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ALSO IN THIS ISSUEPartners in Pegasus Spot for Keen Ice 5
Fair Grounds Barn Under EHV-1 Quarantine 8
Mind Your Biscuits Earns Week's Top Speed Figure 9
Gulfstream, Florida HBPA Make Purse Deal for 2017 10
Results 14
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ARROGATE CONFIRMED FOR SAN PASQUALBy Claire Novakt @BH_CNovak
Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Arrogate is set for a start in the Jan. 1 San Pasqual Stakes (gr. II) at
Santa Anita Park as long as the talented son of Un-bridled's Song emerges in good order from his latest bullet work, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said Dec. 27.
With Martin Garcia aboard Tuesday morning, Arrogate clicked through six furlongs in 1:12 1/5 in what Baffert called "Really easy, cruise mode."
The move was fastest of 28 at the distance on the day.
The 1 1/16-mile San Pasqual will mark Arrogate's 4-year-old debut and his first start since his Nov. 5 Classic victory over California Chrome, and sets Juddmonte's colt up for a planned rematch with that rival in the Jan. 28 Pegasus World Cup (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park. Arrogate looks to add a third grade I to the list he started earlier this season when blitzing the 1 1/4-mile Travers Stakes (gr. I) in 1:59.36, the fastest win in the 147-year history of the race.
California Chrome took last year's San Pasqual, kicking off a six-race win streak in 2016 that Arrogate ended. California Chrome came back Dec. 17 to prep for the Pegasus with a record-setting performance in the Winter Challenge at Los Alamitos Race Course, his only race on his home track from 26 starts. BH
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PARTNERS IN PEGASUS SPOT FOR KEEN ICEBy Erin Sheat @BH_EShea
Donegal Racing has partnered with Jerry and Ronnie Frankel to run grade I winner Keen Ice in the $12
million Pegasus World Cup (gr. I) Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park, Donegal’s Jerry Crawford confirmed Dec. 27.
To fund the race’s large purse, 12 spots in the starting gate were sold for $1 million each and quickly sold out. Crawford said Donegal had been eyeing the Pegasus for Keen Ice, but since they did not own a spot in the starting gate, they partnered with owners Jerry and Ronnie Frankel who did. Bloodstock agent Brad Weisbord facilitated the deal between Donegal and the Frankels.
“We’ve been pointing at the Pegasus since we brought Keen Ice back into training,” Crawford said. “(Trainer) Todd Pletcher was pleased with how he was doing and thought that was an appropriate goal.”
With 2014 Horse of the Year California Chrome and Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Arrogate also confirmed for the Pegasus, Crawford knows the 4-year-old son of Curlin—who finished third in the Classic, some 11 lengths behind 'Chrome'—will have his work cut out for him.
“It would take a better lawyer than me to argue that we’re likely to beat California Chrome or Arrogate, but this is a race that third place is definitely worth running for, and we’re not strangers to races where people say we don’t have a chance—we were in the Travers a year ago when we didn’t have a chance and we won,” Crawford added, mentioning Keen Ice’s victory over Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers Stakes (gr. I).
Crawford also said his partners are impressed with the way Keen Ice handled Gulfstream Park’s track in his last race, a runner-up finish to another possible Pegasus
contender Stanford in the Harlan’s Holiday Stakes (gr. III) Dec. 17.
“That’s by far the best he’s ever run on that track,” he said. “He closed well on it, the winner had things entirely his own way. Keen Ice did not, but he ran 41 feet longer than the winner. Todd has done a terrific job getting him ready for this.”
Bred by Glencrest Farm in Kentucky out of the Awesome Again mare Medomak, who was purchased in 2010 by Glencrest for $17,000 at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, Keen Ice was a $120,000 Donegal buy at the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale. His record is 2-2-5 from 19 starts, with earnings of $2,387,245. Before the Travers, he ran third in the Belmont Stakes presented by DraftKings (gr. I) and second in the William Hill Haskell Invitational (gr. I). Medomak was consigned by Four Star Sales to the 2012 Keeneland November sale, where she was picked up by Chad Schumer, agent, for $80,000. She was sent to Saudi Arabia soon after.
