IT'S RAINING CATS AND STAKES HORSES

Galileo (Sadler’s Wells)
(Image : Stallions/UTexas)

LEADING EUROPEAN STAKES SIRES 2010
BY NUMBER OF BLACK-TYPE HORSES

We tend to think that a horse like Jet Master, arguably as good a stallion that has ever stood in South Africa, has excelled when he posts 12 Stakes winners in a season. Of course, he has, and that’s what makes him what he is. Yet a glance at the European list of leading sire by number of 2010 Black type horses, either makes your mind boggle, or suggests that they have, proportionally, more Black type events.

Sire	Black Type Performers	Black Type Winners
GALILEO (Sadler’s Wells)	37	17
OASIS DREAM (Green Desert)	32	17
DANEHILL DANCER (Danehill)	31	14
PIVOTAL (Polar Falcon)	30	16
DANSILI (Danehill)	27	15
MONTJEU (Sadler’s Wells)	26	9
DUBAWI (Dubai Millennium)	25	16
CAPE CROSS (Green Desert)	23	10
SHAMARDAL (Giant’s Causeway)	22	13
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (Green Desert)	19	13
MONSUN (Konigsstuhl)	19	8
SADLER’S WELLS (Northern Dancer)	17	11
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Danehill)	17	7
FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (Giant’s Causeway)	16	5
KING’S BEST (Kingmambo)	14	6
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (Storm Cat)	14	5
EXCEED AND EXCEL (Danehill)	14	5
SINGSPIEL (In The Wings)	13	6
HIGH CHAPARRAL (Sadler’s Wells)	13	5
MEDICEAN (Machiavellian)	12	7

Comments

[Alan M.]

In the light of his huge success as a stallion, isn't it a little strange, to say the least, that STORM CAT has only one representative on this list? Compare that with DANEHILL, with 4, & SADLER'S WELLS with 3 (apart from himself). Is that entirely due to the fact that he stood in the US? Would a similar list of US-based stallions show the reverse?
A.M.