Tapit, North America's all-time leading sire by progeny earnings and the leading active sire by lifetime Grade I winners and graded stakes winners, will again lead the 2025 Gainesway stallion roster at a fee of $185,000, according to a press release from the farm Thursday.
The son of Pulpit is represented this year on the racetrack by GI Whitney Stakes winner Arthur's Ride, GII Woodward Stakes winner Tapit Trice, and additional graded winners May Day Ready, Scylla, and Batten Down. He continues to be in demand in the auction ring, and has seen three of his yearlings sell for seven figures this year.
The stud fee for McKinzie–currently the third-leading first-crop sire by earnings but on top by Graded Stakes winners and horses, and Grade I winners and horses–will be determined after the Breeders' Cup. The son of Street Sense is led by a pair of Grade I winners from his debut crop of runners: Chancer McPatrick, winner of the GI Hopeful and Champagne S., and Scottish Lassie, winner of the GI Frizette S. He is the first stallion since Mr. Prospector to sire the winners of the Champagne and Frizette in the same year. A stud fee for McKinzie will be set following the Breeders' Cup.
New to the Gainesway roster for 2025 are a pair of Grade I winners who will be participating in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Muth and Seize The Grey. Stud fees for both will be announced at the end of their racing careers.
At two, Muth won the GI American Pharoah S. before running second in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. At three, Muth won the GII San Vicente before prevailing in the GI Arkansas Derby, defeating future Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. Muth is the only son of Good Magic to become a Grade I winner at both two and three, replicating the same accomplishment achieved by his sire.
As a juvenile, Seize The Grey broke his maiden at Saratoga, defeating future GI Belmont S. winner Dornoch. He went on to win the GII Pat Day Mile on the undercard of the Kentucky Derby, and then became a dual Grade I winner by going wire-to-wire in both the Preakness S. and the Pennsylvania Derby.
Also joining the Gainesway roster after contesting the Breeders' Cup Classic will be Grade I winner Tapit Trice. At three, Tapit Trice won the 2023 GI Blue Grass S. and GIII Tampa Bay Derby while also placing in the GI Belmont S. and GI Travers S. At four, he won the GII Woodward S. and the GIII Monmouth Cup S. while earning a 101 Beyer Speed Figure, the third triple digit Beyer of his career. A stud fee for Tapit Trice will be determined upon retirement.
Tapit's other son joining the Gainesway roster in 2025 is Grade II-winning son Charge It who will debut with a stud fee of $12,500. Charge It won the GIII Dwyer S. by an astounding 23 lengths, with his 111 Beyer Speed Figure being one of four occasions that he registered a triple-digit Beyer. He was also the winner of the GII Suburban S. and runner-up in the GI Florida Derby.
Following is the full list of advertised fees for Gainesway's 2025 stallion roster:
Charge It (NEW) – $12,500
Drain the Clock – $10,000
Karakontie – $15,000
McKinzie – TBD
Muth (NEW) -TBD
Olympiad – $35,000
Raging Bull (Fr) – $10,000
Seize The Grey (NEW) – TBD
Spun to Run – $10,000
Tapit – $185,000
Tapit Trice (NEW) – TBD
Tapwrit – $7,500
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