In other Pegasus-related news, Pegasus World Cup chief executive officer Jack Wolf confirmed internal talks by the Stronach Group about potentially moving the race to fellow Stronach-owned Santa Anita Park in 2018. While a decision has not yet been finalized, Wolf said, "From a numbers standpoint, it certainly would (make sense)." BH
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Keen Ice on track at Santa Anita park before his third-place effort in the Breeders' Cup Classic
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SEASON AUCTION INFORMATIONThe majority of seasons will sell during the online portion of the auction, however several select seasons will be offered at the Celebration, a live auction event (select seasons are bolded above). Online bidding for all seasons begins Monday, January 2 at 9 a.m. (EST) and closes at 5 p.m. on Friday, January 6. To bid online visit www.tca.org for a link to the auction site. Telephone bidding is available on Friday, January 6 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (EST). To bid by telephone please call (859) 276-4989 during telephone bidding hours only. In order to bid on select seasons at the live auction you MUST either: (a) be a high online bidder on the season at the close of the online auction or (b) attend the Celebration featuring select seasons at Keeneland or (c) send an agent to bid for you. Online bidders that wish to continue bidding on a select stallion season will be called to participate by phone in the live, auction. All seasons are offered on a “NO GUARANTEE” (NG), non-refundable basis unless otherwise noted. ALL seasons are payable in full by February 13, 2017 For complete rules and bidder registration visit www.tca.org.
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FAIR GROUNDS BARN UNDER EHV-1 QUARANTINEBy BloodHorse Staff
Officials with the State of Louisiana's Department of Agriculture have implemented a quarantine
for Barn 14 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots after a horse residing in that barn tested positive for the equine herpes virus, it was announced Dec. 27.
The strain of the disease, EHV-1, can be accompanied by neurological symptoms and can prove fatal in horses. The infected horse, an unraced 2-year-old filly trained by Alice Cohn, was euthanized the morning of Dec. 26 as a result of the infection.
Horses stabled in Barn 14 will not be permitted to leave the property until the quarantine is lifted, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture reported. The horses in Barn 14 will be permitted to train during a specific period after regular training hours with no ponies or other horses present.
All horses in the affected barn will be monitored and if no horses test positive for the virus and do not show symptoms, the quarantine will be lifted after 13 days.
The quarantine will have no impact on horses shipping in for races as long as they arrive with proper vaccination documents. All horses shipping in will be required to use the Belfort Street entrance. BH
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an ESF of 122. The race was the week's fastest, as runner-up Sharp Azteca earned the second-best ESF (121) of the past seven days, and third-place finisher Ten Blessings earned the week's co-third-highest number (117), which Bettys Bambino also got in winning the San Simeon Stakes (gr. IIIT). Mind Your Biscuits has run a career-best ESF nine straight times, a stretch that started with a 75 earned in his April 9 maiden win at Aqueduct Racetrack and now includes five straight three-figure ESFs.
Falcone said it was great to see Mind Your Biscuits continue to improve coming out of the Sprint.
"This is great for him. He bounced out of the Breeders' Cup great, and he gets over the track so well," Falcone said. "He just proved today, again, that he's a great horse. He's a real nice horse." BH
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MIND YOUR BISCUITS EARNS WEEK'S TOP SPEED FIGUREBy BloodHorse Staff
Another race, another career-best Equibase Speed Figure for Mind Your Biscuits.
For the ninth straight time trainer Robert Falcone Jr. saddled Mind Your Biscuits to run his highest number as the 3-year-old Posse colt rallied from fourth to gamely prevail in the stretch to win the $301,380 Malibu Stakes (gr. I) Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park.
With the win, Mind Your Biscuits earned the first grade I victory of his career one start after securing his first grade I-placing in the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) Nov. 5 at Santa Anita. He finished third in the Sprint and will be moved to second in that race after stewards officially disqualify Masochistic, who finished second but failed a post-race drug test.
In winning the Malibu, Mind Your Biscuits earned
Top 10 Equibase Speed Figures Since Dec. 20
Horse Finish Race, Track, Distance, Date122 Mind Your Biscuits 1 Malibu S. (gr. I), SA, 7f, 12/26
121 Sharp Azteca 2 Malibu S. (gr. I), SA, 7f, 12/26
117 Bettys Bambino 1 San Simeon S. (gr. IIIT), SA, a6.5fT, 12/26
117 Ten Blessings 3 Malibu S. (gr. I), SA, 7f, 12/26
113 Edzactly 1 AOC, PEN, 6f, 12/22
113 Mor Spirit 4 Malibu S. (gr. I), SA, 7f, 12/26
112 Conquest Enforcer 1 Mathis Brothers Mile S. (gr. IIT), SA, 8fT, 12/26
112 Stormy Liberal 2 San Simeon S. (gr. IIIT), SA, a6.5fT, 12/26
112 Richard's Boy 3 San Simeon S. (gr. IIIT), SA, a6.5fT, 12/26
112 Awesome Banner 5 Malibu S. (gr. I), SA, 7f, 12/26
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GULFSTREAM, FLORIDA HBPA MAKE PURSE DEAL FOR 2017By Jim Freer
The Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protec-
tive Association announced Dec. 26 that it has reached an agreement with Gulf-stream Park on a purse contract for 2017. The two reportedly reached their agreement Dec. 21.
