User:Dorothy ritter/Tap shoes (horse)

Tap Shoes (1978-20??) was a thoroughbred racehorse, sired by Riva Ridge out of Bold Ballet. The dam, Bold Ballet, was owned by Leone J. Peters. Peters and Arthur B. Hancock III (Stone Farm, Paris, Kentucky) formed a partnership to use Hancock's breeding share to Riva Ridge -- the result was the chestnut colt, Tap Shoes. Tap Shoes was first trained by Howard M. Tesher, then Horatio Luro. He showed promised as a two year old, winning the 1980 Stanford Stakes (G2), 1980Futurity Stakes (G1), and 1980 Hopeful Stakes (G1). He placed second in the 1980 Saratoga Special Stakes (G2). In 1981, he won the Flamingo Stakes (G1) and Peter Pan Stakes (G3). He placed second in the 1981 Bahama Stakes, 1981 Jersey Derby, and 1981 Dwyer Stakes (G1). Tap Shoes was high strung and had a side-winding gait, and perhaps this resulted in a poor performance in the 1981 Kentucky Derby (14th place) or the 1981 Belmont Stakes (6th place). In 1982, Tap Shoes placed third in the Whitney Stakes (G3). His career earnings were $463,513 (22 starts, 8 wins, 4 places, 3 shows).