Tizamagician

MAN O'WAR 🇺🇲🐴
They didn’t race him.
They unleashed him.

Man o’ War didn’t just run — he scorched the Earth beneath his hooves. A fire-blooded titan born in 1917, in the shadow of World War I, his name was no accident. He galloped like war itself — powerful, relentless, and unforgettable.

From his debut, he was a phenomenon. He won 20 of 21 starts, and in the one race he lost? He gave the field a 100-yard head start — and still nearly caught the winner.

They tried to contain him with heavy weights, with poor starts, with challengers thrown at him from every corner of the country. Nothing worked. He demolished records, stretched margins, and turned tracks into stages for his fury.

His most iconic moment?
The 1920 match race at Kenilworth Park against Triple Crown winner Sir Barton — the best of the best. But it wasn’t a duel. It was a coronation. Man o’ War galloped away like a crimson tempest, leaving Sir Barton trailing in awe.

And yet… they retired him early. Why?
Because there was no one left to beat.

In the decades that followed, he became a legend at Faraway Farm, greeting thousands of visitors. Veterans bowed to him. Children gasped at him. Even those who never saw him remembered the name like scripture.

He didn’t need the Triple Crown.
He didn’t need approval.
He was the standard.

To this day, Man o’ War remains the flame that lit American racing’s soul — and every time a great horse hits the track, his shadow gallops beside them🐎

DID YOU KNOW that Tizamagician's grandsire, Cee's Tizzy -- a handsome gray son of Relaunch -- was California's Leading Sire in 2000 and 2021? Those are the two years that Tizamagician's sire, Hall of Famer Tiznow, made history which still stands as the only horse to win the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) twice.

Cee's Tizzy stood his entire stallion career in California, where he was buried in 2015 at the age of 28. In addition to 2000 Horse of the Year Tiznow, he sired 2001 Champion Older Mare Gourmet Girl, G1 winner Cost of Freedom and 37 other stakes winners.

He is also broodmare sire of 2013 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Oxbow (sire of $5,976,720-earner Hot Rod Charlie), Paynter (sire of 2021 Horse of the Year Knicks Go), and more.

Today, Cee's Tizzy is recognized as an important conduit of the rare Man o' War sire line which now flows almost exclusively stateside through Tizamagician.

TIZAMAGICIAN 2YO TRACKER:

Here's an update on a pair of fillies from Tizamagician's first foal crop -- currently in training in Southern California. Be sure to add them to your stable mail!

Innisfail (blaze): Out of Aha, by S**t Daddy
Moonlight Magic: Out of Esfera, by Orb

Standing tall and proud!

A lovely, permanent tribute to Tizamagician's famous descendants -- the sire and dam of the legendary Man o' War.

Historic horse cemetery, with a life-size bronze sculpture of Fair Play, the sire of Man O’War. Both Fair Play and Mahubah (Man O’War’s dam) are buried in the cemetery (along with many other notable horses). The statue is the work of Laura Gardin Fraser. Normandy Farm, Lexington, Kentucky.

Man o' War lookin' mighty fine at Kentucky Horse Park.

Have you seen this statue of Tizamagician's sire line superlative in person?

More Man o' War goodness!

Tizamagician is a direct sire line descendant -- increasingly rare to find these days.

Man o' War at age 30. Of the top U.S thoroughbred champions of the 20th century, Man o' War is ranked number one. In the Lawrence Realization Stakes, all other competitors but one pulled their horses out because they did not want to compete against him. He ended up winning by over 100 lengths, while setting a new world record of 2:40-4/5 for a mile and five-eighths, besting the previous record by six seconds in a track record that still stands🐎

...and two of the U.S.A.'s biggest victories in Breeders' Cup World Championships history were tallied by Tizamagician's sire -- TIZNOW -- the only horse to win TWO editions of the headlining Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) in 42 years.

Where the world comes to win. 🌎🏆