So Who's the Leading First-Crop Sire for 2020: Jamie McCalmont

Tuesday, March 24, 2020 | 2:38 pm

NYQUIST The Kentucky Derby Gr I - 142nd Running Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky May 7, 2016 Race #12 Purse $2,000,000 1-1/4 Miles 2:01.31 Reddam Racing, LLC, Owner Doug O'Neill, Trainer Mario Gutierrez, Jockey Please Give Photo Credit To: Coady Photography

My leading sire for this year would be Nyquist. I was connected with him in my role with Paul Reddam. It's quite rare that you see a two-year-old win three Grade I races and then come back and win the Derby as an unbeaten horse.

My number two pick is Air Force Blue. He was a very good two-year-old in Ireland and War Front seems to be a good sire of sires. My favorite horse at the sale at OBS March was Hip 27, a son of Air Force Blue out of Dreamy Maiden. He ended up selling for $390,000.