Tap On Wood

Tap On Wood
Sire	Sallust
Grandsire	Pall Mall
Dam	Cat O' Mountaine
Damsire	Ragusa
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	15 February 1976
Country	Ireland
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Irish National Stud
Owner	Anthony Shead
Trainer	Barry Hills
Record	18: 10-2-1
Major wins
National Stakes (1978) Thirsk Classic Trial (1979) 2000 Guineas (1979) Kiveton Park Stakes (1979)
Awards
Timeform rating: 113 (1978), 130 (1979)

Tap On Wood (15 February 1976 – 25 December 1999) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1979. As a two-year-old in 1978 he won seven of his thirteen races including the National Stakes. In the following spring he defeated the outstanding miler Kris to record an upset victory in the Guineas. His later career was disrupted by illness and he appeared in only two more races, finishing unplaced in the Derby and winning the Kiveton Park Stakes. He subsequently had some success as a breeding stallion in Europe and Japan.

Tap On Wood was a chestnut horse with no white markings bred by the Irish National Stud. He was from the third crop of foals sired by Sallust an outstanding miler who won the Sussex Stakes and the Prix du Moulin in 1972. Sallust also sired the filly Sanedtki, whose wins included the Prix de la Foret, Prix du Moulin. Tap On Wood's dam, Cat o' Mountaine was a half-sister of the Dewhurst Stakes winner Bounteous and a great granddaughter of the broodmare Bayora, whose other descendants included the 1000 Guineas winner Rose Royale.

As a yearling, Tap On Wood was sent to the sales and was bought for 12,500 guineas. During his racing career he was owned by Tony Shead and trained by Barry Hills at Lambourn in Berkshire.

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