Current Top Sire List

This list has changed quite often over the last two years. This list reflects what I saw at Keeneland with by own eyes

Right now be top 10 sire list is:

1. Oscar Performance – the best cheap turf sire?
2. Cairo Prince – kind of second tier turf sire, with decent dirt ability
3. Mendelssohn – I hope they like the turf
4. Kitten’s Joy – old reliable
5. Bolt d’Oro – a cheaper Medaglia d’Oro?
6. Connect – a cheaper Curlin?
7. Unified – a cheaper Candy Ride?
8. Blame – an unpopular source of stamina
9. Union Rags – a Belmont winner
10. Liam’s Map – maybe cooling off some

My list of sires to at least consider:

1. City of Light – too expensive in 2021, a cheaper Quality Road
2. Street Sense – often too expensive
3. Twirling Candy – fading a little
4. Honor Code – the Honor AP’s will arrive soon
5. Mastery – fading quickly, but Centennial bought one
6. Good Magic – a cheaper Curlin ?
7. West Coast – solid but unexciting
8. The Factor – Donegal bought one
9. Tonalist – fading quickly
10. Classic Empire – disappointing
11. The Factor – Donegal bought one

The new dirty dozen. I would call these third tier sires that none of the cool kids really want to own:

1. Point of Entry – my favorite link to Dynaformer
2. Funtastic – a crazy idea? won at 1 3/8 on turf
3. Midnight Storm – not giving up yet
4. Good Samaritan – could work on turf?
5. Shaman Ghost – shipped to Canada
6. Ransom the Moon – I thought they looked good
7. Girvin – nice looking?
8. Tapwrit – maybe stamina?
9. Astern – maybe routes?
10. Accelerate – consider
11. Midshipman – boring
12. Mineshaft – boring
13. Mr. Speaker – now standing just down the road in Texas

And a final list to at least consider

1. Collected – what to do with Baffert horses?
2. Dialed In – worth considering
3. Gormley – fading
4. Army Mule – maybe, just maybe
5. Maclean’s Music – fading quickly as a router
6. Violence – a little sprinty
7. Quality Road – my favorite $100,000+
8. American Pharoah – maybe just a turf sire?
9. Hard Spun – maybe turf
10. More Than Ready – maybe turf
11. Cloud Computing – just maybe
12. Cupid – ok
13. Upstart – consider
14. American Freedom – maybe just a precocious sprinter
15. Always Dreaming – shaky
16. Frosted – almost done?
17. Flatter – boring
18. Cross Traffic
19. Karakontie
20. Lookin at Lucky

Still not a fan:

1. Into Mischief – too expensive
2. Uncle Mo – too expensive
3. Gun Runner – too expensive
4. Tapit – too expensive
5. Speightstown- sprinty
6. Munnings – sprinty
7. Not this Time – too expensive
8. Nyquist – too expensive
9. Practical Joke – sprinty
10. Runhappy – sprinty
11. Justify – too expensive
12. Candy Ride – too expensive
13. Constitution too hot
14. Curlin – too expensive
15. Medaglia d’Oro – too expensive
16. Distorted Humor – sprinty
17. Goldencents – sprinty
18. Midnight Lute – sprinty
19. Outwork – sprinty
20. Kantharos – sprinty
21. Jimmy Creed – sprinty
22. Street Boss -sprinty
23. Mo Town – sprinty