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Bloodlines Presented By Mill Ridge Farm: Tapit Trice The Tip Of The Iceberg For Whisper Hill’s Classic Prospects

Now a winner in three of his four starts, Tapit Trice (by Tapit) bounded into classic consideration with a dramatic come from behind victory in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby.

Last at the start and 11th of 12 after a quarter, Tapit Trice was still in ninth place after three-quarters of a mile, but the gray colt swung out at least five wide around the turn, advanced notably through the stretch, and won by two lengths in the manner of a colt who will prove even better at a longer distance.

Yet another classic prospect by three-time leading national sire Tapit (Pulpit), Tapit Trice was bred in Kentucky by Gainesway Thoroughbreds, and they consigned the grand gray to the 2021 Keeneland September yearling sale, where he was purchased by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm for $1.3 million. The colt races for Whisper Hill and Gainesway.

Todd Quast, racing manager for Whisper Hill, said that, “Tapit Trice was a good-sized yearling with plenty of scope. Mandy and I had looked through the consignments, had liked him and put a price on him, and Mandy really wanted him. She makes the final decision on the purchases. I was done at $1 million, but she kept poking me in the arm, and we got this guy. Now look where he's taking us.”

Tapit Trice is the second foal out of the stakes winner Danzatrice (Dunkirk), who was bred in Kentucky by Glenn Justiss from the Orientate mare Lady Pewitt. Fourth in her only start, a maiden special at Woodbine, Lady Pewitt was purchased privately by Gainesway.

The operation bought the mare's 2-year-old in training, a chestnut daughter of Dunkirk (Unbridled's Song), at the OBS April sale in 2014 for $105,000 from Grassroots Training and Sales.

From the second crop by Dunkirk, who ran second in the G1 Belmont Stakes, as well as the Florida Derby, Danzatrice won three stakes and was fourth in the G1 Acorn Stakes at Belmont. Dunkirk's other stakes winners include G1 Champagne Stakes winner Havana, plus Chilean G1 winners El Rey Brillante (Tanteo de Potrillos) and Leitone (Dos Mil Guineas and El Derby).

Danzatrice was the second foal from her dam, and the mare produced a gray filly by the Unbridled's Song stallion Cross Traffic in 2016. Bred by Gainesway and sold at the 2017 Keeneland September yearling sale for $190,000, that filly was named Jaywalk and became the Eclipse Award winner as a juvenile filly in 2018. Jaywalk won four of her five starts at two, including the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and Frizette. At three, Jaywalk came back to win the G3 Delaware Oaks and was third in the G1 Ashland.

The appearance of Jaywalk in the family added quite a lift to the commercial appeal of this family, which traces to Tapit Trice's fourth dam La Paz (Hold Your Peace), a winner of three stakes and the dam of four stakes winners, including Mission Impazible (Unbridled's Song), winner of the G2 Louisiana Derby and New Orleans Handicap, and Forest Camp (Deputy Minister), winner of the G2 Del Mar Futurity.

The year after Jaywalk's championship season, Gainesway consigned her half-sister to the 2019 Keeneland September sale and sold the filly by Empire Maker out of Lady Pewitt for $2 million. Named Miss Jessica J., that filly is unraced.

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Tapit Trice followed suit as a seven-figure yearling in 2021, and he has followed a much different trajectory and is now a highly regarded member of the 3-year-old crop. The colt's year-younger full sister, still unnamed, brought $1.1 million at last year's Keeneland September sale when Tapit Trice was still unraced. The buyer?

Whisper Hill.

Quast said, “We already liked Tapit Trice enough last year to reach back in and buy her too,” even though the colt didn't make his debut until Nov. 6, when he finished third in a maiden special at Aqueduct. The gray is unbeaten since.

In addition to Tapit Trice as a classic prospect, Whisper Hill also has Shopper's Revenge (Tapit out of multiple G1 winner Stopchargingmaria), who is pointed for the Louisiana Derby next, and Classic Catch (Classic Empire), who has won a maiden special and an allowance and is expected to race next in the Wood Memorial.

Lurking in the shrubberies is homebred Magical Song (Tapit out of champion Songbird), and that 3-year-old filly is entered in a maiden special at Oaklawn on Mar. 17.

What a year it may be for Whisper Hill.

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Virginia Thoroughbred Association Announces New Officers, Board Members

Virginia Thoroughbred Association Executive Director Debbie Easter welcomed 2023 officers and board members — both new ones and those whose terms had expired — at the most recent VTA board meeting held at the Warrenton office.

The 2023 slate of officers includes President Amy Moore of South Gate Farm in Millwood (breeder of early Kentucky Derby favorite Forte), Vice-President Wayne VanSant of Atoka Forge in Middleburg, Treasurer Turner Kobayashi of Audley Farm Equine in Berryville and Past-President Susan Cooney — who recently collected her 300th training win — of Cooney Racing Stables in Delaplane.

