Tapizar (USA)
May 6, 2008 – December 15, 2020
Tapit (USA) x Winning Call (USA), by Deputy Minister (CAN)
Family 8-d
May 6, 2008 – December 15, 2020
Tapit (USA) x Winning Call (USA), by Deputy Minister (CAN)
Family 8-d
Although Tapizar had a pedigree with the potential for classic stamina, what he turned out to be was essentially a miler. He scored his biggest career win in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (USA-G1) before retiring to stud, where he did not particularly distinguish himself except as the sire of two-time American champion Monomoy Girl.
Race record
14 starts, 6 wins, 1 second, 1 third, US$972,632
2011:
2012:
Assessments
Rated at 117 pounds on the 2012 World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for his performance in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, 23 pounds below overall highweight Frankel (the European Horse of the Year) and 8 pounds below Fort Larned, who earned the top rating for a male on dirt with his win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA-G1).
As an individual
A powerfully built, muscular bay horse with good bone who stood 16.1 hands, Tapizar was slightly short-legged and short-necked in relation to his height and length, respectively. After running fifth in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (USA-G2) (his next start after his Sham Stakes win), he spent the remainder of his 3-year-old season on the sidelines due to a knee chip and had another layoff lasting more than four months during his 4-year-old season. Like many of Tapit’s progeny, he could be headstrong.
As a stallion
As of December 9, 2021, Tapizar has sired 13 stakes winners from 482 named foals of racing age according to records maintained by The Jockey Club.
Notable progeny
Monomoy Girl (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Tapizar was bred and owned by Ron Winchell’s Winchell Thoroughbreds. He was trained by Steve Asmussen and was ridden to his Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile score by Corey Nakatani. Lexington-based Gainesway Farm purchased an interest in him following his Breeders; Cup Dirt Mile win, and he entered stud at Gainesway in 2013. Tapizar was sold for export to Japan’s Yushun Stallion Station in late 2020 but before he could be shipped was euthanized due to injuries suffered in a stall accident.
Pedigree notes
Tapizar is inbred 5x4 to the great international sire Northern Dancer, the 1964 Canadian Horse of the Year and American champion 3-year-old male. His dam Winning Call is a winning daughter of 1994 Del Mar Debutante Stakes (USA-G2) winner Call Now (by Wild Again), a full sister to stakes winner Your Call and a half sister to 1991 Hollywood Derby (USA-G1) winner Olympio (by Naskra). Call Now is also a half sister to Bistra (by Classic Go Go), dam of Grade 2 winners Early Flyer (by Gilded Time) and Fun House (by Prized) and second dam of 2014 American champion 3-year-old filly Untapable. In addition, Call Now is a half sister to Grade 3-placed Carol’s Wonder (by Pass the Tab), dam of Grade 2 winner Wild Wonder (by Wild Again) and second dam of 2009 Forego Handicap (USA-G1) winner Pyro and Grade 3 winner War Echo; to Dana Nicole (by Flying Paster) dam of Grade 2 winner Bien Nicole (by Bien Bien); and to Christmas Star (by Star de Naskra), dam of 2003 Futurity Stakes (USA-G1) winner Cuvee (by Carson City) and Grade 2 winner Will He Shine (by Silver Deputy).
Bistra and her siblings were produced from the winner Carols Christmas (by the stakes-winning Crimson Satan horse Whitesburg). A half sister to English stakes winner Al Stanza (by Al Hattab), Carols Christmas is out of the Reverse mare Light Verse, whose stakes-winning half sister Weekend Fun (by Nashver) is the dam of multiple stakes winner Double the Money (by Nodouble) and the second dam of Grade 2 winner All Thee Power. Light Verse is also a half sister to Sun Rise View (by Joachim), dam of Peruvian stakes winner Dawn Goddess (by Raise a Regal).
The next dam in Tapizar’s tail-female line is the winner Brighton View. whose sire Tuscany (by The Rhymer) won eight stakes races including the 1953 Toboggan Handicap. Brighton View was produced from Evening Sun (by the minor stakes winner Fritz Maisel) and was from a female family that had not produced a good horse in generations.
Books and media
Footage of Tapizar’s victory in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile can be accessed at the Breeders’ Cup Hall of Champions (https://www.breederscup.com/history-tradition/hall-champions/tapizar).
Fun facts
Photo credit
Photo taken by Jessica Morgan at Gainesway Farm in 2013. Used by permission.
