[6] The Tin Man was unraced as a juvenile and began his track career in a maiden race over six furlongs at Doncaster Racecourse in May 2015 in which he started at odds of 8/1 and came home sixth of the seven runners.
On 2 October the gelding contested a slightly more important handicap at Ascot Racecourse and won in "impressive" style, taking the lead a furlong out and coming home four and a half lengths clear of his twelve opponents.
[8] For his final run of the year, The Tin Man was stepped up sharply in class for the Group 1 British Champions Sprint Stakes at two weeks later over the same course and distance.
[10] He was strongly fancied for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot but ran poorly and finished eighth of the nine runners as Twilight Son who won from the Hong Kong challenger Gold-Fun.
In July he started favourite for the Listed Hackwood Stakes at Newbury Racecourse and won by a head from the Mick Channon-trained Divine having been "tenderly ridden" by Queally in the closing stages.
[11] At Haydock Park on 3 September the gelding contested the 32Red Sprint Cup and finished second of the fourteen runners, beaten one and three quarter lengths by the three-year-old filly Quiet Reflection.
Limato started favourite while the other contenders included Tasleet, Magical Memory (2016 Duke of York Stakes), Librisa Breeze, Growl, Suedois (Prix de Meautry) and The Right Man (Al Quoz Sprint).
The Tin Man raced in mid-division as the outsider Kachy set the pace and was then switched to the inside to obtain a clear run approaching the final furlong.
[20] In the 2018 edition of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes the gelding started the 5/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Harry Angel, Merchant Navy and Redkirk Warrior.
After running eighteen consecutive races over six furlongs in England, The Tin Man was moved up slightly in trip and sent to France for the Prix Maurice de Gheest over 1300 metres at Deauville Racecourse on 5 August and finished third of the twenty runners behind Polydream and James Garfield.
In June he contested the Diamond Jubilee Stakes for the fourth time and came home sixth of the seventeen runners, four and a half lengths behind the winner Blue Point.
He stumbled exiting the stalls but recovered well and produced a strong late run to finish second to the three-year-old Hello Youmzain beaten a diminishing half length by his younger opponent.
[23] The Tin Man ended his season as usual in the British Champions Sprint Stakes but struggled on the heavy ground and finished unplaced behind the upset winner Donjuan Triumphant.
[24] In the Hackwood Stakes at Newbury four weeks later he went to the front a furlong out but was caught in the final strides and beaten half a length into second place by the five-year-old Tabdeed.
A week later The Tin Man contested his sixth British Champions Sprint Stakes but made no impact as he came home twelfth of the sixteen runners behind Glen Shiel.
[26] On the morning of 6 June 2021 the gelding was found to be lame after a training gallop and was taken to the Newmarket Equine Hospital where he underwent an operation on a broken cannon bone.
"[4] In April 2022, The Tin Man joined The National Stud as a living legend, sharing a paddock with Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere.