Dam Tullahoma Foaled 1889 Colour Chestnut Species Equus caballus Parents Iroquois Earnings 113,290 USD | Damsire Great Tom Country United States Breeder not found Owner Marcus Daly Sex Stallion Grandsire Leamington | |
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Tammany was an American Thoroughbred race horse. He was the favorite horse owned by Marcus Daly. Out of the American mare Tullahoma, a granddaughter of King Tom, the leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1870 and 1871, Tammany's sire was Iroquois, the first American horse ever to win England's Epsom Derby.
Tammany was the retrospective American Horse of the Year for 1892.
Tammany, was foaled in Tennessee in 1889. Marcus Daly bought him in 1891 for $2,500. In 1893 there was a rivalry going on between Tammany and the favorite horse of the East, Lamplighter. A race was set up for the two horses in Guttenberg, New Jersey. Daly had said, "If Tammany beats Lamplighter, I'll build him a castle." Tammany won by 4 lengths. His "castle" is located on a hill about a mile east of Hamilton, MT.