ground. Tobougg was then off the course for three months before returning in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket. Ridden by Kevin Darley he tracked the leaders before moving into the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish. he ran on well but was headed inside the final furlong and beaten three quarters of a length by Nayef. On his final start of the year he traveled to Hong Kong where he faced an international field in the Hong Kong Cup. Dettori sent the colt into the lead from the start, and after being headed a furlong out, Tobougg rallied strongly but was beaten a head by the Japanese runner Agnes Digital. Saeed bin Suroor was pleased with the colt's effort and said that he would be "a serious horse next season." 2002: four-year-old season Tobougg failed to live up to his trainer's prediction in four starts in 2002. He finished last of the fifteen runners behind Nayef in the Dubai Sheema Classic, and on his return to Europe, ran fifth behind Rebellline in the Tattersalls Gold Cup. Having run in nine consecutive Group One races, Tobougg was dropped in class for the Listed Steventon Stakes at Newbury in July. He started Evens favourite, but could finish only third to Highdown. For his final race he was sent to Belmont Park where he finished last of the eight runners in the Man o' War Stakes. Assessment Tobougg was named European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt at the Cartier Racing Awards in 2000. In the official International Classification for 2000, released in January 2001, Tobougg was ranked equal third on 120, behind the colts Minardi (Phoenix Stakes) and Okawango (Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère) and equal with the filly Superstar Leo. In 2001, Tobougg was rated the eleventh best three-year-old colt in Europe, with a rating of 119. Stud career Tobougg began his stud career at the Darley Stud, being shuttled between its bases in England and Australia. Prior to his new home he stood alongside the champion stayer Double Trigger at the Clarendon Farm stud in Wiltshire, England at a fee of £2,500. He sired the winners of more than two hundred races, but few at a high level, His only Group One winner was the Australian-bred The Pooka who won the New Zealand 2000 Guineas in 2007. He stood at Anngrove Stud Farm, Mountmellick, County Laois from 2012 until his death from