Stallion Ranking

This is my stallion ranking before two year old racing starts in a big way. These are my best “value” sires and is my first thought of what yearlings I will be looking for. The number at the end each line is how many are in my top 100.

Stud fees of $40,000 or less.

1. Honor Code (trying to recreate Honor AP), 6
2. Twirling Candy (will Rombauer and Dream Shake make him too popular?), 3
3. Midnight Storm (maybe too popular at the sales?), 5
4. Cairo Prince (getting better mares), 3
5. Point of Entry (the heir to Dynaformer?), 2
6. Connect (a cheap Curlin?), 5
7. American Freedom (AP Indy + Pleasant Colony), 4
8. Gormley (a quicker Malibu Moon?), 4
9. Dialed In (still a value), 2
10. Shaman Ghost (not in anyone else’s top 10), 2
11. Unified (can he be more than a miler?, the Centennial influence), 4
12. Union Rags (still the unicorn),3
13. Liam’s Map (Colonel Liam is the story), 1
14. Classic Empire (did not sell as well as expected), 2
15. Tonalist (still some hope), 1
16. Frosted (are we giving up too soon?), 2
17. Mr. Speaker (decent turf horses), 1
18. Lemon Drop Kid (the last crops), 1
19. Temple City (falling behind Point of Entry), 0
20. Air Force Blue (not giving up yet), 3
21. Summer Front (not many to choose from), 2
22. Violence (can they go two turns?), 2
23. Maclean’s Music (can they go two turns?), 1
24. Blame (trying to recreate Nadal), 1
25. Bernardini (hard to find a cheap one), 2
26. Cupid (late developers?), 1
27. Practical Joke (maybe they will go two turns?), 1
28. Keen Ice (the ultimate plodder), 1
29. Exaggerator (plodder), 1
30. Hard Spun (getting decent turf horses), 2
31. Malibu Moon (getting cheap enough), 1
32. Ironicus (the hope of Helium), 1
33. Mastery (disappointing start), 2
34. Astern (will they ever get two turns?), 2
35. Upstart (the story in fading), 0
36. Klimt (can they be more than sprinters?), 1
37. Mohaymen (not much at the sales), 0
38. Tapiture (solid but not spectacular), 1
39. Mineshaft (very boring), 0
40. Midshipman (the ultimate value sire), 0
41. Flintshire (making a small comeback?), 1
42. Lea (value?), 1
43. Karakontie (maybe?), 0
44. Anchor Down (maybe?), 1
45. Bal a Bali (watching), 0
46. Big Blue Kitten (not giving up yet), 0
47. Brody’s Cause (fading), 0
48. First Samurai (love the Zilla story), 0
49. Mshawish (time to give up?), 1
50. Noble Mission (time to give up?), 1
51. Orb (exiled), 2
52. Touist (time to give up?), 0
53. Will Take Charge (time to give up), 0