The Tatling

The Tatling, (23 April 1997 – April 2017) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter, he was noted for his exceptional durability contesting 176 races over thirteen seasons between 1999 and 2011. During his racing career he had at least three different trainers, six owners, and thirty-six jockeys. He retired having won eighteen races and being placed on fifty-three other occasions.

After winning twice as a juvenile he did not record another success until the age of five in 2002 when he won three minor races. He emerged as a top-class sprinter in the following year when he won the Sprint Stakes and the King George Stakes and reached his peak as a seven-year-old in 2004 when he won the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot and the World Trophy. He won a second World Trophy in 2005 but was never a threat at the highest level thereafter. He continued to race until the age of fourteen, winning eight more races and ending his career by taking a minor sprint handicap under joined top-weight from a wide stall on 12 December 2011. He was retired from racing and died in 2017 at the age of 20.