Love Tap Aiming to Bring up Tapit's First Australian Group 1 Success
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
INTERNATIONAL SALES NEWS GALILEO SISTER TO JAPAN BECOMES WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE YEARLING AT 3,400,000GNS - PAGE 12 I AM IMMORTAL Saturday, October 10, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here WATCH THE LATEST ON I AMSWETTENHAM’S IMMORTAL NEWEST WATCHADDITION THE LATEST TO ON THEIR FIRST SEASON SIRE RUNNERS | PAGE 17 SWETTENHAM’SSTALLION NEWEST ROSTER ADDITION TO THEIR STALLION ROSTER What's on Stakes races: Randwick (NSW) - Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m), Roman Consul Love Tap aiming to bring Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m), Stan Fox Stakes (Gr 2, 1500m), Angst Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m). Caulfield (VIC) - Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), Caulfield Stakes (Gr 1, up Tapit’s first Australian 2000m), Toorak Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m), Schillaci Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m), Herbert Power Stakes (Gr 2, 2400m), Maroona Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), Northwood Plume Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m), Weekend Hussler Group 1 success Stakes (Listed, 1400m), Debutant Stakes (Listed, Gary West-bred three-year-old well fancied to retain unbeaten 1000m). Doomben (QLD) - Queensland Cup (Listed, 2200m). Morphettville (SA) - Hill Smith record in Spring Champion Stakes Stakes (Listed, 1800m) Metropolitan meetings: Randwick (NSW), Caulfield (VIC), Doomben (VIC), Morphettville (SA), Ascot (WA), Launceston (TAS) Race meetings: Kembla Grange (NSW), Albury (NSW), Port Macquarie (NSW), Hamilton (VIC), Gold Coast (QLD), Warwick (QLD), Moora (WA), Alice Springs (NT) International meetings: Kranji (SIN), Taipa (MAC), Tokyo (JPN), Kyoto (JPN), Niigata (JPN), Newmarket (UK), York (UK), Chelmsford (UK), Limerick (IRE), Chantilly (FR), Turffontein (SAF), Belmont (USA), Keeneland (USA), Monmouth Park (USA) International Group races: Tokyo (JPN) - Saudi Arabia Royal Cup (Gr 3, 1600m). Newmarket (UK) - Dewhurst Stakes (Gr 1, 7f), Darley Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 1f), Zetland Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 2f), Autumn Stakes (Gr 3, 1m). Chantilly (FR) - Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr 2, 1200m). Belmont (USA) - Jockey Club Gold Cup (Gr 1, 10f), Flower Bowl Stakes (Gr 1, 10f), Champagne Love Tap SPORTPIX Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), Frizette Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), Sands Point Stakes (Gr 2, 1m). Keeneland (USA) who carried their pink and black colours to a - Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (Gr 1, 9f), BY TOMMY CHURCHYARD tenacious victory in the Kentucky Derby (Gr 1, Fayette Stakes (Gr 2, 9f). Monmouth Park (USA) - AND ANDREW HAWKINS Monmouth Stakes (Gr 3, 9f) 10f) last year. That is, until he was disqualified he last time breeder Gary West had for shifting ground and relegated to 17th. a three-year-old unbeaten from "What should have been the fastest two four starts heading into a top-level minutes in sports turned into over a year of 10-furlong feature, the contest litigation," a United States federal appeals producedT as controversial a result as the racing court wrote in August, upholding the Derby world has seen in the modern era. disqualification and seemingly bringing an West, with his wife Mary, is the breeder and end to countless endeavours to overturn the owner of Maximum Security (New Year’s Day), result. Continued on page 2>> ENTER NOW JULY 24 -29 ONLINE SALE ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 22. Featuring broodmares, yearlings and racing stock. FRICatalogue 9TH-WED available at inglisdigital.com 14TH OCTOBER 2020 INGLIS DIGITAL OCTOBER (EARLY) SALE SALE LIVE - VIEW HERE Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Love Tap aiming to bring up Tapit’s first Australian Group 1 success | 2 | Saturday, October 10, 2020 << Continued from page 1 Given Australia’s Category 1 protest rules are more straightforward than the confusing American Category 2 guidelines, hopefully today’s two-minute feature at Randwick, the Spring Champion Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m), is far more clear-cut as the West-bred Love Tap (Tapit), a winner of all four of his starts to date, aims to add a first Group 1 win to his record. Last night, the Richard and Michael Freedman-trained grey was the $3.40 equal favourite for the Spring Champion Stakes alongside last BEST OF weekend’s Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Montefilia (Kermadec). A victory to Love Tap would also represent a new milestone for Gainesway Farm’s Tapit, coming weeks after providing the three-time North American leading sire with his first Australian Group victory. LUCK While Tapit has produced 26 Grade 1 winners in the United States, including To the Magic Millions