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BARCLAY TAGG

BARCLAY TAGG
Birthdate - Dec. 30, 1937
Birthplace - Lancaster, PA
Residence - Floral Park, NY
Website - barclaytaggracing.com

2016 RECORD

144 - 23, 23, 18 

$1,907,521

2016 NYRA RECORD

100 - 17, 18, 10 

$1,629,848

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Funny Cide: Top 3-Year-Old Male (2003)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Won the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes with New York-bred Funny Cide

* Tale of Ekati became a dual Grade 1 winner in 2008 with victories at Aqueduct in the Wood Memorial and Cigar Mile

* Tagg added a second Cigar Mile in 2010 when Jersey Town defeated Haynesfield by a head

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Graduated from Penn State in 1961 with a degree in animal science

* Robin Smullen serves as his assistant

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* “I was involved with show horses and hunters before college. Then I got involved with racehorses in 1963, when I was managing a farm in Pennsylvania. I started riding jumpers in 1966, and started training horses near the end of 1971.”

FIRST WINNER

* Tudor’s Fancy, January, 1972, Liberty Bell

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Auguri: John’s Call (2006)

Big Truck: Bertram F. Bongard (2007)

Bit of Whimsy: QE II Challenge Cup (2007), Sands Point (2007)

Caroline Thomas: Lake Placid (2013)

Dance Away Capote: Noble Damsel (2007)

Dave: Red Smith (2007), Ashley T. Cole (2007); Kingston (2006)

Doc N Roll: NYSS Cab Calloway (2008)

Dry Martini: Suburban (2009)

Factual Contender: NYSS Perfect Arc (2007); Mount Vernon (2007)

Funny Cide: Kings Point (2006); Jockey Club Gold Cup (2004); Excelsior (2004); Preakness (2003); Kentucky Derby (2003); Sleepy Hollow (2002); Bertram F. Bongard (2002)

Grab the Green: Nijana (1991)

Highland Sky: Woodhaven (2016)

Island Fashion: Alabama (2003)

Jersey Town: Kelso H. (2012); Cigar Mile (2010)

La Turka: Waya (1995)

Miss Josh: Gamely (1991)

My Princess Jess: Lake George (2008)

My Sweet Girl: Perfect Sting (2016)

Nehantic Kat: Yaddo (2009)

Nobiz Like Shobiz: Jamaica (2007); Hall of Fame (2007); Wood Memorial (2007); Remsen (2006)

Royal Mountain Inn: Red Smith (1993); Man o’ War (1994)

Showing Up: Hollywood Derby (2006); Jamaica (2006); Secretariat (2006)

Snit: Turnback the Alarm (1998)

Social Retiree: Kingston (1993); Gallant Man (1990)

Stormy Kiss: Honorable Miss (2006)

Summer Patriot: John’s Call (2008)

Tale of Ekati: Cigar Mile (2008); Wood Memorial (2008); Futurity (2007)

Tampico: Beaugay (1999); Athenia (1998)

Verve’s Tale: Comely (2016)

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