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Tango Tales
Our newest sire. A $600,000 2yo sales colt by emerging sire-of-sires Tale of the Cat out of a Kingmambo mare.

Bay, foaled in 2001. By Tale of the Cat - Tango's Mambo, by Kingmambo.
Owned by Dr. Angel B. Contreras. Stud Fee $2,500

Notes

Tango Tales was a highly regarded costing John Oxley $600,000 as a 2yo in training. A winner with speed figures of 104 and 101.

By leading international sire and emerging sire-of-sires Tale of the Cat, 2008 Top-10 General sire, 29 stakes horses & $7.6 million. Sire of 2008 #1 Freshman Sire Lion Heart - the only colt of his generation to win G1 races at 2 & 3 years. Other top performers include G1 winners My Trusty Cat and Tale of Ekati, Gr.2 winners Gio Ponti, Be Gentle, Spellbinder, Whoopi Cat, Gr.3 winners Artemus Sunrise, Catboat, Feline Story, Catcominatcha, etc.

Pedigree

Tango Tales (USA) Bay, foaled 2001. 16.2 hands.
Tale of the Cat 94	Storm Cat 83	Storm Bird 78	Northern Dancer 61	Nearctic 54
				Natalma 57
			South Ocean 67	New Providence 56
				Shining Sun 62
		Terlingua 76	Secretariat 70	Bold Ruler 54
				Somethingroyal 52
			Crimson Saint 69	Crimson Satan 59
				Bolero Rose 58
	Yarn 87	Mr. Prospector 70	Raise a Native 61	Native Dancer 50
				Raise You 46
			Gold Digger 62	Nashua 52
				Sequence 46
		Narrate 80	Honest Pleasure 74	What a Pleasure 65
				Tularia 55
			State 74	Nijinsky II 67
				Monarchy 57
Tango's Mambo 97	Kingmambo 90	Mr. Prospector 70	Raise a Native 61	Native Dancer 50
				Raise You 46
			Gold Digger 62	Nashua 52
				Sequence 46
		Miesque 84	Nureyev 77	Northern Dancer 61
				Special 69
			Pasadoble 79	Prove Out 69
				Santa Quilla 70
	Tango Charlie 89	Cure the Blues 78	Stop the Music 70	Hail to Reason 58
				Bebopper 62
			Quick Cure 71	Dr. Fager 64
				Speedwell 60
		La Vie 78	Le Fabuleux 61	Wild Risk 40
				Anguar 50
			Sweet Ramblin Rose 71	Turn-To 51
				Velvet Rose 62

Printable 6 generation pedigree.

Inbreedings: Mr. Prospector 3x3, Northern Dancer 4x5.
Dosage Profile: 9 1 8 0 2 Dosage Point Total: 20
Dosage Index: 2.33 Center of Distribution: +0.75

Race Record
Never off the board in 8 lifetime starts, Tango tales was winner with speed figures of

104 and

101. At 2, Tango Tales ran 2nd to stakes-placed Exciting Metro. At 3, he defeated Willy o'the Valley (G3 winner), Primary Suspect (G3 winner), Caballero Negro (SW), and ran 2nd to champion Love of Money (won G2 Pennsylvania Derby).

Tango Tales' Race Record
Year	Age	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings (USD$)
2003	2	1	0	1	0	8,540
2004	3	5	1	2	1	44,490
2005	4	2	0	1	1	15,560
Totals		8	1	4	2	68,590

Family Notes
By TALE OF THE CAT (1994).

119. Stakes winner of $360,900, King's Bishop S. [G2], etc. Sire of 7 crops of racing age, 1226 foals, 743 starters, 47 stakes winners, 498 winners of 1280 races and earning $42,973,836 USA, including Lion Heart (

115, $1,390,800, Haskell Invitational H. [G1], etc.), Eishin Bodin ($979,980 USA, Hokuriku S.), Glamour Puss (TF 119, $932,226 USA, Seppelt Salinger S. [G1], etc.), My Trusty Cat (

115, $902,753, Humana Distaff H. [G1], etc.), Tale of Ekati (

107, to 3, 2008, $894,200, Wood Memorial S. [G1], etc.), Gio Ponti (

112, to 3, 2008, $640,800, Virginia Derby [G2], etc.), Be Gentle (

100, $523,078, Darley Alcibiades S. [G2], etc.), Spellbinder (

119, $499,057, San Antonio H. [G2], etc.).

1st dam
TANGO'S MAMBO, by Kingmambo. Unraced. Dam of 3 foals, 3 to race, 2 winners--

Gentle Ruler (c. by Gentlemen (ARG)). Winner at 3 in Japan, $122,703 (USA).
Tango Tales (c. by Tale of the Cat). 104. See race record above.

2nd dam
TANGO CHARLIE, by Cure the Blues.

107. 6 wins, 2 to 5, $241,551, Modesty S. [G3], Misty Isle S., 3rd Secretariat S. [G1], Buckram Oak H. [G3], Drumtop S., The Very One H., Penn National Budweiser Breeders' Cup H., Gold Digger S.. Dam of 4 winners--

BALLROOM DEPUTY (f. by Silver Deputy). 102. 5 wins, 2 to 4, $351,039(USA), Maple Leaf S. [G3], 2nd Ontario Matron H., Pippin S., 3rd Maple Leaf S., Ontario Matron S., Hill 'n' Dale S., Goddess S., Lighthouse S., etc.
Bluegrass Ted (g. by Dixieland Band). 81. Winner at 4 and 5, $66,725.
Mango Kiss (f. by Kris S.). 105. Winner at 4, $41,800.

3rd dam
LA VIE, by *Le Fabuleux. Unplaced. Half-sister to RAMBLIN GUY (

103. $209,014, Hollywood Juvenile Championship S. [G2], etc.), SWORD BLADE ($74,990, Will Rogers H.-G2, etc.), Gooni Goo Hoo (

113. $114,707, 3rd Barbara Fritchie H. [G2]), Better as a Memory (

101. $104,851, 2nd Betsy Ross H. [G3], etc.), Yours Or Mine ($43,465, 2nd Providencia S., etc.). Dam of 5 winners.

Progeny
Tango Tales entered stud in 2009. His first foals will race in 2012. From his small initial test crop of 3 foals he has produced first time winner TIME TO TANGO and EXOTICA (2nd in a photo finish in her debut).