Background
A bay colt, Lil E. Tee was bred in Pennsylvania by Lawrence I. Littman. Much has been said about what many sportswriters have described as Lil E. Tee's unimpressive pedigree. However, his grandsire was Norcliffe who was a son of the U.S. Hall of Fame Champion Buckpasser. Norcliffe earned Horse of the Year honours in Canada and was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. At stud, Norcliffe was North America's leading juvenile sire by number of wins and second in earnings in 1981.
As a weanling, Lil E. Tee had nearly died but was saved by emergency stomach surgery. Considered to have little racing potential, he was sold for $2,000 as a yearling, and at age two his owner tried to sell him again but was rejected by an auction company who deemed the horse unsaleable. Lil E. Tee finally ended up in the hands of a Florida owner and was stabled at Calder Race Course in Miami, Florida.
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