Officials with Gulfstream, near Hallandale Beach, Fla., have declined comment on the negotiations with the Florida HBPA.
In a statement released late Dec. 26, the Florida HBPA did not specify the amount of daily average purses or minimum purses Gulfstream will pay out during its four race meets in 2017. In the statement, the Florida HBPA said it would provide more details of the contract in the coming days.
Bill White, the Florida HBPA president, said in the statement: "It’s a great contract for everyone—the horsemen, the track, and for Florida racing. We’re very excited."
The Florida HBPA revealed the contract calls for the elimination of a lingering overpayment in the purse account for Gulfstream non-championship meets. That overpayment will be reduced to zero at the end of 2016 and includes a cap on any future overpayments.
The overpayments date back to the period between July 2013 and June 2014 when Gulfstream and its South Florida neighbor, Calder Casino & Race Course, were racing head-to-head on weekend days.
Overpayment occurs when money paid out to horsemen in purses exceeds the percentage of betting revenues allocated to the purse account.
"The horsemen will be able to start the 2017 non-championship meet with a balanced purse account, which should result in more predictable race cards and purses," said Glen Berman, the Florida HBPA’s executive
director. "This will better reflect the current handle at the track, which has been setting records for the last couple of years. The constant overpayment status of the purse account has left current horsemen paying the bills of past years’ meets."
Gulfstream holds four meets each year. The championship meet is from early December through early April, the spring meet is from early April through June 30, followed by the summer meet from July 1 through early October, and the Gulfstream Park West meet runs at Calder from early October through late November.
The Florida HBPA also noted the contract creates an agreement to create the FHBPA Stakes Series, a series of $100,000 stakes races to be run during the 2017 non-championship meet.
The Florida HBPA statement said: "This innovative approach by the FHBPA and Gulfstream Park will reward South Florida owners and trainers who run year-round with more opportunities to race their top horses.'
And the agreement notes that for the first time all three Gulfstream-run stables will be open the entire year.
Those stables are at:• Gulfstream—with about 1,250 stalls• The Palm Meadows training facility—with about
1,200 stalls. The Stronach Group, based in Aurora, Ont.,
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Horses racing at Gulfstream Park near Hallandale Beach, Fla.
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owns Palm Meadows and Gulfstream. Palm Meadows is in Boynton Beach, Fla., about 50 miles north of Gulfstream.
• Calder—with about 430 stalls that Gulfstream has leased through 2020. Calder is in Miami Gardens, Fla., about eight miles west of Gulfstream.
"This will provide great peace-of-mind and much-needed flexibility for the smaller stables," White said. "It adds a layer of certainty, as before there was no contractual agreement for all three stabling areas to remain open year-round."
According to some third-party reports, negotiations were complex and at times contentious as Gulfstream and the horsemen approached a Dec. 31 deadline.
In its statement, the Florida HBPA said: "As typical in the negotiation process, weighty and innovative issues were covered."
White added: "Overall, the negotiations for the contract went smoothly. I was pleased with how well it went considering the importance of the issues, and significant dollar amounts that were agreed upon.'
The negotiations for the Florida HBPA were led by Stephen Screnci, an attorney who is one of the owners on the Florida HBPA’s board of directors.
"Steve did a great job, and Tim Ritvo (Gulfstream president and Stronach Group COO) led the way for Gulfstream," said Carlo Vaccarezza, a trainer and member of the Florida HBPA board. "This is a good agreement for everyone, and we are looking forward to a great 2017 at Gulfstream Park." BH
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out of the gateShine Bright Like a Diamond: 3-year-old Satono Diamond after winning the Arima Kinen (JPN-I).
