Tapit

Tapit
SirePulpit
GrandsireA.P. Indy
DamTap Your Heels
DamsireUnbridled
SexStallion
Foaled2001
CountryUnited States
ColourGray
BreederOldenburg Farms, LLC
OwnerWinchell Thoroughbreds
TrainerMichael Dickinson
Record6: 3–0–0
Earnings$557,300[1]
Major wins
Laurel Futurity Stakes (2003)
Wood Memorial Stakes (2004)
Awards
Leading sire in North America
(2014, 2015, 2016)

Tapit (foaled February 27, 2001, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won three of his six races, including the Wood Memorial Stakes, then a Grade I event. He was an immediate success after retiring to stud, becoming the leading freshman sire in North America of 2008 with Breeders' Cup winner Stardom Bound becoming his first Grade I winner. He was the leading sire in North America in 2014, setting an earnings record that he broke in 2015 and again in 2016. For the 2015 season, his stud fee was raised to $300,000, the highest in North America.[2] In 2021, Essential Quality became his fourth Belmont Stakes winner (Tonalist, Creator and Tapwrit being the others), tying him for the all-time record of winners sired in this race with the great Lexington.

  1. ^ "Tapit Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Tapit's Stud Fee Doubles for 2015 Season". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved June 13, 2016.