Tapit Takes Two

re: Tapit Takes Two

John Wells — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:56:57 GMT

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.

re: Tapit Takes Two

Manuel de Luque — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:54:24 GMT

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.

re: Tapit Takes Two

Alan Porter — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:31:30 GMT

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.

re: Tapit Takes Two

Alan Porter — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:55:29 GMT

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.

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Slew.em.All — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:01:14 GMT

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!

re: Tapit Takes Two

AnneM — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:38:23 GMT

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?

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Bellwether — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:17:41 GMT

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

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Abbie Knowles — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:48:07 GMT

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

re: Tapit Takes Two

Kent D. Hersman — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:18:40 GMT

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.

re: Tapit Takes Two

Slew.em.All — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:50:52 GMT

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..