There are few longtime leading stallions faucet did not finish in the barn. Pulpit’s 22-year-old son has three times topped the North American stallion list, has bred 33 stalls for seven figures, and topped the 29 place/group 1 winners, the horse. Just like last year, I wrote my name in the history of books forever when my son, 2022 Canh Ngo Flight route set the racing world on fire with his feats on the track.
However, the Kentucky Derby (G1) skipped Gainesway. Tapit selected four Classic winners in Creator , Tapwrit , tone artist And essential quality , all winners 1 1/2 miles Belmont Stakes (G1). However, although the winner of the 1/4 Mile Rose Race was never selected, the progeny of stallions consistently showed up at the starting gate on the first Saturday of May. Tapit has had 13 Kentucky Derby starts, most recently Whisper Hill Farm’s charge it last year. Charge It, coached by Todd Pletcher, drops to 17th after the win rich attack at the very beginning of his fourth life.
Tapit in his oars at Gainesway
This year, Tapit is on track to be represented again in the Kentucky Derby with one of the likely contenders to be favorites in the heroic Blue Grass Stakes (G1) Tapit Trice . Similar to Charge It, Tapit Trice is another finely bred, handsome speckled gray pony by Todd Pletcher. He was purchased for a lavish $1.3 million by Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill at Keeneland 2021 Semi-Annual in September. Tapit Trice’s breeder, Antony Beck of Gainesway Ranch, stayed on as the way as co-owner of the pony.
“(Tapit Trice) is absolutely brilliant,” Beck said after the pony’s neck point was over Verification in progress in Blue Grass at Keeneland. “It’s been great to be partnered with Mandy (the Pope.) It’s been a wonderful friendship. We both love, love horses; we both love the sport. Tapit is an animal. extraordinary stallion and this is one of his other extraordinary horses.I would also like to thank John Fort (of Peachtree Stable) who chose Danzatrice (Tapit Trice’s dam) for me when I was 2 years old. Without that, we wouldn’t be here.”
Tapit Trice is the second foal in the Dunkirk mare herd dazatrice , whom Gainesway picked up for $105,000 at the age of 2 at Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. Danzatrice, daughter of Pletcher trained Dunkirk , runner-up in the 2009 Belmont Stakes, proved himself to be a capable racehorse for Beck, winning seven of his 15 career starts, including three black level bets. All three mares bet wins come in a two-turn gap. Danzatrice’s page received a significant boost in 2018 when her half-sister Long walk won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) that year and was awarded the Eclipse Award for the 2-year-old female champion.
From top to bottom, the Tapit Trice embodies the pedigree of a horse bred to carry its speed a classic distance. The foal demonstrated its potential stamina in Blue Grass, as it covered four and then five distances during the 1/8 mile race, capable of running 1 1/4 miles. miles and still strong enough to win late.
“We never felt distance would be an issue,” Pletcher said. “We’ve always felt that longer distances would be good for him. We’re happy to take him one eighth of a mile today and we feel like a mile and a half was even better for him. it.”
Tapit Trice wins Blue Grass Stakes
Blue Grass follows a series of progressive wins for the Tapit Trice that began with the first special one-mile tally in late December at Aqueduct race track. From there, the foal cuts an allowance field to eight lengths at Gulfstream Park. impressing, taking home a two-way victory over oddball Tampa . Bay surface.
Though Tapit’s four sons—Tapit Trice , Congruent , Buyer’s Revenge And Tapit’s conquest —has been competing on the points line for the Race for the Roses, since April 9, it looks like Tapit Trice might be the only representative of the sire in the starting gate on Race Day. The foal currently has 150 points, making it a solid fourth on the points leaderboard. A victory for Tapit Trice under that legendary Twin Spiers would surely be the cherry on top of Tapit’s already exceptional school career.
