Tiger Hill (horse)
| Tiger Hill | |
| Race: | English blood |
| Father: | Danehill |
| Mother: | The Filly |
| Mother, father: | Appiani |
| Gender: | stallion |
| Year of birth: | 1995 |
| Year of death: | 2012 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Colour: | brown |
| Breeder: | Wittekindshof stud |
| Owner: | Georg Baron von Ullmann |
| Trainer: |
Heinz Jentzsch Peter Schiergen |
| Record: | 17 starts: 10 wins, 4 places |
| GAG : | 102 |
| Prize amount: | € 1,087,994 |
| Greatest wins, titles and awards | |
| Greatest victories | |
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Grand Prix of Baden 1998, 1999 Mehl-Mülhens-race 1998 |
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| Awards | |
| Galopper of the year 1998 and 1999 | |
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Infobox last modified on: September 28, 2012. |
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Tiger Hill (born April 11, 1995, † September 27, 2012) was an English thoroughbred horse . The bay stallion was bred by Danehill from The Filly at Gestüt Wittekindshof in Rüthen - Kneblinghausen and acquired by Georg Baron von Ullmann from the Oppenheim family for 130,000 DM at the Baden yearling auction in 1996. His father Danehill is measured by the number of Black Type progeny of the most successful sires of all time. The mother's father is the Italian derby winner Appiani, who was presented as a stallion in Germany after the great success of his son Star Appeal .
Tiger Hill was a very promising horse at the age of two. With victories in the classic Mehl-Mülhens race in Cologne and the Great Müller-Bread Prize in Munich , he was the undefeated favorite in the German derby at the Hamburg-Horn racecourse . There he failed because of the very difficult terrain, although such ground conditions suited him well. His jockey simply couldn't adjust to the difficult circumstances. After a 2nd place at the Germany Prize in Düsseldorf , he finally won the Grand Prix of Baden on the Iffezheim racing course . He finished 1998 with a very good 3rd place at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris - just one length behind the winner. At the age of four he started the season with a win at the Gerling Prize . After two second places in the Grand Prix of Baden Entrepreneurs and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud , he won two more Group I victories in the Bavarian breeding race and again in the Grand Prix of Baden. The "Tiger" was very popular with the public and was voted Galopper of the Year in both 1998 and 1999 .
Tiger Hill began his breeding career in 2000 at Haras du Val Henry in France. After the owner of this stud passed away, he moved to Schlenderhan stud in 2002 . His first crop was extremely successful with Diana winner Iota , Group I winner Königstiger , Cologne track record holder over 2,400 m Oriental Tiger and the very good Elopa , so that he was finally acquired by the renowned Darley Stud in England at the end of 2005. Measured by the large number of his offspring, he was not quite as successful there as in Germany. His best offspring, Rewilding , who won the Dubai Sheema Classic and the Prince of Wales's Stakes among others , comes from this time. Rewilding was killed in a racing accident at the King George in 2011. His second best son Oriental Tiger also died in 2008 before he could prove his ability in breeding. His third best son, the King Tiger, who had to be euthanized after an injury in 2012 at the age of nine after a few years in breeding, fared not much better. In 2011, Tiger Hill returned to Germany to the Fährhof stud farm, where he only had two years when he had to be put to sleep on September 27, 2012 after a paddock accident. Although Tiger Hill will probably not find a successor in the male line, his blood from German breeding will be preserved through his many good daughters, who have already proven themselves as mother mares.