Freshman sires

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Dickinson had a strong year with breeding stock last year.

Of the three Horse of the Year finalists ... he trained the dams of both Big Brown and Zenyatta.

He also trained the nations leading 2yo sire Tapit... as well as Soto - who sired 4 different 2yo stakes winners from just 13 to make the races.

Here's last years top 10 North American freshman sires. Last years group seems like a much stronger group than Roman Ruler, Proud Accolade, Pollard's Vision etc.

1 Tapit
2 Lion Heart
3 Candy Ride
4 Medaglia d'Oro
5 Speightstown
6 Chapel Royal
7 Even the Score
8 Birdstone
9 Peace Rules
10 Congaree

You can't compare last years freshman class to this years yet.....we haven't seen what this years freshman stallions can do when their horses turn 3. Right now your comparing a class with only 2 yo in october to a class that has had 2 crops of 2yo and a crop of 3yo.....we have had some grade 1 winners out of this years freshman class so this could be a nice class.