The sire of two Remsen Stakes (G2) winners, TAPIT hit another milestone in the race this year when he scored a unique trifecta as the damsire of the first two home and sire of the third placed runner.
Sired by Munnings, Poster is the first Remsen winner for TAPIT as a broodmare sire but it wasn’t an easy victory for the juvenile. Making his first dirt start, the colt was last early in the field though he was eager to run. When that time came, he quickly went to the lead, but fellow TAPIT grandson Aviator Gui was after the leader as soon as he got clear running room.
The pacesetter for much of the race, TAPIT’s son Tux also challenged the late leader but started to fade as his sire’s grandsons took up the two spots ahead of him. Poster finished a head ahead of Aviator Gui with Tux finishing three lengths behind the top two.
TAPIT and Munnings not only paired up for the winner but also Tux with that colt out of a Munnings mare.
Poster is out of a winning TAPIT half-sister to champion Bernardini and the Grade 1 placed dam of dual Grade 1 winner Love and Pride. Continuing the golden TAPIT x Gun Runner connection, Aviator Gui is out of Gun Runner’s half-sister Paulistinha, who is the latest stakes producing mare hailing from the family of her bluehen granddam Quiet Dance.
TAPIT’s son Tux impressed with this performance in only his second start as a homebred for LNJ Foxwoods. The colt is the second out of Grade 3 winner Fancy Dress Party, who is a full sister to stakes winner Will Munnings.
TAPIT’s legacy as a broodmare sire has quickly grown with his daughters producing 58 graded stakes winners and 118 graded stakes performers, led by 16 Grade 1 winners. That group includes last year’s Belmont S. (G1) winner Arcangelo.
TAPIT has also had plenty of success in the Belmont S. as the sire of four winners of the race, including his studmate TAPWRIT.