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The list below shows the leading Thoroughbred sire of broodmares in North America for each year since 1924. This is determined by the amount of prize money won during the year by racehorses which were foaled by a daughter of the sire. The most frequent sires on the list are Sir Gallahad III (12), Mr. Prospector (9), Princequillo (8), and Star ...
The list below shows the leading sire of broodmares in Great Britain and Ireland for each year since 1899. This is determined by the amount of prize money won during the year in Great Britain and Ireland by racehorses that were foaled by a daughter of the sire in question.
The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year.
The ratings for the horses also help establish two other awards: the aforementioned Longines World's Best Horse Race and the Longines World's Best Jockey. The Longines World's Best Horse Race award recognizes the best-rated race of the highest-rated Group 1 international races as established by a panel of international handicappers.
The all-time record, recognized by Guinness World Records, is held by Chorisbar who won 197 times over the course of 324 career starts. [110] Condado , a chestnut horse who raced in Puerto Rico from 1936 to 1943, won a grand total of 152 times [ 111 ] Galgo Jr. earned 137 wins in 159 starts from 1930 to 1936. [ 29 ]
He is remembered as one of the best broodmare sires. After his death on November 21, 1992, Bret Hanover was buried at Castleton before his grave was moved to Lexington's Kentucky Horse Park . The bronze sculpture by Spanish sculptor Luis Sanguino that had been erected for him at Castleton Farm today stands at his gravesite.
However, the broodmares' line was active. Northern Taste was retired from stud duty in 1999 and died at the age of 33 on December 11, 2004. His owners acquired Kentucky Derby , Preakness Stakes , and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Sunday Silence to carry on for Northern Taste, and he too topped Japan's sire list from 1995 through 2005.
Darley Arabian – 88 stallions, 188 championships. all titles since 1964; Byerley Turk – 17 stallions, 59 championships, most recently Tetratema in 1929; Godolphin Arabian – 12 stallions, 32 championships, most recently Chamossaire in 1964; D'Arcy White Turk – 3 stallions, 10 championships, most recently Bolton Starling in 1744