One Cool Cat, foaled on March 26, 2001 in Kentucky, is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in England and Ireland. Bred by Winstar Farm, he was purchased by Demi O'Byrne on behalf of Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor for $3.1-million at the 2002 Keeneland July yearling sale. Sired by Storm Cat and out of the Mr. Prospector mare, Tacha, he was trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O'Brien.
One Cool Cat lost on his debut start, finishing 4th in a maiden race at the Curragh. He was soon on the winning trail with a victory in a maiden race at York Racecourse six weeks later. The Anglesey Stakes was his next race, and was the second in a string of four consecutive wins, following up in the Phoenix Stakes and National Stakes. Aidan O'Brien had been so impressed with his work at home and also on the racetrack, that he joked once, "I think I'll move him in beside me and knock a door in the bedroom to put him up for the winter!"
For his performance in the 2003 racing season One Cool Cat earned the Cartier Racing Award as Two-Year-Old European Champion Colt.
Read more about One Cool Cat: Three-Year-Old Career, Current
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