Da' Tara
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Last updated on June 7, 2008 |
Da' Tara (foaled April 26, 2005) is an American
Two-year-old season
In his first race, a 7-furlong maiden event on the main track at Belmont Park, Da' Tara lost to his stablemate, Anak Nakal, by a length, finishing second and beating the third place horse by a nose. Alan Garcia, who rode Da' Tara to victory in the 2008 Belmont Stakes, was also the jockey that day.
The colt failed to break his maiden as a two-year-old, finishing fourth in a Calder maiden race in December.
Three-year-old season
In January 2008, Da' Tara led all the way to win a nine-furlong maiden race at Gulfstream. He was entered in an allowance race shortly after and finished third, beaten by more than four lengths after dueling on the lead. Already based at Gulfstream Park, trainer Nick Zito decided to enter Da' Tara in the Grade 1 Florida Derby. The other entries included Zito's Fountain of Youth winner Cool Coal Man, South American Champion Tomcito, and Big Brown, who had won both of his two previous starts. Da' Tara finished ninth, 23½ lengths behind the winner, Big Brown.
Da' Tara ran in the
In the June 7, 2008, Belmont Stakes, Da' Tara, the longest shot in the field at 38-1 odds, moved swiftly to the lead under
By winning the Belmont Stakes in 2008, Da' Tara became the first horse since Amberoid in 1966 to have won a leg of the Triple Crown and not belong to the sire line of the Darley Arabian. (He is of the Godolphin Arabian sire line).
Da' Tara did not win another race after the Belmont Stakes.
Notes
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- Bloodhorse.com. Archived from the originalon 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "www.ntra.com/video, Belmont S. - June 7, 2008". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
- ^ "ntra.com, Big Brown last in stunning finale". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ www.nytimes.com, Big Brown Tires as Triple Crown Drought Continues
- ^ "Da' Tara". Equibase. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Biles, Deirdre B. (November 16, 2010). "Belmont Winner Da' Tara Sells for $180,000". Bloodhorse. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Biles, Deirdre B. (March 2, 2011). "Belmont Winner Da' Tara in Light Training". Bloodhorse. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Staff. "DA´TARA IS ALREADY IN VENEZUELA". Los Aguacates. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.