A popular sire throughout this year’s yearling sales, first crop stallion TAPWRIT brings 40 yearlings to the later books of Keeneland September.
Hip 1386 kicks off Book 3 for the stallion, a Gainesway-consigned daughter of Grade 3 winner Another Romance. That mare is already the dam of two winners from four to race and herself is one of three stakes performers out of Love To.
This filly’s stakes winning third dam Toosie is not only the dam of a stakes performer but also the granddam and great-granddam of stakes winners as well, including multiple stakes winner Runaway Lute.
Taylor Made Sales agency sends out TAPWRIT’s Hip 1449, a half-brother to Hopping Not Hoping, and two other winners from two to race out of Delray Beach. The mare is just the latest stakes producer in her family with three dams on the page producing at least one stakes performer and two of those three dams being stakes performers themselves. The colt’s stakes-placed granddam Matter of Law is out of stakes-placed Ruth Ann d’Or, who is also the granddam of Grade 1 winner Wonder Lady Anne L and stakes winner Lezendary.
Out of the winning Super Saver mare, Hip 2218 from Legacy Bloodstock is a half-brother to one winner from one to race out of Cashconsiderations.
That mare is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Sean Avery and the stakes performers and producers W W American and Stayclassysandiego. Stayclassysandiego produced the multiple Grade 2 winner Pretty N Cool, who was also Grade 1-placed as a 2-year-old.
TAPWRIT’s Hip 2372 is a regally bred Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned filly out of Kohili. The dam of a winner from one to race, Kohili is out of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Desert Stormer, whose daughters have produced multiple graded stakes winners. The best of those is Grade 2 winner Sahara Gold, whose runners include Grade 1 winner Better Lucky and TAPIT’s stakes placed Tapwood.
Sahara Gold’s stakes winning full sister Ensenada is also the dam of Grade 2 winner Casino Host and the granddam of multiple stakes winner Black Ops.
That mare is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Sean Avery and the stakes performers and producers W W American and Stayclassysandiego. Stayclassysandiego produced the multiple Grade 2 winner Pretty N Cool, who was also Grade 1-placed as a 2-year-old.
TAPWRIT’s Hip 2372 is a regally bred Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned filly out of Kohili. The dam of a winner from one to race, Kohili is out of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Desert Stormer, whose daughters have produced multiple graded stakes winners. The best of those is Grade 2 winner Sahara Gold, whose runners include Grade 1 winner Better Lucky and TAPIT’s stakes placed Tapwood.
Sahara Gold’s stakes winning full sister Ensenada is also the dam of Grade 2 winner Casino Host and the granddam of multiple stakes winner Black Ops.
Hip 2577 is another out of a young winning mare who has already produced one winner from one to race. That mare, Warrior Song, is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Peace and War and to the dam of Grade 2 winner Rushie. Also Grade 1-placed, Rushie improved the page even more in August when he was third in the Charles Town Classic (G2) for his fifth top three finish at the stakes level.
Hip 3005 is a half-brother to multiple stakes-placed Letmeno and out of the stakes winning Wicked Mizz. Wick Mizz is one of three stakes performers and stakes producers for her dam Wickedly Wise, who also produced Grade 1 winner Wicked Perfect. Wickedly Perfect has gone on to produce Group 2 winner Harley while another stakes performing sibling – Grade 2-placed Ash Zee is also the dam of stakes winner The Reds and Grade 2-placed Zee Drop.
From the family of champion miler and successful sire Candy Ride comes Hip 3062.
The filly’s dam Candy d’Oro has produced four winners from six to race and is a half-sister to the stakes winning Julia Tuttle, who is also the dam of Grade 1 winner Tom’s d’Etat. Candy d’Oro’s siblings also include Candy’s Bro and Bankin On Candy. Their Argentine-bred dam Candy Cane is an own sister to Candy Ride and a half-sister to Group 3 winners Candy Singer and Candy Apple.
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale runs through September 24 with buyers having a chance to purchase TAPWRIT yearlings in every session.