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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.
Excluding any championships by the foundation stallions themselves, the following sire-lines have produced champion sires (1721–2016): [2] [3] Darley Arabian – 88 stallions, 188 championships. all titles since 1964; Byerley Turk – 17 stallions, 59 championships, most recently Tetratema in 1929
Thoroughbred horses who have earned Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland honors. Pages in category "British Champion Thoroughbred broodmare sires" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
1900: Chaucer (two time leading broodmare sire. Selene, the dam of Hyperion, was by Chaucer, as was Scapa Flow, dam of Pharos and Fairway) 1900: Rabelais (Leading sire in France three times) St. Simon was also the leading broodmare sire in Great Britain and Ireland six times. As a broodmare sire, his notable progeny include: [3]
Nearco was one of the top 10 sires in England for 15 years. He was the leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1947 and, depending on the source, either 1948 [5] or 1949 or both. [6] From 482 named foals, he sired 273 winners (56.6%) and 87 stakes winners (18.0%). [1] His major stakes winners include: [1] [7] Nasrullah, top rated two-year ...
Bred at the 16th Lord Derby's stud in Lincolnshire, England he was sired by John O'Gaunt, a son of Isinglass, winner of the British Triple Crown in 1893. His dam was Lord Derby's foundation mare and 1896 Epsom Oaks winner Canterbury Pilgrim who also produced Chaucer, the 1927 and 1933 Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
Sadler's Wells was also a highly successful broodmare sire, leading that category in Great Britain and Ireland from 2005 to 2010, and the United States from 2008 to 2010. By 2010, his daughters had produced more than 250 stakes winners, including 30 in 2010 alone.
He is the only sire to have a winner of the Kentucky and Epsom Derbies in the same year (1986). The horse was champion sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1986 and champion broodmare sire in the United States in 1993 and 1994. [45] His notable progeny included: Caucasus – winner of 1975 Irish St Leger and later three Grade 1 races in America