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By that time, he had been purchased from the original racing partnership of Goodrich, Lothenbach and Herold by breeder Aaron U. Jones for a reported (USD) $6.5M and relocated to Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky. [2] In 2005, Saint Ballado was awarded Leading Sire of the Year with his progeny earning over $9.2 million that year alone.
Weekend Surprises's son A.P. Indy was the leading sire in North America in 2003 and 2006, and is the sire of 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft and 2007 Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches. He has also established a successful sire-line that leads to Kentucky Derby winners Orb and California Chrome . [ 130 ]
This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. It is restricted to stallions which are based in North America, but currently includes earnings from overseas races in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and the United Arab Emirates as well as domestic earnings.
Flightline wins two Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Year and top Older Dirt Male. Epicenter beats Taiba for best 3-Year-Old Male and Todd Pletcher is top Trainer.
Kelso: only five-time U.S. Horse of the Year, in the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine, Kelso ranks 4th Kincsem : Hungarian race mare and most successful racehorse ever, winning all 54 starts in five countries
The American Award for Horse of the Year, or simply Horse of the Year, [1] [2] one of the Eclipse Awards, is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. Because Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States has no governing body to sanction the various awards, "Horse of the Year" is not an official national award.
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 sire stood in 2023 for $135,000. [10] At the Saratoga Fasig-Tipton Sale on August 8, 2023, a share to Taylor Made Stallions' top 10 North American sire Not This Time was sold for US$2 million to a syndicate. The share was purchased by a syndicate of five people who include Jon Green, the manager of the family-owned D.J. Stable.