Directors represent three different regions in the Commonwealth. New board members in the Capitol region include Donna Dennehy (Ashland) and Alan Hutchinson (Glen Allen) who join returning members Christine Applegate (Onancock) and Chris Kuhn (Providence Forge).

New Board members in the Potomac Region include Wayne Chatfield-Taylor (Front Royal), Diana McClure (Berryville) and Laura Smith (Purcellville), who join returning members Janet de Teran (Boyce), Pat Ramey (Upperville) and Larry Johnson (Bluemont).

The Blue Ridge district is represented by newcomers Sara Miller (Charlottesville) and Diane Manning (Keswick) who join returnees Brooke Royster (Gordonsville) and Pat Sheperd (Culpepper).

Easter thanked outgoing directors A. Ferris Allen III, James Arrison, Dr. Al Griffin Jr., Ellen Kill Kelly and Robin Mellen along with Past-President Gillian Gordon-Moore for their service and dedication to the VTA.

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Mo Town Filly Fastest At OBS March Sale’s Under Tack Opener

Hip No. 2, a daughter of Mo Town consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent, sped a quarter in :20 4/5 in the final group of the day, posting the fastest work at the distance at the opening session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's expanded 2023 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

The dark bay or brown filly is out of Salty Soul, by Itsmyluckyday, a daughter of stakes placed Pyramyst.

One horse worked a quarter in :21 flat. Hip No. 66, a son of Catalina Cruiser consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent. The bay colt is out of Special Code, by Ghostzapper, a half sister to grade one stakes winner Mani Bhavan.

Ten horses shared honors for the session's fastest eighth, stopping the timer in :9 4/5.

– Hip No. 16, a dark bay or brown colt by Hard Spun consigned by Kings Equine, Agent for Spendthrift Farm LLC, is out of Scent of Summer, by Rock Hard Ten, a daughter of grade one stakes winner Paradise Woods.

– Hip No. 24, also consigned by Kings Equine, Agent, is a gray or roan colt by Arrogate out of graded stakes placed Sensitively, by Street Sense.

– Hip No. 44, a dark bay or brown filly by Twirling Candy consigned by GOP Racing Stable Corp., Agent, is out of graded stakes winner Silver Screamer, by Cozzene.

– Hip No. 54, a dark bay or brown colt by Bernardini consigned by McKathan Bros. Sales, Agent, is a half brother to stakes placed Smokie Eyes out of graded stakes placed Smoke Signals, by Street Sense.

– Hip No. 122, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is a bay filly by Munnings out of Tensas Cowgirl, by Cowboy Cal, a half sister to grade one stakes winning OBS graduate Big World.

– Hip No. 123, a bay filly by City of Light also consigned by Top Line Sales, is a half sister to graded stakes placed stakes winner Jo Jo Air out of Tessie Flip, by Grand Slam.

– Hip No. 130, consigned by Kings Equine, is a chestnut filly by Liam's Map out of Tiger Silk (AUS), by All American (AUS), a half sister to Grade 1 winner Stronger.

– Hip No. 143, a bay colt by champion OBS graduate Mitole, consigned by Dynasty Thoroughbreds, is a half-brother to stakes winner Conquest Sandman out of Toula, by Bold Executive.

– Hip No. 149, consigned by GOP Racing Stable Corp., Agent, is a bay filly by Khozan out of True Bliss, by Yes It's True, a half sister to graded stakes winner Hierro.

– Hip No. 161, a gray or roan colt by Omaha Beach consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, is out of Two Sugars, by Scat Daddy, a half sister to graded stakes winning OBS graduate Calculator.

There was one quarter in :21 1/5.

Hip No. 64, a dark bay or brown colt by Tapwrit consigned Golden Rock Thoroughbreds, Agent, is out So You Say, by Flatter, from the family of graded stakes winner Lovely Lil.

The Under Tack Show continues Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. with Hip No.'s 209 – 416 scheduled to breeze.

To view the full results of Monday's under-tack show, click here.

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Global Star Enable Welcomes Second Foal

The fourth generation homebred champion race mare, and most successful homebred racehorse by prize money, and by Grade/Group 1 wins – Enable, welcomed her second foal on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

The chestnut filly foal by Dubawi arrived at 6:50 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2023. She is described as, “a quality tall filly in the mould of her dam, bright and alert she was quickly to her feet, nursing within a couple of hours.”

Her first foal in 2022 was a colt by Juddmonte's own stallion Kingman and is currently based at Juddmonte's New Abbey Stud in Ireland.

Enable has the highest Timeform rating of any British-trained filly in over 30 years and was the first British-trained mare to win more than £10 million in prize money.

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