There's not bigger fan of Spectacular Bid but he was a flop. Of course, his female was not great.
With his breeding Coronado's Quest was a flop as well. I agree with Cannon Shell about Dayjur he was a fast horse with great breeding. I don't think Kingmambo has lived up to his first few crops either.

Gotta give the kid some credit for the creativity, I defintely have a favorite on there and it isn't BTW's......

He's hilarious.

my sire deluxe failure is,,,,,,,,officer..so far

My first choice was actually Byk.

he really needs to find some fillys with some run in them..

Ha,ha,ha,ha!!

Oh my....SUCH HILARIOUS. Click on the names of the progeny on that link, it even gets MORE DETAILED....I absolutely LOVE it

The detailed race record is priceless :D :D

This extra info on POINTGIVEN is unreal!:)

"Only man in history to sweep the Triple Crown of Internet Message Board Retardation. He did so by capturing the Gr 1 Ken Wood Memorial by a resounding 31 **** posts over Merasmag."

How's Monarchos done? Off the top of my head I can't think of too many decent runners he's sired in his relatively short time as a stallion.

He even gelded PG1984 & Oracle!!! :D

Why? From a book of average mares, he's sired some nice horses who have only just turned 3.

Alysheba

I liked him so much as a race horse, but as a sire he produced very little.

--Dunbar

Sadly, that DrugS piece is down now. Wish I could have seen it.

Monarchos hasn't done that poorly. 16th so far this year among third crop sires.

are you sure you don't mean King Cugat? King Mambo has 66 stakes winners and has sired 5 champions from 11 crops to race.

He had El Condor Pasa and Lemon Drop Kid early in his career, but (at least in the US) has not seemed to consistently sire high quality. He still sells well but I would have expected him to have sired more multiple GSW's and more candidates for year end honors over the years. being by Mr P, I'd have expected more dirt success.
I guess I'd say he's not a failure, but he hasn't lived up to my expectations.

BTW, how do you define failure? If a horse who is only moderately bred is a top racehorse but doesn't sire much (think Skip Away, Tiznow, Silver Charm etc) is he a failure? In most cases like those, breeders really don't expect that much anyhow. To me a failure is one with the pedigree, race record and conformation who just don't sire anything of note. Citation is a classic example, though history did prove Bull Lea to be a terrible sire of sires. Nashua didn't sire much either, in terms of top class colts but his fillies were great producers. Surely breeders expected more of him. By this standeard Coronado's Quest and Dayjur (both champs, well bred and built) jump to mind. They were well supported with good mares and stood at top farms.