Tapit

Tapit
Sire	Pulpit
Grandsire	A.P. Indy
Dam	Tap Your Heels
Damsire	Unbridled
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2001
Country	United States
Colour	Gray
Breeder	Oldenburg Farms, LLC
Owner	Winchell Thoroughbreds
Trainer	Michael Dickenson
Record	6: 3–0–0
Earnings	$557,300
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. Out of the Unbridled mare Tap Your Heels, he was sired by Pulpit. He had a modest racing career, winning three of six total races, but became 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.

Tapit is a gray horse. He is heterozygous for the dominant gray gene, which he inherited via his dam, Tap Your Heels. As such, there is a 50-50 chance that any given foal sired by him on a non-gray mare will be gray. His base coat color before turning gray was chestnut.

Tapit was purchased as a yearling in 2002 for $625,000 by Verne Winchell, a prominent California owner. Winchell died soon afterwards and left the horse to his son, Ron. The manager of Winchell Thoroughbreds, David Fiske, placed the horse in the hands of trainer Michael Dickinson.

Tapit has been described as an attractive, well-balanced, elegant horse whose appearance reflects the Thoroughbred’s Arabian ancestors. He stands 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) high.

Tapit raced only twice at age two but won both impressively. On October 19, he won a one mile maiden special weight at Delaware Park by 7 3/4 lengths. He then won the Grade III Laurel Futurity Stakes on November 15 by five lengths, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 98. Veteran sportswriter Andrew Beyer wrote, "No 2-year-old in America had looked more impressive."

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