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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
You missed the point. I was comparing Skip Away, Behrens, Silver Charm and company to other horses that began their stud careers in 1998 and 1999. Considering the relatively low quality mares that Northern Afleet saw in Florida when he first started (I believe he was standing for as low as $5,000), he has been an "overachiever" as a sire. He has consistently "moved up" his mares (AEI of 1.63 v. CI of 1.43), so it will be interesting to see what he does with the better opportunities afforded him recently; his first KY-conceived crop of horses (on a $12,500 stud fee) hit the ground this year.
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He is a weak sire. His number of stakes winners for a 15 year old stallion with 7 crops of racing age is 16 which is not good. He has had one horse of note in 7 crops. His 1st and 3rd leading money winners are out of the same mare(who needs to get a lot of the credit). His AEI and CI's are skewed by the fact he stood in FL where many mares havent earned a lot of money, especially in relation to slot fueled purses elsewhere, but are still solid producers. I dont think he got much for mares in KY except the older or cheaper ones. Unfortunately for me I have 3 coming next year for a client unless a miracle happens and he can sell them. I guess I may be biased but after 7 crops I would like to see a whole lot more. It wasnt like he was standing in Wyoming.
I know Skip Away probably had better mares to start out but his numbers are better than NA, and personally I think SC is a better sire also. Beherns, notsomuch