Multiple champion sire Tapit has become an outstanding broodmare sire. This was underlined in no uncertain fashion last Saturday, with Tapit mares making their presence felt on two different continents.
Tapit is the broodmare sire of Saturday’s Gr1 Dubai World Cup winner Hit Show (Candy Ride), and the winners of Saturday’s Gr3 Gazelle Stakes and G2 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita Oaks are both out of daughters of Tapit.
Tapit (Pic – Supplied)
In landing Saturday’s Gr1 Dubai World Cup, Hit Show, a 20th Gr1 winner for his sire Candy Ride, claimed his sixth graded win, with the five-year-old landing the Gr3 Withers Stakes at three, the Gr2 Lukas Classic, Gr2 Hagyard Fayette Stakes and Gr3 West Virginia Governor’s Stakes at four, and the Gr3 Louisiana Stakes this year.
One of three winners from four runners for the Gr2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winning Tapit mare Actress, Hit Show is the most accomplished horse to date bred on the Candy Ride/Tapit Cross.
Tenmar (Nyquist), winner of Saturday’s Gr2 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita Oaks, is out of the Tapit mare Amagansett. The three-year-old has won four graded races, including the Gr1 FanDuel Racing Del Mar Debutante Stakes and Gr2 Starlet Stakes.
Saturday’s Gr3 Gazelle Stakes queen Ballerina D’Oro (Medaglia D’Oro), who is out of the Tapit mare In The Moonlight, picked up 100 points towards a start in the Kentucky Oaks with her win at Aquaduct.
Ballerina D’Oro is not the first Medaglia D’Oro filly out of a Tapit mare to win the Gazelle, with her paternal half-sister Nostalgic (out of the Tapit mare Been Here Before) landing the same race in 2022.
To date, Tapit’s broodmare daughters have produced more than 120 stakes winners, headed by US Horse Of The Year and dual G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile winning sire Cody’s Wish.
Other standout performers produced by Tapit mares include fellow US champions Arcangelo (Arrogate) and Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief), as well as Gr1 SAJC South Australian Derby winner Qafila (Not A Single Doubt), Japanese champion Gran Alegria (Deep Impact), and Gr1 Pacific Classic winner Tripoli (Kitten’s Joy).
The evergreen son of Pulpit has been responsible for 15 black type winners as a broodmare sire in 2025. This tally includes not only Hit Show and Tenma, but also fellow graded stakes winners Red Route One, Final Gambit, Toupie and Recharge.
On a single weekend earlier this year, runners out of Tapit mares won all of the Gr2 Louisiana Derby, Gr3 Jeff Ruby Steaks, and Bourbonette Oaks.
Tapit mares have done particularly well when mated to Gun Runner, whose sire Candy Ride is also the sire of Hit Show. Tapit is broodmare sire of six Gun Runner graded stakes winners, including dual Gr1 winner Society.
Three times Champion Sire in North America, Tapit also looks set, once again, to make his presence felt in US Triple Crown races this year.
Tapit’s Gr1 Arkansas Derby winning son Sandman is a leading contender for the G1 Kentucky Derby, while recent Gr2 TwinSpires.Com Louisiana Derby winner Tiztastic, who is inbred to Tapit, was sired by his four time Gr1 winning grandson, Tiz The Law.
