Take My Tip was owned and bred by James Hennessy.
Take My Tip was by Rire Aux Larmes, the winner of the 1911 Prix du Prince de Galles and was exported to the United States and stood stud in Maryland, out of Take A Step, the winner of the 1920 Prix Gontaut-Biron, by Ecouen, the winner of the 1910 Grand Criterium de Paris.
Take My Tip was a half brother: to Step Away, the dam of Stratonice, the winner of the 1951 Prix de Diane; and to Take It Easy, the winner of the 1928 Prix de Seine et Oise.
At two in 1925, he won the Prix de Cabourg over Attacheur and Haguenau.
At three in 1926, Take My Tip won the Grand Prix de Paris over Biribi, the winner of the 1926 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and was taken by the Germans in WWII and returned after the war in poor condition and died in 1946, Bois Josselyn, the winner of the 1927 Prix Jean Prat.
He was third in the Prix Boiard behind Cerulea and Ptolemy, the winner of the 1926 Prix d’Hedouville.
At four in 1927, Take My Tip won the Prix de Reux over his half brother Take Off who was sired by Gainsborough, and Soun, the winner of the 1927 Prix Jumilhac.
At stud he had only four registered foals. His best was:
Carte Grise: the dam of Sir Ken who won 20 of his 29 hurdle races including: the 1952, the 1953, and the 1954 Champion Hurdle; the 1951 Lancashire Hurdle; the 1956 Cotswold Hurdle; and the 1956 Mildmay Chase. He was purchased for the lowly price of $1,000. Sir Ken was a nasty character who killed one of his paddock companions in 1952.