graduates top-liners like Frosted, Untapable, Tonalist, Unique Bella, Constitution, Creator running in today’s group races and Tapwrit, as well as Japanese Group 1 victor Testa Matta, he is yet to have the same success in the southern hemisphere from limited runners. CAULFIELD (MRC) THOROUGHBRED CLUB STKS GR3 Tapit has had 19 individual runners in Australia with ten of them CAULFIELD GUINEAS GR1 Letzbeglam ....................Vinery Stud Tagaloa ....................Arrowfield Stud winners, while Secretariat Stakes (Gr 1, 10f) runner-up Closing Bell, Cave Hill ............Yarraman Park Stud King’s Legacy ............Segenhoe Stud Japanese Listed placegetter Tap That and Monmouth black-type winner Mamaragan .............. Newgate Farm NORTHWOOD PLUME STKS Amish Boy ...................Widden Stud GR3 Noisy Feet also raced down under without success. Aysar ........................ Torryburn Stud Exhilarates .....................Vinery Stud “We certainly know of all his accolades here in America, he’s just had Cambourne ................... Luskin Park Grandslam .....................Gilgai Farm RANDWICK (ATC) his 26th and 27th Grade 1 winner over the weekend,” said Sean Tugel, Poland ......................Segenhoe Stud director of stallion sales & recruitment at Gainesway. “He’s still one of the SPRING CHAMPION STKS GR1 THOUSAND GUINEAS GR1 Love Tap ...................Coolmore Stud most dominant sires in America, he’s a sire of sires now and his stallions Hungry Heart........................ Yulong Vangelic ....................Segenhoe Stud Street Dancer .............Coolmore Stud are taking off here, but he’s had a Grade 1 winner in Japan and for him Ecumenical ................ Mill Park Stud Montefilia ........................Tyreel Stud to have another Grade 1 winner on another continent would just be an Aidensfield ................ Newgate Farm Miravalle ........................Kulani Park Night Raid ....... Three Bridges T’breds additional feather in his cap. Odeum ................... Newhaven Park ROMAN CONSUL STKS GR2 “We would love to have Mozzie Monster ............Widden Stud On the Lead ...................Aquis Farm a horse that can touch every TOORAK HCP GR1 Red Stiletto .................... Element Hill Mr Quickie ............... Rosemont Stud WE WOULD LOVE TO continent. It’s not always STAN FOX STKS GR2 Mandela Effect ........... Motree T’breds HAVE A HORSE THAT achievable, but Tapit is such Achernar Star ................Korilya Stud Peltzer ....................... Mill Park Stud Sircconi ........... Lyndhurst Stud Farm Global Quest ............ Highgrove Stud CAN TOUCH EVERY an established horse and he is CAULFIELD STKS GR1 ANGST STKS GR3 CONTINENT. IT’S NOT now reaching Australia where Levendi ........................Widden Stud Shout the Bar .......... Newhaven Park ALWAYS ACHIEVABLE, there is such a high demand on SCHILLACI STKS GR2 Yamazaki ................. Glenlogan Park BUT TAPIT IS SUCH precocity and he’s had a great William Thomas ....... Maluka T’breds Nudge .............Lime Country T’breds Bold Star .................... Brooklyn Park Air to Air .................. Newhaven Park AN ESTABLISHED record with two-year-olds. HORSE AND HE IS NOW “He puts the class and the REACHING AUSTRALIA will to win into horses and he’s starting to click with some of - SEAN TUGEL that precocity that is down in Australia and hopefully, if they found the right match for him, we can get some more Grade 1 winners down under. Tugel believes that Tapit’s success as a sire of sires in the United States is what separates him from some of the other leading sires in the world. “What really separates the generational sires, the likes of Mr Prospector, A.P. Indy and now Tapit, is being able to produce high level sons who are going to take over from them,” he said. “We have got Constitution who is one of the most exciting horses in America and he had Tiz The Law this year in his first crop. You’ve also got Frosted who is one of the best sires of Tapit’s crop with his first two year olds.” Continued on page 4>> www.magicmillions.com.au Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Colt out of the Redoute’s Choice mare Colt out of Manrose Hattan, winner of her 3 Absolution. Bred by Hall of Fame Bloodstock starts by a combined margin of nearly 17 lengths. Bred by Huntworth Stud Filly out of Cat’s Wish, closely related to Gr.1 Blue Diamond winner Catchy and dual Gr.2 winner Cats Whisker Unbeaten Gr.1 winner at 2 By Japanese super-sire DEEP IMPACT Brilliant Guineas winning miler at 3 Out of unbeaten European Champion 2YO Filly MAYBE Fee for 2020: $17,600 (inc. GST) Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Love Tap aiming to bring up Tapit’s first Australian Group 1 success | 4 | Saturday, October 10, 2020 << Continued from page 2 While Tapit has established a recent Breeders’ Cup with Love Tap’s half- reputation as a sire of sires in the United States, through Frosted, Tapit saw sister Fighting Mad (New Year’s a son of his kick off his Australian career with a first