The Gallops

The Tragic Story of Tiger Moth

by : peterprofitracing
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Tiger Moth ran his heart out in the Melbourne Cup in 2020 trying to claim one of the few big international races to have eluded Aidan O’Brien since he started training at Ballydoyle in 1996. He also had a jockey on his back who was ready to whip him half to death to make sure he tried hard enough in the race for glory. Tiger Moth came agonisingly close but had to settle for second in the great Australian race on 3 November 2020, beaten half a length. He was three years old, in just his fifth start and had left his homeland for the first time to travel to the other side of the world in pursuit of ever more riches for his owners, John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith.

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