Tapit

Izvestia · Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:59 pm

Have you guys seen Tonalist's female family??? It's pretty strong. I'd say his stamina comes through the bottom of his pedigree, for the most part.
But, hey, Tapit did sire a 12-furlong G1 winner, I'll eat crow a little bit here.

BaroqueAgain1 · Sun Jun 08, 2014 5:22 pm

"Only thing left is a Hambletonian winner. Im sure that will happen soon."

That made me remember Walter Farley's The Black Stallion's Sulky Colt, where some visionary harness guy brings his Standardbred mare to be bred to The Black, to put some speed into the offspring. The resulting colt goes on to win the Hambletonian, IIRC.
Yeah, Farley had a tendency in his books to play a little fast and loose with certain registry rules for his subjects.

lurkey mclurker · Sun Jun 08, 2014 6:00 pm

I still have that book.

*coughcoughOkayIstillhaveallofthem*

serenassong · Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:23 pm

lurkey mclurker wrote:I still have that book.

*coughcoughOkayIstillhaveallofthem*

Yep, so do I. Wasn't his name Bonfire?

ThreeMustangs · Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:25 pm

lurkey mclurker wrote:I still have that book.

*coughcoughOkayIstillhaveallofthem*

'Sallright. I wish I still had mine.

lurkey mclurker · Sun Jun 08, 2014 7:55 pm

serenassong wrote:
lurkey mclurker wrote:I still have that book.

*coughcoughOkayIstillhaveallofthem*
Yep, so do I. Wasn't his name Bonfire?

Yup. And I may or may not have written out his pedigree on the inside cover... *casual whistle*

amfuller · Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:34 am

I would have loved to seen CC win the triple crown but am happy that Tonalist won. This bodes well for Ziconic. Speed x Staminia we all know Zenyatta could run all day. I just hope it all comes together.

amfuller · Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:02 am

Ziconic is ... there are no words. If he runs half as good as he looks...
http://www.intagme.com/teamzenyatta/762 ... 196887215/

Twingo · Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:13 pm

$2.8m Tapit share sale values stallion at $140m

http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/b ... 18270/top/

BlindLucky · Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:32 pm

carole wrote:
BaroqueAgain1 wrote:How long before Zen's and Rachel's Tapit kids hit the track? The anticipation for those two is going to be off the charts.
Well Zenyatta's is just a yearling whilst Rachel Alexandra never had a Tapit baby.

They both had babies by Bernardini. Zenyatta's (Cozmic One, a colt) is 2 and Rachel's (an un-named filly) is a yearling.

Maybe thinking of Havre de Grace's Tapit foal?

ThreeMustangs · Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:20 pm

Tapit is more than $4M ahead of the second place stallion (Kitten's Joy) on the BH general earnings list...with the Breeders' Cup yet to come. Simply amazing.

Flanders · Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:04 pm

ThreeMustangs wrote:Tapit is more than $4M ahead of the second place stallion (Kitten's Joy) on the BH general earnings list...with the Breeders' Cup yet to come. Simply amazing.

He could easily break the single season earnings record with a couple good performances at the BC or a win in the Classic. Currently held by Smart Strike in 2007 with $14,358,570.

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:36 pm

2007? I think Curlin put Smart Strike into that monetary stratosphere.

BlindLucky · Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:17 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:2007? I think Curlin put Smart Strike into that monetary stratosphere.

Yup! It was a combination of a few that year. That was the year Curlin, English Channel, and Fabulous Strike all won Grade 1 races on the same day, and one month later Curlin and English Channel won the BC Classic and Turf. What a fun year for racing.

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:07 pm

Isn't 2007 the year that Curlin won the Dubai World Cup? That one race bumped up Curlin's earnings by a bunch.

mariasmon · Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:09 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:Isn't 2007 the year that Curlin won the Dubai World Cup? That one race bumped up Curlin's earnings by a bunch.

No, he won it in 2008.

tachyon · Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:42 am

The super stallion Tapit(USA) was represented by a new star in Japan, when his 2yo colt Golden Barows(USA)[o/o Mother Russia(USA) by Mayakovsky(USA)] broke his maiden in open lengths smashing the 2yo track record for 1600m dirt at Tokyo 2R on Nov 22, ridden by Ryan Moore.
Amazing!

--replay Tokyo 2R Nov 22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3gyiphwTQ
Golden Barows(USA): #13 horse
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001193371/

Starine · Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:47 am

tachyon wrote:The super stallion Tapit(USA) was represented by a new star in Japan, when his 2yo colt Golden Barows(USA)[o/o Mother Russia(USA) by Mayakovsky(USA)] broke his maiden in open lengths smashing the 2yo track record for 1600m dirt at Tokyo 2R on Nov 22, ridden by Ryan Moore.
Amazing!

--replay Tokyo 3R Nov 22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3gyiphwTQ
Golden Barows(USA): #13 horse
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001193371/

How neat that he is out of a Mayakovsky mare! Mayakovsky, besides being extremely handsome, was very, very fast. And Mother Russia was one of his best progeny.

moonwalker · Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:21 am

I have photos of Golden Barows at four sales in Kentucky and Florida, in utero, weanling, yearling, and 2yo breeze show. Can't figure out how to post them from on here (my computer isn't working right now) but you can see them on my Facebook page (Mary M. Meek.)

Squeaky · Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:37 am

Wow! That was impressive! he is certainly a new star. Would love to see photos- please post when you can...thanks! When is his next race? Tapit looking worth every cent of that 300K.