One Cool Cat
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| One Cool Cat | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Storm Cat |
| Grandsire | Storm Bird |
| Dam | Tacha |
| Damsire | Mr. Prospector |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2001 |
| Country |  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Winstar Farm |
| Owner | Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor |
| Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
| Record | 10: 5-0-1 |
| Earnings | £325,492 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Anglesey Stakes (2003) Phoenix Stakes (2003) National Stakes (2003) Phoenix Sprint Stakes (2004) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (2003) | |
| Infobox last updated on: 18:36, Sunday June 8, 2008 (UTC). | |
One Cool Cat, foaled on March 26, 2001 in Kentucky, is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in England and Ireland. Bred by Winstar Farm, he was purchased by Demi O'Byrne on behalf of Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor for $3.1-million at the 2002 Keeneland July yearling sale. Sired by Storm Cat and out of the Mr. Prospector mare, Tacha, he was trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O'Brien.
One Cool Cat lost on his debut start, finishing 4th in a maiden race at the Curragh. He was soon on the winning trail with a victory in a maiden race at York Racecourse six weeks later. The Anglesey Stakes was his next race, and was the second in a string of four consecutive wins, following up in the Phoenix Stakes and National Stakes. Aidan O'Brien had been so impressed with his work at home and also on the racetrack, that he joked once, "I think I'll move him in beside me and knock a door in the bedroom to put him up for the winter!"[citation needed]
For his performance in the 2003 racing season One Cool Cat earned the Cartier Racing Award as Two-Year-Old European Champion Colt.
[edit] Three-Year-Old Career
One Cool Cat was sent off favourite for the 2,000 Guineas with new stable jockey Jamie Spencer on-board. However, he never struck a blow and finished 13th of 14, over 51 lengths behind the winner Haafhd. It was found afterwards that he had an irregular heartbeat, the likely reason for his poor showing. He was sent out in a Group 3 at the Curragh ten weeks later, odds-on favourite, but again he never threatened over a mile, and finished 5th, 6 lengths behind the winner.
A return to 6 furlongs was a victorious one, beating The Kiddykid by a length in the Group 3 Phoenix Sprint Stakes, again at the Curragh, at the start of August. Just eleven days later, he started as favourite for the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse, finishing 3rd, although may well have won with a better run. The Group 1 Haydock Sprint Cup was next on the agenda 2 weeks later, but the 3rd run in such quick succession was seemingly too much for him, and finished 6th, 3 lengths behind the winner Tante Rose.
[edit] Current
He stands at Coolmore Stud in County Tipperary, Ireland for a fee of €15,000. His first foals are in 2006.
