Tiger Tara
{{Short description|New Zealand Standardbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox named horse
|horsename= Tiger Tara
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|breed= Standardbred
|sire= Bettor's Delight (USA)
|grandsire= Cam's Card Shark (USA)
|dam= Tara Gold
|damsire= Dream Away (USA)
|sex= Stallion
|foaled= 23 October 2010
|country= New Zealand
|colour= Bay
|breeder= R P Anicich, NZ
|owner= M Hawli, Ms C L Pizzuto, K J Pizzuto, Mrs T N Pizzuto
|trainer= (1) Geoff Dunn (2) Kevin Pizzuto
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|racewins= 2018 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
2019 A G Hunter Cup
|awards= 2019 Australian Harness Horse of the Year
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Tiger Tara (foaled 23 October 2010) is a New Zealand bred Standardbred racehorse that raced at the very top level in both New Zealand and Australia.
He is notable in that he was voted Australian Harness Horse of the Year for the 2019 season and he won seven Group 1 races, including the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship which is raced between the best horses in Australasia.
Racing career
Tiger Tara was originally trained in Canterbury, New Zealand, by Geoff Dunn and driven in all his wins during that time by Gerard O'Reilly.{{Cite web|url=https://harness.hrnz.co.nz/gws/ws/r/infohorsews/wsd08x?Arg=hrnzg-rSite&Arg=TRUE|title = Horse Information}} He was later sold and exported to Australian owners and trained by Kevin Pizzuto and driven by Todd McCarthy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harness.org.au/ausbreed/reports/performance/615473|title = Australian Harness Racing}}
=Notable performances=
Tiger Tara retired in December 2019 with a record of 112 starts for 37 wins, 40 placings and $2,375,065 in earnings.{{Cite web|url=https://harnesslink.com/australia/harness-racing-champ-tiger-tara-retired|title = Harness racing champ Tiger Tara retired - Harnesslink|date = 28 December 2019}}
Stud career
After retiring from the track, Tiger Tara commenced stud duties at Yirribee Pacing Stud, North Wagga for an initial fee of $3,500.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yirribee.com.au/tiger-tara-nz|title = Tiger Tara NZ | Yirribee Pacing Stud, NSW Australia}}