Tapit Trice (foaled February 17, 2020) is an American

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racehorse who won the

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and Grade III

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in 2023 as a three-year-old.

Background

Tapit Trice is a

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or roan stallion that was bred in Kentucky by Gainesway Thoroughbreds. He was sired by

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, the leading sire in the US in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Tapit stands at Gainesway Farm for $185,000 in 2023. Tapit Trice was sold for $1,300,000 at the 2021

September Yearling Sale to Amanda Pope's Whisper Hill Farm from the consignment of breeder Antony Beck's

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, which subsequently bought back in as a partner. Tapit Trice is out of the Grade III-placed (2017

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) multiple stakes winner Danzatrice, a daughter of 2009 Belmont Stakes runner-up

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. Danzatrice is a half sister to 2018 US champion two-year-old filly Jaywalk, a two-time grade 1 winner. Tapit Trice is trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Todd A. Pletcher.

Racing career

2022: two-year-old season

Tapit Trice ran two times in late 2022 in Maiden events at

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winning on his second start.

2023: three-year-old season

Tapit Trice has run four times in 2023 winning three of his races. Two of his victories were in major qualification events on the

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, the Grade III

and then a grinding win in the

by a neck thus easily qualifying for the

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. He finished 7th in the Kentucky Derby.

Statistics

''Notes:''
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Tapit Trice was the post-time favorite.

Pedigree

Tapit Trice is

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3S x 4D to the stallion A. P. Indy, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree. Tapit Trice is inbred 3S x 4D to the stallion

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, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

References

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