Thinking About – Fancy Sires

1. Pioneerof the Nile- Midnight Storm, Cairo Prince, Classic Empire, American Pharoah
2. Medaglia d’Oro – Mshawish, Violence, Vancouver, Astern
3. Tapit – Tonalist, Frosted, Tapiture, Mohayman, Cupid, Anchor Down, Tapizar ,Constitution
4. Curlin – Connect, Palace Malice, Keen Ice, Exaggerator
5. AP Indy – Honor Code, Bernardini, Flatter, Mineshaft, Congrats, Take Charge Indy
6. Candy Ride – Twirling Candy, Gun Runner, Mastery, Unified
7. War Front – Summer Front, Air Force Blue, Declaration of War, The Factor
8. Unbridled’s Song – Liam’s Map, Arrogate, Midshipman, Will Take Charge, Cross Traffic
9. Giant’s Causeway – Carpe Diem, Not This Time, Brody’s Cause, Creative Cause, Fed Biz, First Samurai
10. Quality Road – Klimt
11. Uncle Mo – Nyquist, Outwork, Laoban
12. Into Mischief – Practical Joke, Goldencents

These are all the $100,000+ sires, and their cheaper alternatives, ranked according to their relative value.

The main 9 (two are deceased) are too expensive. Every year there are yearlings sold at well under 1x the stud fee by these sires. So far, I have been ignoring these horses. Maybe I should try to learn to evaluate these “problem” horses, but not right now I will continue to ignore them.

The next group is the over $50,000 crowd, again in my order of perceived value

1. Union Rags –
2. Street Sense –
3. Malibu Moon – Gormley, Orb
4. Kitten’s Joy – Big Blue Kitten
5. Ghostzapper – Shamen Ghost
6. Empire Maker – Bodemeister, Sky Kingdom
7. Distorted Humor – Maclean’s Music, Ironicus, Khozan, Jimmy Creed
8. Speightstown – Munnings, Speightster, Central Banker, Daredevil
9. More Than Ready –