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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
In terms of impact of recent on the breed, an interesting way of looking at it is that there are currently only eight stallions that stand for more than $150,000. Two of them are Canadian-breds (Awesome Again and Smart Strike); two of them are by Canadian champions (Ghostzapper by Awesome Again, and Awesome Again by Deputy Minister). And let's not forget that the 2007 North American Champion 3YO, Older Mare, Turf Horse and Horse of the Year were all sired by irrelevant stallions born in Canada.
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see, my original post above is a much shorter version of what i had originally. it included bits of what you have here....
thing is, northern dancer is one of the most influential sires ever. he's left his mark all over the world. sadlers wells was the predominant euro sire for YEARS, sired by the dancer.
danzig, top stakes sire in north america ever-also by nor. dancer. danehill, always gave sadler a run for his money, and put australian racing on the map-sired by danzig.
yeah, canadian horses suck...
i wonder what the # of horses bred in canada amounts to vs the us. i'd imagine percentage wise, they hold their own quite well.
and to sneer down your nose at the queens plate would be like sneering at the japan cup, or the ky derby. it's that countrys top race, and i'd imagine plenty of proud canadians dream of winning it.