in the top 2% of sires by average earnings per starter, and his progeny have already won the Belmont S. (G1), Travers S. (G1), Dubai World Cup (G1), Met Mile (G1), Wood Memorial (G1), Santa Anita Derby (G1), Ruffian S. (G1), Whitney H. (G1), Lady’s Secret S. (G1), Carter H. (G1), and Goodwood S. (G1).
At the sales, Tiznow’s weanlings, yearlings, and juveniles all average six-figures. In 2011, his yearling average of $161,128 is headed by Keeneland colts who sold for $550,000, $450,000, and $450,000, while his two-year-olds in training include prospects for $500,000 and $400,000. At the Kentucky Breeding Stock Sales, Tiznow was covering sire on a $1,600,000 mare at Keeneland and a $1,400,000 mare at Fasig-Tipton, and his FTK average of $1,000,000 was second best of any sire.