Gainesway Farm

Weekend graded stakes double for Birdstone

Florida Won gave Birdstone his second stakes winner in as many days with a win in Sunday’s $150,000 Ontario Derby (G3) at Woodbine... Read More...

Birdstone filly gets first graded stakes win in Dogwood

Thank You Marylou, already a two-time stakes winner, earned her first graded win Saturday at Churchill Downs in the $112,000 Dogwood S. (G3)... Read More...

Untapable does it again in Grade 1 Cotillion S.

Untapable edged away in deep stretch Saturday afternoon at Parx to take the $1 million Cotillion S. by a length, the third Grade 1 victory this year for the 3-year-old daughter of Tapit... Read More...

Afleet Alex filly Sharla Rae steps up in $100K Debutante S.

Sharla Rae gave Afleet Alex his fifth stakes winner of 2014 with a hard-fought win in the $100,000 Barretts Debutante... Read More...

$2.2M Tapit colt co-tops Day 4 at Keeneland sale

Once again, a Tapit yearling highlighted the day’s proceedings at the Keeneland September Yearling sale, bringing a winning bid of $2.2 million... Read More...

$2.2M Tapit colt co-tops Day 4 at Keeneland sale

Once again, a Tapit yearling highlighted the day’s proceedings at the Keeneland September Yearling sale, bringing a winning bid of $2.2 million... Read More...

Tapit yearlings continue to shine at KEESEP

Day 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling sale was another banner day for juveniles by Tapit, with the Gainesway stallion having five of the top seven lots sold... Read More...

Tapit juveniles the highlight of Keeneland Day 1

America’s leading sire Tapit led the first session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale with gross sales of $4,805,000... Read More...

My Afleet battles to victory in Dueling Grounds Derby

In a thrilling stretch-long tete-a-tete, My Afleet ought-fought Medal Count to capture the $250,000 Dueling Ground Derby... Read More...

Gainesway-bred Ring Weekend, by Tapit, rolls in Saratoga’s Saranac (G3)

Ring Weekend, a multiple graded-winning 3-year-old by Tapit, found a home on turf with an awesome 2 ¾-length victory in Monday's $300,000 Saranac S. (G3) at Saratoga... Read More...

Hat Trick yearlings average $152,500 at Saratoga Preferred

Yearlings by Hat Trick averaged $152,500 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York Preferred Yearling Sale August 9th and 10th... Read More...

Cassatt a work of art in Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks

Cassatt, a regally bred daughter of Tapit, made her first stakes outing a winning one with a stellar 3 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3)... Read More...

Tricky Hat takes $100K John’s Call S.

At the end of the 13 furlongs of the $100,000 John's Call S., Tricky Hat (CHI) prevailed by a nose in a three-way photo under a perfectly timed ride by Rosie Napravnik... Read More...

Seven-figure Tapit fillies light up the board at Saratoga sale

Tapit's status as North America's leading sire carried over into the auction ring Monday evening at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale... Read More...

Clement L. Hirsch is second straight Grade 1 victory for Iotapa

Afleet Alex's 4-year-old filly Iotapa exerted her superiority in her division once again on Saturday, earning a well-deserved victory in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch S. (G1)... Read More...

Tapiture wins wild Grade 2 West Virginia Derby

With nowhere to go just a furlong from the wire, Tapiture somehow found a way around horses to capture the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (G2)... Read More...

Coup de Grace comes on late to take G2 Amsterdam S.

Tapit's 3-year-old colt Coup de Grace, already a winner of the Grade 3 Bay Shore S. this April, got his second black-type win of the year in Saturday's $200,000 Amsterdam S. (G2)... Read More...

Tapizar’s first foal sells at auction in Japan

The initial weanling from the first crop of Gainesway stallion Tapizar went through the auction ring at the Japan Racing Horse Association's foal sale July 15... Read More...

Coup de Grace prevails in adventurous Oh Say S.

Tapit's 3-year-old colt Coup de Grace became the third multiple stakes winner of 2014 for his sire on Saturday with a come-from-behind win in the $50,000 Oh Say S. at Delaware Park... Read More...

Gainesway grad Street Story annexes G3 Victory Ride S.

Street Story, a Gainesway sales grad of the 2012 Keeneland September Yearling sale, rallied to win the $150,000 Victory Ride S. (G3) June 29 at Belmont Park... Read More...

Untapable “poetry in motion” in Grade 1 Mother Goose

Untapable's incredible talent was on display once again on Saturday as the 3-year-old daughter of Tapit cruised to a 9 1/4-length victory in the $300,000 Mother Goose S. (G1)... Read More...

Tapit filly still perfect after taking stakes debut

Walk Close ran her record to 3-for-3 on Saturday with a thrilling, come-from-behind in the $100,000 Wild Applause S. over the Belmont Park turf... Read More...

Iotapa dominates in Grade 1 Vanity S.

Afleet Alex's 4-year-old daughter Iotapa took her career to new heights Saturday at Santa Anita in the $300,000 Vanity (G1), rolling through the stretch to win by 10 1/4-lengths... Read More...

Grade 3 Matt Winn goes to Tapiture

Winchell Thoroughbreds' homebred Tapiture earned his third graded stakes win in Saturday night's $109,400 Matt Winn S. (G3) at Churchill Downs... Read More...

