Tonalist (horse)

Tonalist
Tonalist, after winning the 2014 Belmont Stakes
Sire	Tapit
Grandsire	Pulpit
Dam	Settling Mist
Damsire	Pleasant Colony
Sex	Colt
Foaled	February 11, 2011
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Woodslane Farm
Owner	Robert S. Evans
Trainer	Christophe Clement
Record	16: 7–4–2
Earnings	$3,647,000
Major wins
Peter Pan Stakes (2014) Belmont Stakes (2014) Jockey Club Gold Cup (2014, 2015) Westchester Handicap (2015) Cigar Mile Handicap (2015)

Tonalist (foaled February 11, 2011) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2014 Belmont Stakes, beating the favored California Chrome, who was attempting to win the Triple Crown. Tonalist won the Peter Pan Stakes in May 2014. He is the first horse since A.P. Indy in 1992 to win the Peter Pan/Belmont double. Later in the year he defeated older horses to win the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Tonalist is an unusually large bay colt, standing 17 hands (68 inches, 173 cm) high. with an irregular white blaze bred in Kentucky by the Virginia-based Woodslane Farm. He was sired by Tapit, a gray son of Pulpit, who won the Wood Memorial Stakes and started second favorite for the 2004 Kentucky Derby. Tapit has become a successful breeding stallion with other progeny including Hansen, Stardom Bound, Tapitsfly (Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf), Tapizar (Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile) and Untapable (Kentucky Oaks). Tonalist's dam, Settling Mist, a daughter of the Kentucky Derby winner Pleasant Colony, won once from nineteen starts in 2002 and 2003. As a great-granddaughter of the broodmare Missy Baba, Settling Mist was closely related to several major winners including Summer Squall, A P Indy, Duke of Marmalade and Lemon Drop Kid.