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Smiling Tiger

5 year old Horse | Active
Owner(s):
Alan Klein  -  Philip Lebherz  -  Mersad Metanovic RM
Trainer:
Jeff Bonde
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Dr. Rodney Orr  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Hold That Tiger  -  Shandra Smiles  by  Cahill Road
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Smiling Tiger
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What the Nation is saying about Smiling Tiger...

The Malibu Stakes, run at Santa Anita in December of every year, features some of the finest horses in California ...Read More
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  • freddycaple · The Factor just rolled!! That is the horse to watch this spring! derbydeals.com · 31 days ago ·
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  • GregRiessland · dead heat that didn't have to be his best race, the point was he felt the effects of a heated match thats what caused him to drop later. oh yes he did roll! · 30 days ago ·
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Smiling Tiger, 3rd in the 2010 BC Sprint, was not pre-entered in this year's renewal. He will get a month off before getting back to work.   
Smiling Tiger, third in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Sprint and winner of seven sprint stakes, may not start in the BC Sprint at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, trainer Jeff Bonde said Thursday. Smiling Tiger has not had a workout since late September and has not raced since finishing fourth in the Grade 1 Pat...Read More
Multiple grade I winner Smiling Tiger has been entered in the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale. Archie St. George’s St. George Sales is consigning the 4-year-old colt to the Nov. 6 auction in Lexington.An earner of $1,214,353, Smiling Tiger has won  seven added-money events, inc...Read More
Smiling Tiger will train up to the Breeders' Cup Sprint.   
THE FACTOR, out since displacing his palate and fracturing his left hind ankle, blitzed older rivals in the seven-furlong, Grade 1 Pat O'Brien Stakes over the Del Mar polytrack. The Factor took the race right to three-time Grade 1 winner SMILING TIGER ...and more »Read More
Not seen since falling off the Triple Crown trail after a seventh place finish in the Arkansas Derby (Grade I) in April, The Factor returned to his preferred sprinting game ...Read More
Time for Mike Repole to step up as a sportsman. Keep Uncle Mo and training and prove that you are the sportsman you claim to be.Read More
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  • AmbitiousD · Mo really ran his heart out as if almost telling his owner he wanted to keep racing. I truly hope Repole doesn't retire Mo. These horses are athletes and warriors and in any major sport, there will be injuries and illnesses when competing at the top level of competition. Imagine if every NFL QB retired after receiving a concussion. It's difficult to watch horses get retired with such a "half glass empty," or a "what could go wrong, will go wrong" mentality. True champions are defined by the adversities they overcome and proving their greatness.Common Mikey, let him run!!! · 158 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · He made the comment right after the race. I don't believe any channel showed it, but it was reported on DRF and USA Today that he said that. However, he now seems much more upbeat. It looks as though Mo will go to the PA Derby, where he will face THAS. · 158 days ago ·
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24 hours after Uncle Mo made an impressive return to the races, albeit in a narrow loss in yesterday’s King’s Bishop Stakes, The Factor did him one better by winning the Grade 1 Pat O’Brien Handicap today at Del Mar. Making his first start since being diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his hind a...Read More
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  • AubreyKidder · I think Uncle Mo's was. He came back from a possibly deadly disease and almost won even after losing a shoe! He ran the fastest 7F on the card that day. Don't get me wrong, The Factor's return was very impressive, but I go with Mo all the way. · 158 days ago ·
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  • jinlie01 · The Factor looks solid for BC Sprint if he stays healthy...the light schedule might be beneficial...he'll be pretty "fresh" towards end of year. · 158 days ago ·
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24 hours after Uncle Mo made an impressive return to the races, albeit in a narrow loss in yesterday’s King’s Bishop Stakes, The Factor did him one better by winning the Grade 1 Pat O’Brien Handicap today at Del Mar. Making his first start since being diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his hind a...Read More
The Factor, lone three-year-old in a field of top sprinters, reaffirmed his credentials as one of the fastest horses in America with an impressive victory in Sunday's Grade I Pat O’Brien Stakes at Del Mar.Read More
A field of six was entered Thursday for Sunday’s Grade I, $250,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes. The second of the major sprint events of the meeting, coming a month after the 6-furlong Bing Crosby Handicap, the 7-furlong O’Brien will go as the fifth race on an 11-race program beginning at 1 p.m. From the rai...Read More
josephe-2.5 weeks and run him again....Really? Is it Baffert envy or just pride? come on Jeff..That wasnt a hard race for Bafferts Horse...
Smiling Tiger, beaten 1 1/4 lengths as the even money favorite after a slow start in Sunday’s Grade I, $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes, has recovered from the  race in good order and his connections are looking to the next major sprint stakes  on the Del Mar calendar. “He came out of the race ...Read More
josephe-no joke sir clip.....
josephe- Jeff the other day says he runs his best races over an extended time....then he sends him in opposite of his interview...This trainer or his owners are off...Mismanaged Sway Away and now The Tiger,come on Jeff do the right thing..These horses have huge hearts let the tank be full next time..Yoiu have 2 of the best sprinters in the country..I think at this point of the game u have the Breeders Cup cornered..if they are healthy...peace
  • 12 Clip · I think Bonde is doing the right thing. Smiling Tiger showed how great he really is yesterday in my opinion. He broke very slow, and was taken back some eight lengths, as Euroears was uncontested on the front end. When they turned for home Smiling Tiger was still in last but starting to rally. He managed to get free on the outside and started devouring ground up. He easily passed Amazombie a very nice sprinter for the place and was gaining on Euroears. This is horseracing and nobody gets a perfect trip. This was Bonde's first horse he saddled for the Del Mar meet and he ran a game second in a Grade 1 event, earning his owners $50,000. Last time I checked, that's a lot better than a kick to the head. Bonde is one of the best conditioners in the country. So to say he's mismanaged Smiling Tiger and Sway Away is basically a joke. He also trains one the best 3-year-old turf fillies in the country in Cambina. · 186 days ago ·
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  • footlick · I love Cambina. What a game little filly. · 185 days ago ·
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James and Marilyn Helzer’s amazingly fast Euroears, with jockey Rafael Bejarano along for the ride, set a track record of 1:08.17 Sunday with a brilliant performance in the featured Grade I $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes before 17,109 fans.Read More
Smiling Tiger was beaten once the gates opened in the Bing Crosby today. He broke late, then had to check off of heals, then took awhile to fully get into his stride. I think it was amazing that he was able to get up for 2nd in this race as poorly as he broke. But Euroears is very legit sprinter. You just can't give a horse with the kind of speed that Euroears has that big of an advantage in a 6f race. Euroears impressed me with how well he ran against Rocket Man in this year's Golden Shaheen in Dubai. You don't run to within a length or two of Rocket Man the way Euroears did in that race and not have legitimate speed.
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  • ajump08 · I know they don't want to commit him to the lead, but blinkers may be a needed addition. Its tough to do what he's trying to do (come from behind) in sprints. It leaves to much in the hands of the horses on the lead. · 187 days ago ·
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  • ghelguera · Rosario has been taking his horses way back, which makes too much for the horse to do and swings them very wide and end up for 2nd or 3rd. That was the reason I stood away from Tiger because of the way Rosario has been riding. · 187 days ago ·
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If only he wasn't allowed to hang that far back...it was way too much for him to make up...
Asked for an assessment of the current state of the sprint division on a national teleconference call earlier this week, Smiling Tiger trainer Jeff Bonde was forthright and, some might say, parochial. “I still think that the West Coast horses are stronger, that’s only my opinion. And there’s lo...Read More

