Tachypous

Tachypous
Sire	Hotfoot
Grandsire	Firestreak
Dam	Stilvi
Damsire	Derring-Do
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1974
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	George Cambanis
Owner	George Cambanis
Trainer	Bruce Hobbs
Record	10: 2-3-2
Major wins
Middle Park Stakes (1976)
Awards
Timeform rating 128 (1976), 123 (1977)

Tachypous (foaled 1974) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old in 1976 he showed early promise and recovered from illness to defeat a strong field in the Middle Park Stakes. In the following year he failed to win but produced his best performance when finishing second in the 2000 Guineas. Apart from his two wins he was placed in the Richmond Stakes, Greenham Stakes and St James's Palace Stakes. He made no impact as a breeding stallion.

Tachypous was a "rangy, most attractive" bay horse with white socks on his hind feet bred by his owner George Cambanis. He was sired by Hotfoot who won the Coronation Stakes and finished second in both the Irish 2000 Guineas and the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The best of his other progeny included Hot Grove (runner-up in the Epsom Derby) and Count Pahlen. Tachypous's dam Stilvi was bought by Cambanis as a yearling and became a top-class racehorse, winning the King George Stakes and Duke of York Stakes before becoming an outstanding broodmare. After Tachypous she went on to produce Tromos, Tyrnavos and Tolmi. The colt, whose name means "swift-foot" in Greek, was sent into training with Bruce Hobbs at his Palace House stables in Newmarket. He was ridden in most of his races by Geoff Lewis.

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