The Structure of Sires

Until I wrote that last post I never really thought about the group of sires this way.

The Living Superstars

There are 9 active sires with stud fees of $100,000 or above

There are 34 active sires that are an attempt to “knock-off” the superstars

The Deceased Superstars

There are 3 recently deceased superstars (AP Indy, Giant’s Causeway, Unbridled Song)

There are 17 active sires that are an attempt to knock-off these 3

The Stars

There are 9 active sires with stud fees of $50,000 or more, but less than $100,000

There are are 14 active sires that are an attempt to knock-off the stars

The Independents

These guy are not Superstars or Stars, or their Knock-offs

1. Blame
2. Broken Vow
3. Hard Spun
4. Tiznow
5. Kantharos
6. Run Happy
7. English Channel
8. Lemon Drop Kid
9. Upstart
10. Noble Mission
11. Looking at Lucky
12. Tale of the Cat
13. Street Boss
14. Dialed In
15. Bayern
16. Sky Mesa
17. Midnight Lute
18. Karokontie
19. Flintshire
20. Competitive Edge
21. Macho Uno
22. Mr Speaker
23. Lord Nelson
24. American Freedom
25. Bal a Bali

I do not have have any dramatic conclusions to draw from this exercise. It is just a way to think about current group of active sires.