It's still winter. All the good racing is in warmer climes, and even there we're nearly a month away from climactic weekends including the GI Florida Derby, GI Santa Anita Derby, and the G1 Dubai World Cup; in fact, big preps for those weekends are on tap with the GII San Felipe S. this weekend [...]

What a weekend it was for first-crop sires. They ran 1-2-3 in the GII Davona Dale for 3-year-old fillies: Ekati's Phaeton (Tale of Ekati) scored her second graded win by hanging on grimly from Birdatthewire (Summer Bird), with Eskenformoney (Eskendereya) a close third. First-crop sires also dominated the filly ranks in New Orleans, with I'm [...]

Last week I inveigled TDN International Editor Kelsey Riley into offering her Acolumnist's choice' picks for success among four crops of unproven North American stallions with first foals 2013-2016, which we presented as well as my own. This week–special treat– we have expanded our scope even further by asking TDN's other columnist, Andrew Caulfield, to [...]

In the spirit of Sherack vs. DiDonato, I enlisted TDN International Editor Kelsey Riley to join me in looking over what we know so far–from their race records and any market performance–for the nearly 275 North American and European sires we=re keeping track of in four >sire crops=: F2013 (1st foals 2013, 2-year-olds of 2015); [...]

At the end of 2014, four of the top 10 sires on the TDN North American General Sire List for last year were the four sires with first foals 2006 that have been so prominent since they first had runners in 2008: Gainesway's Tapit; WinStar's Speightstown;Darley's Medaglia d'Oro; and Lane's End's Candy Ride. Among them, [...]

His 10 crops of racing age thus far have averaged 138 foals, which definitely confers a certain numerical advantage, nonetheless the dominance of Coolmore's World Number One, Galileo, is impressive in its quantity as well as its quality. Last year Galileo sired 25 Graded/Group winners (GSW) and 50 Graded/Group Stakes Horses (GSH), so no surprise [...]

Bill Oppenheim-January 22, Galileo Tops By 2014 ABC Runners GALILEO TOPS BY 2014 ABC RUNNERS When you see that Coolmore's top sire, Galileo, had 66 black-type horses (BTH) last year, of which 50 were graded/group stakes horses (GSH) (click here), it's not surprising he's also the leading 2014 North American or European sire of APEX [...]

When you see that Coolmore=s top sire, Galileo, had 66 black-type horses (BTH) last year, of which 50 were graded/group stakes horses (GSH), it's not surprising he's also the leading 2014 North American or European sire of APEX ABC Runners. To review, a horse becomes an ABC Runner (meaning A Runner, or B Runner, or [...]

Last week we looked at the top 50 sires with 200+ year-starters ('runners') 2008-2014 by the signature APEX A Runner Index (click here). This week we'd like to look at three more Top 50's, as well as sires with first foals 2010 (4-year-olds of 2014) and 2011 (3-year-olds of 2014). As we mentioned last week, [...]

Last week we looked at the top 50 sires with 200+ year-starters ('runners') 2008-2014 by the signature APEX A Runner Index. This week we'd like to look at three more Top 50's, as well as sires with first foals 2010 (4-year-olds of 2014) and 2011 (3-year-olds of 2014). As we mentioned last week, when you [...]

It's been a hard road to the top of the APEX charts for Coolmore's Galileo, the consensus world number one. It's one thing to be the top sire in North America and Europe by progeny earnings on the TDN General Sire List three straight years (2012-2014), while siring 60-some black-type horses a year, but it's [...]

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