Smiling Tiger - Pedigree

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Hold That TigerStorm CatStorm Bird
Terlingua
Beware of the CatCaveat
T. C. Kitten
Shandra SmilesCahill RoadFappiano
Gana Facil
Beyond The StormGreat Above
Brenda's Storm

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Smiling Tiger - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video08/28/114thJ RosarioDmr57 fSPat O'Brien Hcp.-G103+ MThe FactorCamp VictoryCrown Of Thorns1:21.56
View DetailsView Video07/31/112ndJ RosarioDmr86 fSBing Crosby -G103+ MEuroearsSmiling TigerAmazombie1:08.17
View DetailsView Video07/02/111stJ RosarioHol97 fSTriple Bend-G103+ MSmiling TigerCamp VictoryAmazombie1:21.22
View Details05/07/116thJ RosarioCD97 fDChurchill Downs Stakes-G204+ MAikeniteApriorityIbboyee1:21.40
View Details04/14/111stJ RosarioOP106 fDCount Fleet-G303+ MSmiling TigerSilver MagnusChief Of Affairs1:08.63
View DetailsView Video02/19/111stJ RosarioSA87 fDSan Carlos-G204+ MSmiling TigerCaptain CherokeeMythical Power1:20.30
View Details01/22/113rdR BazeSA76 fDPalos Verdes04+ MEuroearsCaptain CherokeeSmiling Tiger1:07.23
View DetailsView Video12/26/102ndR BazeSA87 fDMalibu-G103 MTwirling CandySmiling TigerCaracortado1:19.70
View DetailsView Video11/06/103rdR BazeCD56 fDBreeders' Cup Sprint-G103+ MBig DramaHamazing DestinySmiling Tiger1:09.05
View DetailsView Video10/09/101stR BazeHol86 fSAncient Title-G103+ MSmiling TigerSupreme SummitE Z's Gentleman1:09.37
View DetailsView Video08/28/103rdV EspinozaDmr107 fSPat O'Brien Hcp.-G103+ MEl BrujoCrown Of ThornsSmiling Tiger1:21.70
View DetailsView Video08/01/101stV EspinozaDmr86 fSBing Crosby -G103+ MSmiling TigerScenic BlastE Z's Gentleman1:09.21
View DetailsView Video05/22/101stV EspinozaHol87 fSLaz Barrera-G303 MSmiling TigerConcord PointDomonation1:21.34
View Details04/21/103rdV EspinozaHol76 fTHarry Henson03 MExcessive PassionLocksley HallSmiling Tiger1:08.93
View DetailsView Video09/07/093rdM GarciaDmr87 fSDel Mar Futurity-G102 MLookin At LuckyMake Music for MeSmiling Tiger1:22.85
View Details08/09/093rdR BazeDmr46 1/2 fSBest Pal-G202 MLookin At LuckyMake Music for MeSmiling Tiger1:16.06
View Details05/09/091stR BazeGG14 1/2 fSMSW02 MSmiling TigerEmpire Of The SunClub Benfica0:46.39

 

 

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