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WEEKEND'S GRADE I WINNERS TRACED FAMILIAR AUCTION PATHBy Eric Mitchellt @BH_EMitchell
Both of the weekend's grade I winners at Santa Anita Park—Constellation and Mind Your Biscuits—passed
through a Keeneland auction as yearlings and were of-fered through an Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. 2-year-olds in training sale.
Constellation, winner of the La Brea Stakes (gr. I), was bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm, which is currently the leading North American breeder by earnings for 2016. The chestnut daughter of Bellamy Road—For Royalty, by Not For Love, first passed through the 2014 Keeneland September sale where Denali Stud as agent sold her for $155,000 to Northwest Stud.
Northwest Stud then pinhooked Constellation through the 2015 Ocala Breeders' Sales March sale, where the bloodstock team of Jason Litt and Alex Solis II bought her for $800,000 on behalf of LNJ Foxwoods. The filly was the co-fifth-highest price at the sale and
is now the second graded/group stakes winner among the top 10 highest-priced horses at this sale. The other is Acapulco, a filly by Scat Daddy—Global Finance, by End Sweep), who M.V. Magnier bought for $750,000. Acapulco won the Queen Mary Stakes (Eng-II) and finished second in the Coolmore Nunthrope Stakes (Eng-I) last year.
At 2, Constellation became a black-type stakes winner and finished second in the Matron Stakes (gr. II) and third in the Spinaway Stakes (gr. I). This year she has finished off the board only once in four starts, and finally broke through at the graded stakes level in the La Brea Dec. 26. She has five wins and two placings out of eight lifetime starts and earnings of $479,464.
Constellation is For Royalty's first stakes winner and her second black-type stakes runner out of three foals of racing age. For Royalty is a half sister to grade I winner El Viento (El Corredor) and grade II winner Kiss to Remember (Big Brown).
Mind Your Biscuits, winner of the grade I Malibu Stakes Dec. 26, sold for $47,000 during the 2014 Keeneland January winter mixed sale to Machmer Hall out of the Allied Bloodstock consignment. Bred in New York by Jumping Jack Racing, the son of Posse—Jazzmane, by Toccet, was pinhooked by Select Sales through the Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga Preferred New York-bred yearling sale, where he was bought back for $47,000. Mind Your Biscuits was offered again through the 2015 OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale by SBM Training & Sales and, again, was bought back for $47,000.
Trainer Robert Falcone Jr. got Mind Your Biscuits through agent Chad Summers, who is the racing manager for J Stables. The Malibu was Mind Your Biscuits' second graded stakes win of the year, having taken the Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course July 30. He also finished third in the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), though he has since been moved up to second due to the disqualification of Masochistic following a positive test result for anabolic steroids. Mind Your Biscuits now has a 4-5-2 record out of 13 starts and earnings of $795,366, accounting for the DQ.
Mind Your Biscuits is Jazzmane's first black-type stakes winner. The unraced mare has two other winners among her four foals of racing age. BH s Share this story
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Constellation and jockey Flavien Prat after winning the La Brea
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MIND YOUR BISCUITS A BIG WINNER FOR POSSEBy Alan Portert @pedigreeconsult
The day after Christmas was a remarkable one for Empire State stallions. First Constellation,
a daughter of Bellamy Road—who moved to New York from Kentucky for the 2016 season—captured the La Brea Stakes (gr. I). Less than 30 minutes lat-er, Mind Your Biscuits—a New York-bred and -sired son of Posse—captured the Malibu Stakes (gr. I) over Sharp Azteca, a son of New York sire Freud.
Mind Your Biscuits is the fourth grade I winner sired by Posse, a significant achievement given the stallion never scored at that level himself. However, the son of Silver Deputy was a prolific black-type performer, winning or placing in nine black-type events at 2 and 3, with five sprint stakes victories, among them the Riva Ridge Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. II), Kentucky Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. III), and Lafayette Stakes (gr. III). His sole placing at the highest level was a third to Ghostzapper in the Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I), although he did finish a solid fourth in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I).
Posse made an outstanding start to his stud career, ending 2007 as leading freshman sire, when represented by a then-record seven first crop 2-year-old stakes winners. Unfortunately, he was never able to capitalize on that momentum, and for the 2010 season, moved from Vinery near Midway, Ky., to stand in New York. He shipped to Uruguay for the 2016 Southern Hemisphere season, and will not return in 2017. Posse has sired 32 stakes winners. Seven of these have scored in graded company, and in addition to Mind Your Biscuits, include 2009 champion male sprinter Kodiak Kowboy; dual grade I winner Caleb's Posse; and Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) winner Rolling Fog.
