Tapit

Pulpit - Tap Your Heels, by Unbridled 2001 gr/ro - Submit Mare
Entered Stud: 2005  ||  2012: BOOKED FULL
    
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"Hottest Sire on the Planet"

Tapit
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  • "Vying for Hottest Sire on the Planet honors."--Bill Oppenheim in TDN 
  • 32 SWs in his first four crops, including reigning Eclipse Champion HANSEN and 2012 San Fernando (G2) winner TAPIZAR.
  • Third Leading Sire by worldwide earnings in 2011 - $10.7 million.
  • Third leading juvenile sire of 2011 - $1.46 million.
  • Five stakes horses, four Graded horses already in 2012.
  • 13 SWs - 31 Stakes Horses - 7 Graded SWs - 19 stakes wins 2011.
  • 2011/2012 sales: $725,000 yearling; $650,000 yearling (Session Topper); $700,000 weanling, $850,000 in-foal mare; $775,000 in-foal mare.
  • Seven G1 winners - one or more from every crop to race.
  • More SWs and Graded SWs than any grandson of A.P. Indy.
  • Champion Freshman and Juvenile Sire his first season.
  • Three Breeders' Cup winners, four millionaires in four crops.
  • 17 Graded SWs - seven Grade 1 SWs - $27.8 million.
  • Top performance on every surface: Champion and Breeders' Cup winner STARDOM BOUND, winner of five consecutive G1's; Champion and Breeders' Cup winner HANSEN; Breeders' Cup winner TAPITSFLY; Eclipse Finalist CARELESS JEWEL-G1; Eclipse Finalist LARAGH-G1; Del Mar Deb winner TELL A KELLY-G1; Las Virgenes/Lady's Secret (G1) ZAZU-G1; multi-millionaire TESTA MATTA ($2,561,163 to 2012).
  • Outstanding improvement of mares - 2.45 AEI vs. 1.76 CI.
  • One of the industry's highest two-year-old AEI's - 3.13.
  • Undefeated Graded SW at 2 - G1 winner of the Wood Memorial at 3.
  • Classic stallion’s pedigree: By A.P. INDY's best sire PULPIT, out of a SW by UNBRIDLED.
  • Immediate family of Leading Sire RELAUNCH.

Tapit News

to Tapit
on 2/2/2012
Tapit's 2-year-old champion of 2011, Hansen, topped the recently-released Experimental Free Handicap with a weight of 126 pounds...
to Tapit
on 1/27/2012
A yearling by Champion Sire Tapit was the highest-priced filly sold during the opening session of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town, South Africa. The lone offering by Tapit in the venue,...
to Tapit
on 1/16/2012
Hansen, the undefeated 2-year-old son of Tapit, was named 2-year-old male champion Eclipse Award winner at the 41st Eclipse Awards...
to Tapit
on 1/14/2012
Tapizar drew away to an easy 3 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 San Fernando S. (G2) Jan. 14 at Santa Anita Park...
to Tapit
on 1/10/2012
A mare in foal to Tapit proved very popular during day 1 of the Keeneland January sale...
to Tapit
on 11/12/2011
Tapit will stand at Gainesway Farm for $125,000 in 2012...
to Tapit
on 11/9/2011
The second-most-expensive horse at the Keeneland November auction's third day was a $700,000 Tapit weanling filly, hip No. 783...
to Tapit
on 11/5/2011
Tapit's 2-year-old son Hansen made his case for divisional honors with a front-running victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1)...
to Tapit
on 11/1/2011
Top-3 sire Tapit could rocket to the top spot of the 2011 stallion list with a big weekend at the Breeders' Cup...
to Tapit
on 10/16/2011
Another solid weekend for the offspring of Tapit put the Gainesway stallion over the $8 million mark as of Oct. 15...
to Tapit
on 10/8/2011
A patient horse and rider turned a crowded trip into a half-length win for Headache in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup H...
to Tapit
on 10/1/2011
Zazu rolled down the middle of the track to capture the $250,000 Lady's Secret S. (G1) by a half-length at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 1...
to Tapit
on 9/24/2011
Tapit’s undefeated son Hansen rocketed out of the gate and never looked back, romping to a 13-length victory in the $100,000 Kentucky Cup Juvenile on September 24 at Turfway Park…
to Sales
to Tapit
on 9/14/2011
A son of Tapit consigned by Gainesway brought the highest bid of the day during the fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale...
to Sales
to Tapit
on 9/13/2011
Tapit sired the third highest-priced yearling during the second day of the Keeneland September sale...
to Tapit
on 9/13/2011
Rattlesnake Bridge will go for the big money in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G2) Sept. 24 at Parx Racing...
to Tapit
on 9/10/2011
Tidal Volume, a 5-year-old son of Tapit, rolled to his fourth straight win in the $50,000 Temperence Hill S. at Louisiana Downs...
to Tapit
on 8/1/2011
When Rattlesnake Bridge runs in the Aug. 27 $1 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga he will have had seven weeks between races...
to Sales
to Tapit
on 7/12/2011
A yearling filly by Tapit and consigned by Gainesway went for $300,000 at the July 12 Fasig-Tipton yearling sale...
to Tapit
on 7/9/2011
Rattlesnake Bridge, a 3-year-old son of 2011's leading sire Tapit, willed his way to a nose victory in the $165,000 Long Branch...

