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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]
Darshaan was an outstanding sire who stood at stud at the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud farm, in County Kildare, Ireland. [2] In 1999, he was described as the foremost active broodmare sire in Europe. [2] His 2000 fee was Irpounds 50,000. [3] The leading sire in France in 2003, among his progeny were: Hellenic (b. 1987) – won G1 Yorkshire Oaks [3]
He was retired to stud when he was 5 years old. He was a highly successful sire until his death on 9 December 1960, at the age of 30. An important stallion, he sired the winners of 752 races, including 53 stakes winners that had 84 stakes wins, and was the leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland for six times, counting amongst his progeny: [4]
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 ...
Glencoe (1831–1857) was a British bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who won the 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the Ascot Gold Cup.He was one of the earliest Thoroughbred stallions imported into the United States and was a top broodmare sire there.