Tonalist is tops in $1.5 million Belmont

Tonalist battled his way to a electrifying head victory in the 146th Belmont S. (G1), lifting his sire Tapit past the $6.6 million mark in progeny earnings... Read More...

Afleet Alex sires $400,000 F-T Midlantic colt

Just days after siring his 25th career stakes winner, Afleet Alex added to his laurels, siring a $400,000 colt at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training on May 19th... Read More...

Pair of Tapit colts top $300,000 at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale

Tapit had two of the top six highest-priced colts during day one of the Fasig-Tipton’s May 19-20 Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, Md... Read More...

Tonalist annexes G2 Peter Pan en route to Belmont Stakes

Tapit added to his list of 2014 stakes winners on Saturday when Tonalist cruised to an impressive four-length win in the $200,000 Peter Pan S. over a sloppy Belmont Park oval... Read More...

Gainesway sales grad Midnight Lucky romps in G1 Humana Distaff

Midnight Lucky, making her first start in more than 11 months, took the lead out of the gate and scored a dominating 4 ½-length victory in the $330,600 Humana Distaff (G1)... Read More...

Untapable proves unbeatable in $1 million Kentucky Oaks

Untapable swept to the lead at the head of the Churchill Downs stretch en route to a rousing four-length victory in Friday's $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1)... Read More...

Tapiture gives his sire powerful Oaks-Derby combo

Tapit, the sire of Friday's Kentucky Oaks (G1) favorite Untapable, will be in the spotlight again in Saturday's Kentucky Derby (G1) when Tapiture goes postward from stall 15... Read More...

Untapable morning line favorite in Kentucky Oaks (G1) 140

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred 3-year-old filly Untapable has been installed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite in a field of 13 for Friday’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1)... Read More...

$725,000 Tapit colt is OBS sale topper after Day 2

A colt by Tapit sold for $725,000 during the second day of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, the top price paid after the first half of the April 21-24 auction... Read More...

$725,000 Tapit colt is OBS sale topper after Day 2

A colt by Tapit sold for $725,000 during the second day of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, the top price paid after the first half of the April 21-24 auction... Read More...

Afleet Express filly brings $260K at OBS 2-year-old sale

Grade One winner Afleet Express recorded a new personal sales high at the 2014 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training on Tuesday... Read More...

Coup de Grace scores thrilling win in G3 Bay Shore S.

Tapit continued his incredible roll with 3-year-olds on Saturday when Coup de Grace prevailed in a three-way photo in the $300,000 Bay Shore S. (G3)... Read More...

Constitution’s G1 Fla. Derby victory tops huge day for Tapit

Constitution prevailed by a neck in an incredibly thrilling renewal of the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) Saturday at Gulfstream Park to cap a huge day for Tapit, the nation's leading sire of 2014... Read More...

Untapable crushes field in Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks

Untapable continued her dominance at Fair Grounds on Saturday with an eye-popping 7 3/4-length victory in the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2)... Read More...

Regally bred Tapit filly impresses in debut

La Madrina, a 3-year-old filly by Tapit and a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Verrazano,... Read More...

Tapit Time

Gainesway Farm's Tapit, who retired for a $15,000 fee in 2005, was the Leading North American freshman sire of 2008... Read More...

$1.6 million Tapit colt tops OBS March sale

A colt by Tapit brought $1.6 million at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. selected sale of 2-year-olds in training March 11, the co-highest price of the one-day auction... Read More...

Thank You Marylou takes Any Limit S. in 2014 debut

Thank You Marylou, second in last year's Adirondack S. (G2) at Saratoga, stepped up Sunday to take the $75,000 Any Limit S. at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

Ring Weekend dominates in the Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby

Tapit's burgeoning list of top Triple Crown contenders continued to grow after Ring Weekend's sparkling display in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2)... Read More...

Tapit filly earns first graded stakes victory

Teen Pauline's front-running score in the $200,000 Top Flight H. (G2) Saturday at Aqueduct racetrack gave the 4-year-old daughter of Tapit her first graded stakes win... Read More...

Normandy Invasion sets one mile track record at Gulfstream Park

Normandy Invasion, a 4-year-old graded-stakes placed son of Tapit, zipped through one mile in 1:33.13 Saturday at Gulfstream Park to set a new course record for the distance... Read More...

Untapable destroys field in Grade 3 Rachel Alexandra S.

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred 3-year-old filly Untapable drew off with ease to win the $200,000 Rachel Alexandra S. (G3) by 9 ½-lengths Read More...

Tapiture clearly the best in the Grade 3 Southwest S.

Tapiture's commanding stretch run in the $300,000 Southwest S. (G3) established the chestnut son of Tapit as the leading 3-year-old Triple Crown contender based at Oaklawn Park... Read More...

Bandbox rallies in Grade 3 General George H’cap.

Bandbox went six-wide around a wall of horses to take the $250,000 General George H. (G3) at Laurel Park Monday afternoon, kicking off a graded stakes double for Tapit... Read More...

‘Class’ carries Iotapa to victory in Grade Santa Maria S.

Afleet Alex's 4-year-old filly Iotapa controlled the pace all the way en route to her first graded stakes win in Saturday's $200,000 Santa Maria S. (G2)... Read More...

‘Class’ carries Iotapa to victory in Grade 2 Santa Maria S.

Afleet Alex's 4-year-old filly Iotapa controlled the pace all the way en route to her first graded stakes win in Saturday's $200,000 Santa Maria S. (G2)... Read More...