Last updated: February 20, 2023
Race record
14 starts, 6 wins, 1 second, 1 third, US$972,632
2011:
- Won Sham Stakes (USA-G3, 8.5FD, Santa Anita)
2012:
- Won Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (USA-G1, 8FD, Santa Anita)
- Won San Fernando Stakes (USA-G2, 8.5FD, Santa Anita)
- Won West Virginia Governor's Stakes (USA-L, 8.5FD, Mountaineer Park)
- 2nd Razorback Handicap (USA-G3, 8.5FD, Oaklawn Park)
Assessments
Rated at 117 pounds on the 2012 World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for his performance in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, 23 pounds below overall highweight Frankel (the European Horse of the Year) and 8 pounds below Fort Larned, who earned the top rating for a male on dirt with his win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA-G1).
As an individual
A powerfully built, muscular bay horse with good bone who stood 16.1 hands, Tapizar was slightly short-legged and short-necked in relation to his height and length, respectively. After running fifth in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (USA-G2) (his next start after his Sham Stakes win), he spent the remainder of his 3-year-old season on the sidelines due to a knee chip and had another layoff lasting more than four months during his 4-year-old season. Like many of Tapit’s progeny, he could be headstrong.
As a stallion
As of December 9, 2021, Tapizar has sired 13 stakes winners from 482 named foals of racing age according to records maintained by The Jockey Club.
Notable progeny
Monomoy Girl (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Tapizar was bred and owned by Ron Winchell’s Winchell Thoroughbreds. He was trained by Steve Asmussen and was ridden to his Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile score by Corey Nakatani. Lexington-based Gainesway Farm purchased an interest in him following his Breeders; Cup Dirt Mile win, and he entered stud at Gainesway in 2013. Tapizar was sold for export to Japan’s Yushun Stallion Station in late 2020 but before he could be shipped was euthanized due to injuries suffered in a stall accident.
Pedigree notes
Tapizar is inbred 5x4 to the great international sire Northern Dancer, the 1964 Canadian Horse of the Year and American champion 3-year-old male. His dam Winning Call is a winning daughter of 1994 Del Mar Debutante Stakes (USA-G2) winner Call Now (by Wild Again), a full sister to stakes winner Your Call and a half sister to 1991 Hollywood Derby (USA-G1) winner Olympio (by Naskra). Call Now is also a half sister to Bistra (by Classic Go Go), dam of Grade 2 winners Early Flyer (by Gilded Time) and Fun House (by Prized) and second dam of 2014 American champion 3-year-old filly Untapable. In addition, Call Now is a half sister to Grade 3-placed Carol’s Wonder (by Pass the Tab), dam of Grade 2 winner Wild Wonder (by Wild Again) and second dam of 2009 Forego Handicap (USA-G1) winner Pyro and Grade 3 winner War Echo; to Dana Nicole (by Flying Paster) dam of Grade 2 winner Bien Nicole (by Bien Bien); and to Christmas Star (by Star de Naskra), dam of 2003 Futurity Stakes (USA-G1) winner Cuvee (by Carson City) and Grade 2 winner Will He Shine (by Silver Deputy).
Bistra and her siblings were produced from the winner Carols Christmas (by the stakes-winning Crimson Satan horse Whitesburg). A half sister to English stakes winner Al Stanza (by Al Hattab), Carols Christmas is out of the Reverse mare Light Verse, whose stakes-winning half sister Weekend Fun (by Nashver) is the dam of multiple stakes winner Double the Money (by Nodouble) and the second dam of Grade 2 winner All Thee Power. Light Verse is also a half sister to Sun Rise View (by Joachim), dam of Peruvian stakes winner Dawn Goddess (by Raise a Regal).
The next dam in Tapizar’s tail-female line is the winner Brighton View. whose sire Tuscany (by The Rhymer) won eight stakes races including the 1953 Toboggan Handicap. Brighton View was produced from Evening Sun (by the minor stakes winner Fritz Maisel) and was from a female family that had not produced a good horse in generations.
Books and media
Footage of Tapizar’s victory in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile can be accessed at the Breeders’ Cup Hall of Champions (https://www.breederscup.com/history-tradition/hall-champions/tapizar).
Fun facts
- In Spanish, “tapizar” is a verb meaning “to cover,” especially “to cover with wallpaper.”
Photo credit
Photo taken by Jessica Morgan at Gainesway Farm in 2013. Used by permission.
Last updated: February 20, 2023