Leading Ky Sire

Pleasant Tap is one of those stallions that is always consistently good and can be gold for a breed to race outfit. But, with that said, his foals dont sell particularly well.

Also, as much as I love him and Red Ransom, its true their ranking is skewed by their big horses. Then again, thats the tale for 95% of the list...

What impresses me most is when a stallion is a bargain at his fee but can also get you a nice profit in the ring... two stallions in the top 20 meet that criteria.

Maria's Mon is sitting pretty at number 5 right now. What a great stallion who imparts stamina to our speed oriented pedigrees. His get seem to do well on just about any surface and they're selling well at sales.

But the big story to me is Grand Slam. He's sitting 18th but his biggest earner is Bella Shambrock. Who??? That means his leading runner is less than 4% of his total earnings. You can make the argument he has 200 foals of racing age but he's got 80% of them making it to the track. Thats an incredible percent in this day, let alone with a commercial stallion with his numbers. You wont find another stallion in the top 20 with comparable numbers... just thought it was interesting and he deserved some recognition. Unfortunately, Coolmore puts a stigma on most their stallions, but some do deserve our respect.