Mind Your Biscuits, whose earlier performances include a win in the Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) and a third in the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), is out of the unraced Toccet mare Jazzmane. She is half sister to Kimchi, who earned a championship in Canada after winning two legs of their filly Triple Crown in 2006. Jazzmane is also a half sister to 2005 Queen's Plate runner-up King of Jazz. Mind Your Biscuit's second dam, Alljazz (by Stop the Music), was unplaced in two starts, but is a half sister to 1990 Nearctic Handicap winner Dargai.
Mind Your Biscuits has the distinction of being the second stakes winner, and the first non-restricted stakes winner, from the 143 starters bred on a cross of a Deputy Minister-line stallion over a Deputy Minister-line mare. This falls in line with a principle we've long observed: while there are individual exceptions, across a population, the cross of a mare under a stallion from her own immediate male-line will underperform. When such a cross does work, there is often something else going on in the pedigree, which is what we find here.
Posse is a Deputy Minister/Blushing Groom cross, by Silver Deputy, a Deputy Minister/Mr. Prospector cross. Mind Your Biscuits' broodmare sire, Toccet, is by Awesome Again, who is by Deputy Minister, out of a mare bred on a Blushing Groom/Mr. Prospector cross, so having a similar background to Posse. BH
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POSSE, b, 2000
Silver Deputy, 1985 Deputy Minister, 1979 Vice Regent
Mint Copy
Silver Valley, 1979 Mr. ProspectorSeven Valleys
Raska, 1992 Rahy, 1985 Blushing Groom
Glorious Song
MIND YOUR BISCUITS ch, c March 15, 2013
Borishka, 1987 RobertoQueen Maud
Toccet, 2000 Awesome Again, 1994 Deputy Minister
Primal Force
JAZZMANE, ch, 2006
Cozzene's Angel, 1994 CozzeneCharming Pan
Alljazz, 1992 Stop the Music, 1970 Hail to Reason
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Bounteous, 1979 Master DerbyMlle. Quille
PEDIGREE ANALYSIS
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ALLOWANCE RESULTS
Parx Racing, Race 9, AOC12/27, $51,000, 2yo, 8f (dirt), 1:41.37, track fast.1–Oneballnostrikes, 119, b c, 2, Include–Angel in Six, by
Pulpit, $30,600, O–Carguys Racing LLC, B–CFP Thorough-breds LLC (KY), T–John C. Servis, J–Jorge A. Vargas, Jr.
Sale History: 2016 FTMMAY, $25,000, 2015 KEESEP, ($12,000 RNA).
Margin: 6¾, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart
Sunland Park, Race 6, ALW12/27, $34,600, 3yo/up, 6f (dirt), 1:10.07, track fast.1–Hit a Lick, 121, dk b/br g, 3, Attila's Storm–Accomo-
date, by Pleasantly Perfect, $20,760, O–Dale Taylor, B–Spence, LLC (NM), T–Todd W. Fincher, J–Ruby Gonzalez
Margin: 2¼, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart
MAIDEN RESULTS
Sunland Park, Race 2, MSW12/27, $24,500, 3yo/up, f/m, 5.5f (dirt), 1:04.92, track
fast.1–Ballinouttacontrol, 121, dk b/br f, 3, Prince of Fame–
Miss Silver Mouse, by Silver Season, $14,700, O–Seth Howard, B–Seth Jacob Howard (NM), T–Sam H. Howard, J–Ameth Gonzalez
Margin: ¾, 8 starters. View Equibase Chart
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SWrs Cum. Rank Stallion Sire, YOB Dams Rnrs (% Rnrs) SWrs Chief Earner (Earnings) ’16 Earnings 1 Sunday Silence Halo, ’86 551 1254 18 (1.4%) 157 Duramente ($1,779,157) $35,937,180 2 Storm Cat Storm Bird, ’83 382 664 27 (4.1%) 233 Real Steel ($4,098,460) $24,934,185 3 A.P. Indy Seattle Slew, ’89 344 631 22 (3.5%) 145 A. P. Indian ($1,135,000) $17,294,320 4 Distorted Humor Forty Niner, ’93 237 401 15 (3.7%) 51 Arrogate ($4,084,600) $17,082,705 5 Danehill Danzig, ’86 349 558 31 (5.6%) 175 Highland Reel ($5,109,391) $16,728,106 6 Unbridled's Song Unbridled, ’93 349 620 25 (4.0%) 101 Tourist ($1,633,750) $16,545,644 7 French Deputy Deputy Minister, ’92 264 520 11 (2.1%) 68 Makahiki ($1,690,216) $16,450,291 8 Not For Love Mr. Prospector, ’90 138 247 12 (4.9%) 28 California Chrome ($8,180,000) $15,042,215 9 Giant's Causeway Storm Cat, ’97 315 513 15 (2.9%) 49 Gun Runner ($1,970,880) $13,954,605 10 Sadler's Wells Northern Dancer, ’81 486 753 22 (2.9%) 331 Flintshire ($2,000,000) $13,172,485
2016 BROODMARE SIRESListed below are the top 10 leading broodmare sires by 2016 Northern Hemisphere earnings through December 26, 2016. All stallions whose daughters are represented by at least one Northern Hemisphere runner in 2016 are included. Cumulative stakes winners includes lifetime worldwide statistics; all other statistics are 2016 Northern Hemisphere only.
