Rewilding (horse) Rewilding (horse) Rewilding (23 February 2007 – 23 July 2011) was a thoroughbred racehorse. He won races at Royal Ascot and in Dubai. His finest hour came when winning the 2011 Prince Of Wales Stakes, beating Australian superstar So You Think. As a 3-year-old he won the Cocked Hat Stakes at Goodwood and the Great Voltiguer Stakes at York. Rewilding was put down after the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at the Betfair Weekend at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, 23 July 2011. The horse tripped and broke its leg, throwing jockey Frankie Dettori to the ground. The jockey
Tap On Wood yearling, Tap On Wood was sent to the sales and was bought for 12,500 guineas. During his racing career he was owned by Tony Shead and trained by Barry Hills at Lambourn in Berkshire. Tap On Wood had an unusually active two-year-old season for a top-class European racehorse: by September he had already run ten times and won six races at distances from five to seven furlongs. He was ridden in most of his races that year by the British jockey Ernie Johnson. He won the Donnington Castle Stakes at Newbury Racecourse but his other successes came against moderate opposition.