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Tapit Takes Two

Written by aporter | Feb 11, 2009

Sophmore sire Tapit (TrueNicks,SRO) continues to emphasize that he’s for real, and had a pair of second-season fillies take graded wins. Champion 2-year-old filly Stardom Bound (Tapit – My White Corvette, by Tarr Road) added to her laurels in the Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I), and might just possibly be heading for a clash with Pioneerof the Nile in the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I).

Tapit’s new graded scorer was War Echo (Tapit – Wild Vision, by Wild Again) in the Silverbulletday Stakes (gr. III), which saw Four Gifts, the offspring of another sophomore sire -- Even the Score by Unbridled's Song (TrueNicks,SRO) -- take second. Rated A++ by TrueNicks, War Echo is the third stakes winner for the Pulpit/Wild Again cross, the best being War Echo’s similarly-bred half-brother Pyro.

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10 Comments:

It's amazing how Seattle Slews bloodline continues to develop and manifest itself in every aspect of the modern day sires-lists.He truly blessed his offspring with his greatness and disposition.

Can you tell me whatever happened to his Champion 2yo Boston Harbor?I heard he was shipped to Japan..And also,I haven't heard anything from Slew O' Gold's brilliant daughter Gorgeous since she retired a few years back,can you please share any info on them,thx..

Slew.em.All 11 Feb 2009 9:50 PM

Question:

Why is it that every time True Nicks gets the opportunity to exploit the data, we see an A++, as in the case of War Echo, above.

However, the casual reader is required to run his/her own report if he/she wants to see the grade on other horses listed in your blogs.

For example: Stardom Bound is a C+. This really must be an outlier, or maybe it was just a judicious breeding that did not include, "True Nicks". Pioneerof the Nile was rated a "B" by your software calculation.

Either one of these horses gets a satisfactory grade in my estimation.

Kent D. Hersman 11 Feb 2009 10:18 PM

I fell for Tapit big time when i saw photos of him in The BloodHorse mgazine and on the website. That gorgeous almost arabian head and he just looks to have a real presence about him.

Then of course he is of the Seattle Slew dynasty and A P INDY and PULPIT are greatfavourites of mine as everyone knows.

It has been so exciting watching Tapit's runners charge home in front. With Laragh, Terrain, and Poltergeist as well as Stardom Bound and War Echo, even this early in the year he is in a strong position. Am just praying they all stay sound, happy, healthy and well!

God Bless

Best wishes

Abbie

Abbie Knowles 11 Feb 2009 10:48 PM

TAPIT IS THE REEL DEAL FOLKS!!!...stand by...

Bellwether 12 Feb 2009 1:17 AM

Tapit only raced 6 times before returing due to injury - as did his sire Pulpit - well bred or not, why are these horse being promoted so much? It is sad that more mare owners are not breeding to horses that ran several times and retired sound after age 4. There are plenty of Grade 1 winning stallions that fit that category. In this age of awareness of breakdowns, should breeding for soundness a durability be important?

AnneM 12 Feb 2009 9:38 AM

AnneM; maybe some breeders prefer quality type horses that u get from the Slew bloodline..I'd much rather breed to a Brilliant,short lived racing career Stallion who took a bad step,than an 6 for 40 race record Stallion anyday..Quality over Quantity!

Slew.em.All 12 Feb 2009 12:01 PM

Anne M. It's not a question of promotion: Pulpit has proved himself to be the best son of A.P. Indy, and a coming sire of sires: he's booked full at $80,000 for the coming year. Tapit has four stakes winners, three graded, and two grade one, with his first crop only just turned three. Breeders can't afford to ignore these kind of results.

Alan Porter 12 Feb 2009 7:55 PM

Kent: the ratings for Stardom Bound and Pioneerof the Nile both show them to be the result of matings that have stakes winner production record that is above opportunity. We find that just under a third of horses are rated 'B' or higher, and that group produces at three-quarters of the stakes winners. There are always going to be some horses who outperform the nick rating, just as there are horses that far outperform the "class" of their pedigree.

Alan Porter 14 Feb 2009 8:31 AM

May all of you be interested in knowing that the champion 2yo in Spain in 2008 was the grey As de Trebol, an US bred by Tapit - Adelphi, by Danzig out of champion racemare Rose's Cantina, by Naskra. He run 3 times and won twice, being third in the other. He is due to run at Deauville (FR) on March 19 for his first outing as a 3yo.

Manuel de Luque 16 Feb 2009 9:54 AM

Hey folks,

I love Tapit. No doubt that this is a serious stallion and I hope he goes on and is a great one. Love Pulpit, love Ap and the Slew. It's a great line and long may it live.

John Wells 22 Feb 2009 7:56 AM

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