Three More Top 50’s

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, when you look at the quantity of A Runners since 2008, Coolmore’s Galileo is really in a class of his own, with 149 A Runners (keep in mind one horse can be counted as a separate A Runner each year it reaches the relevant A Runner earnings threshold) (click here). Coolmore’s Ghostzapper Kentucky arm, Ashford, stands Adena Springs photo Giant’s Causeway (114), who is nearly as far clear of the third-ranking sire of 2008-2014 A Runners, Juddmonte’s Dansili (90). WinStar’s Speightstown and Lane’s End’s Smart Strike are tied for fourth, with 89 each. The top 10 is rounded out by: Coolmore’s Montjeu (died 2012, 85); a three-way tie among Darley’s Medaglia d’Oro, Juddmonte’s Oasis Dream, and Coolmore’s now-retired Danehill Dancer, each with 78; and Gainesway’s 2014 Leading North American sire, Tapit (76).

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