Rank Stallion Sire, YOB ’17 Stud Fee Farm Crops Foals AEI CI 1 Uncle Mo Indian Charlie, ’08 $150,000 Ashford Stud, KY 2 247 3.00 1.70 2 Pioneerof the Nile Empire Maker, ’06 $110,000 WinStar Farm LLC, KY 4 305 2.79 1.89 3 Curlin Smart Strike, ’04 $150,000 Hill 'n' Dale Farms, KY 5 425 2.44 2.19 4 Tapit Pulpit, ’01 $300,000 Gainesway, KY 9 961 2.39 2.11 5 War Front Danzig, ’02 $250,000 Claiborne Farm, KY 7 467 2.37 2.31 6 Into Mischief Harlan's Holiday, ’05 $75,000 Spendthrift Farm, KY 5 292 2.18 1.54 7 Ghostzapper Awesome Again, ’00 $75,000 Adena Springs Kentucky, KY 8 612 2.17 2.05 8 Medaglia d'Oro El Prado, ’99 $150,000 Darley, KY 9 1029 2.15 2.31 9 Distorted Humor Forty Niner, ’93 $80,000 WinStar Farm LLC, KY 15 1265 2.06 2.19 10 Awesome Again Deputy Minister, ’94 $75,000 Adena Springs Kentucky, KY 15 1063 2.04 1.90
2016 SIRES BY LIFETIME AEIListed below are the top 10 leading sires by lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI) through December 26, 2016. Only active stallions in North America (excluding stallions that were exported prior to the 2011 breeding season) with at least 150 named foals of racing age are included. All statistics are Northern Hemisphere only. AEI indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned in relation to the average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. CI indicates the average earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires.
Listed below is a comparison of statistics for only North American racing with all available statistics through December 26, 2016. Only stallions that stand, will stand, or stood in North America (excluding stallions that died or were exported prior to the 2011 breeding season), and have runners in North America are included..
2016 NORTH AMERICAN LEADING SIRES
Rank Stallion Sire, YOB ’17 Stud Fee Farm Chief Earner (Earnings) ’16 Earnings 1 Tapit Pulpit, ’01 $300,000 Gainesway, KY Creator ($1,582,000) $16,549,771 2 Curlin Smart Strike, ’04 $150,000 Hill 'n' Dale Farms, KY Exaggerator ($2,598,000) $12,152,891 3 Uncle Mo Indian Charlie, ’08 $150,000 Ashford Stud, KY Nyquist ($3,575,600) $11,931,196 4 Candy Ride (ARG) Ride the Rails, ’99 $60,000 Lane's End, KY Gun Runner ($1,970,880) $10,988,456 5 City Zip Carson City, ’98 $50,000 Lane's End, KY Catch a Glimpse ($1,154,033) $9,969,970 6 Unbridled's Song Unbridled, ’93 Died N/A Arrogate ($4,084,600) $9,624,355 7 Kitten's Joy El Prado, ’01 $100,000 Ramsey Farm, Inc., KY Camelot Kitten ($868,865) $9,271,445 8 Bernardini A.P. Indy, ’03 $100,000 Darley, KY Cavorting ($1,125,000) $9,171,846 9 Medaglia d'Oro El Prado, ’99 $150,000 Darley, KY Songbird ($2,210,000) $9,152,303 10 Malibu Moon A.P. Indy, ’97 $75,000 Spendthrift Farm, KY Stanford ($905,160) $9,105,233
