Tie The Knot

Chestnut gelding (1994 - 2012) | Nassipour (USA) | Whisked | Inducted in 2021

Tie The Knot

Image: Mike McQuillan's Classic Photographs / Ern McQuillan

Biography

TRAINER: Guy Walter

OWNERS/BREEDERS: Sandy Tait, Jill Nivison

RACE RECORD: 62 starts, 21 wins, 9 seconds, 8 thirds

PRIZEMONEY: $6,212,835 AUD

About

Throughout his long racing career, Tie the Knot endeared himself to racegoers as a versatile and fast finishing champion. The striking chestnut matched his good looks with his deeds on the track.  He recorded wins in stakes races ranging in distance from 1200m-3200m and was voted the Australian Champion Stayer for the 1999-2000 season. Bred and raced by Sandy Tait and Jill Nivison, and trained at Warwick Farm by Guy Walter, Tie the Knot’s career record of 21 wins – 13 at Group 1 level – included consecutive Sydney Cups (1998 and 1999), Tancred Stakes (1999 and 2000) and Rawson Stakes (2000 and 2001). He was retired in 2002 after entering the history books as the first horse to win the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes four years in a row.  

'He is tough mentally and physically, and has a great attitude.' - Guy Walter (trainer)

Major Wins

  • Chipping Norton Stakes; 2002; Warwick Farm 
  • Gloaming Stakes; 1997; Rosehill Gardens
  • Spring Champion Stakes; 1997; Royal Randwick
  • Rosehill Guineas; 1998; Rosehill Gardens
  • Sydney Cup; 1998; Royal Randwick
  • Underwood Stakes; 1998; Caulfield
  • Chipping Norton Stakes; 1999; Warwick Farm
  • Mercedes Classic; 1999; Rosehill Gardens
  • Sydney Cup; 1999; Royal Randwick
  • Hill Stakes; 1999; Rosehill Gardens
  • Craven Plate; 1999; Royal Randwick
  • Chipping Norton Stakes; 2000; Warwick Farm
  • Ranvet Stakes; 2000; Rosehill Gardens
  • Mercedes Classic; 2000; Rosehill Gardens
  • AJC St. Leger; 2000; Royal Randwick
  • Expressway Stakes; 2001; Royal Randwick
  • Chipping Norton Stakes; 2001; Royal Randwick
  • Ranvet Stakes; 2001; Rosehill Gardens