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Tapit Generational Pedigree

Dosage Profile:

PULPIT (USA)
dkb/br. 1994
A.P. INDY (USA)
dkb/br. 1989 [IC]
SEATTLE SLEW (USA)
br. 1974 [BC]
BOLD REASONING (USA) br. 1968 *
MY CHARMER (USA) b. 1969 *
WEEKEND SURPRISE (USA)*
b. 1980
SECRETARIAT (USA) ch. 1970 [IC]
LASSIE DEAR (USA) b. 1974 *
PREACH (USA)
b. 1989
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA)
b. 1970 [BC]
  RAISE A NATIVE (USA) ch. 1961 [B]
GOLD DIGGER (USA) b. 1962
NARRATE (USA)*
dkb/br. 1980
HONEST PLEASURE (USA) br. 1973
STATE (USA) b. 1974
TAP YOUR HEELS (USA)
gr. 1996
UNBRIDLED (USA)
b. 1987 [BI]
FAPPIANO (USA)
b. 1977 [IC]
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA)   b. 1970 [BC]
KILLALOE (USA) b. 1970
GANA FACIL (USA)
ch. 1981
LE FABULEUX (FR) ch. 1961 [P]
CHAREDI (USA) dkb/br. 1976
RUBY SLIPPERS (USA)
gr. 1982
NIJINSKY (CAN)
b. 1967 [CS]
NORTHERN DANCER (CAN) b. 1961 [BC]
FLAMING PAGE (CAN) b. 1959 *
MOON GLITTER (USA)
gr. 1972
IN REALITY (USA) b. 1964 [BC]
FOGGY NOTE (USA) gr. 1965
courtesy of Pedigree Query

Tapit's Race and (Stakes) Record

Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earned
2 2 2 (1) 0 0 $79,800
3 4 1 (1) 0 0 $477,500
Totals 6 3 (2) 0 0 $557,300

Won at 2

  • Laurel Futurity (gr. III, 1 1/16 miles, by 4 3/4, defeating Polish Rifle, Ghost Mountain, Acclimate, Capejinsky, Charismatic Caller, Tym Beau).

  • A maiden special weight race at Delaware Park (1 mile, by 7 3/4, defeating Fancatstik, Mighty Roar, Skip a Dee Doo Dah, Key to the Stars, Julian's Commander, Mt. Washington, Swordmaker).

Won at 3

  • Wood Memorial S (gr. I, 1 1/8 miles, defeating Master David, Eddington, Swingforthefences, Royal Assault, Value Plus, Little Matth Man, Cuba, Consecrate, Sinister G, Hornshope).

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Entered Stud: 2005  ||  2012: BOOKED FULL