Gainesway 2026 Stallion Roster Anchored By Tapit, McKinzie

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Tapit (Pulpit), the number one active sire in North America by Grade I winners (34) and graded stakes winners (106) and a perennial leading broodmare sire, will stand the 2026 breeding season for $185,000 at Gainesway in Lexington, the farm said in a release Wednesday morning.

The rising 25-year-old, whose progeny have amassed earnings of over $220 million to date, is in line for a third straight title as leading North American broodmare sire and remains a commercial standout. According to the Keeneland website, Tapit's 19 yearlings sold for an average of $556,684 (including one post-sale transaction) and was led by a filly out of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Sharing (Speightstown), that sold for $1.5 million to Whisper Hill Farm, long a supporter of the stallion.

McKinzie (Street Sense) will command a fee of $75,000 in 2026, pending the results of the Breeders' Cup. Himself a four-time Grade I winner at the races, McKinzie has been represented by three elite-level scorers from his first crop, including recent Pennsylvania Derby hero Baeza, a $1.2-million KEESEP yearling and among a select field of nine for Saturday's GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic. Scottish Lassie and 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Chancer McPatrick have also succeeded at the highest level and each makes an appearance in at Del Mar this weekend. McKinzie is also the sire of three 'Rising Stars' from his second crop–Golden Tornado, Big Dom and Dr. Kapur.

'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard and two-time Grade I winner Locked (Gun Runner) is the newest addition to the Gainesway stallion roster and will begin his career at $35,000. Winner of the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at two, he took a Grade I-quality renewal of the GII Cigar Mile Handicap last year, defeating the likes of Grade I winners Book'em Danno (Bucchero) and Mullikin (Violence) in the process. His signature victory at four came in the prestigious GI Santa Anita Handicap, where he romped home by a record-setting 8 1/2 lengths, good for a 109 Beyer Speed Figure.

Olympiad (Speightstown) was represented by his first crop of yearlings this season, led by a pair of horses that sold for $400,000 each. He will cover mares at $20,000 in 2026.

Drain the Clock (Maclean's Music) will serve mares at $10,000 on the heels of a successful yearling sales season. The sire of 25 six-figure yearlings in 2025, the most among first-crop sires standing for $20,000 or less, Drain the Clock had the highest return on investment (7.74 times initial stud fee) of any first-crop stallion through the Keeneland September Sale.

A quartet of stallions will be covering their second books of mares next season. Muth (Good Magic, $30,000) bred 185 mares in his first book, while Arrogate's top-earning son Seize the Grey ($25,000) was mated to 196 mares. Charge It (Tapit, $12,500) was one of the most popular freshman covering sires in 2025, having served 235 mares, and the list is completed by Tapit Trice (Tapit, $10,000).

GAINESWAY STUD FEES — 2026

Charge It (Tapit), $12,500

Drain the Clock (Maclean's Music), $10,000

Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein), $15,000

Locked (Gun Runner), $35,000

McKinzie (Street Sense), $75,000

Muth (Good Magic), $30,000

Olympiad (Speightstown), $20,000

Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}), $7,500

Seize the Grey (Arrogate), $25,000

Tapit (Pulpit), $185,000

Tapit Trice (Tapit), $10,000

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