Thanks to some help from Shag the purpose of this article is to look into what sim sires have had the most success at Derby distances. To reduce the ‘development curve’ impact on speeds, this study will look at the top 4yo+ speeds for 2023 running in 10F Dirt races. This should provide feedback on which sires have produced runners who are elite at the Bluegrass Derby distance.
Top 100 Speeds for 2023
Horse Name Sire DS DDS High Speed CLASSIC VIEW CLASSIC EMPIRE GHOSTZAPPER A.P. INDY 122.5212 SHADES OF NICE HONOR CODE SMART STRIKE EMPIRE MAKER 120.93903 WAR SENSES WAR OF WILL STREET SENSE BERNARDINI 120.69052 YELLOWFIN TAPIT SADLER’S WELLS SECRETARIAT 119.8943 HALLS OF TORMENT MEDAGLIA D’ORO KINGMAMBO HALO 119.60303 FLEETWOOD CAMERON CONNECT JOHANNESBURG SEATTLE SLEW 119.56602 AUSGEBETTET SPEIGHTSTOWN MONSUN SADLER’S WELLS 119.45436 VIC GOTTA MO UNCLE MO GHOSTZAPPER A.P. INDY 119.42942 SAKE BOMBER CROSS TRAFFIC PIONEEROF THE NILE MEDAGLIA D’ORO 119.26473 WAR SENSES WAR OF WILL STREET SENSE BERNARDINI 119.10122 LAUGH AT THE DEVIL DISTORTED HUMOR A.P. INDY STORM CAT 119.09427 BONE BEAST CANDY RIDE SEATTLE SLEW SECRETARIAT 119.07953 TETE MARTYRIUM IFFRAAJ (GB) STREET BOSS REFUSE TO BEND 119.01896 FRAMEWORK CONSTITUTION TIZNOW UNBRIDLED’S SONG 118.99885 THE HORNED KING NADAL GHOSTZAPPER MR. PROSPECTOR 118.90627 HAUNTED BY GOLD GHOSTZAPPER MR. PROSPECTOR A.P. INDY 118.54484 KELI’DAN NYQUIST AMERICAN PHAROAH DUBAWI (IRE) 118.49588 VIC GOTTA MO UNCLE MO GHOSTZAPPER A.P. INDY 118.39852 HALLS OF TORMENT MEDAGLIA D’ORO KINGMAMBO HALO 118.35033 CHOPPO INTO MISCHIEF MORE THAN READY A.P. INDY 118.28214 RAFAEL NADAL BROAD BRUSH STREET CRY 118.24965 AMENDMENTS CONSTITUTION STREET CRY SEATTLE SLEW 118.17859 FLIPPIN HECK MORE THAN READY BERNARDINI MR. PROSPECTOR 118.17823 INTAWAZA INTO MISCHIEF A.P. INDY DEPUTY MINISTER 117.96678 LAKE APPROACH NEW APPROACH (IRE) GIANT’S CAUSEWAY MR. PROSPECTOR 117.93075 BOOK OF NUMBERS CITY OF LIGHT (USA) UNBRIDLED’S SONG WILD AGAIN 117.92727 TRANSCRIPTION INTO MISCHIEF MEDAGLIA D’ORO DISTORTED HUMOR 117.90113 VIC GOTTA MO UNCLE MO GHOSTZAPPER A.P. INDY 117.81845 HUNGRY TOWN LOOKIN AT LUCKY GHOSTZAPPER GONE WEST 117.79424 SAKE BOMBER CROSS TRAFFIC PIONEEROF THE NILE MEDAGLIA D’ORO 117.65442 HUNGRY TOWN LOOKIN AT LUCKY GHOSTZAPPER GONE WEST 117.63723 SHADES OF NICE HONOR CODE SMART STRIKE EMPIRE MAKER 117.56304 GALILEO’S FINGERS GALILEO (IRE) AMERICAN PHAROAH AWESOME AGAIN 117.55299 FACE MY MIGHT CONSTITUTION KINGMAMBO BLUSHING GROOM 117.50161 DANZING QUALITY QUALITY ROAD GIANT’S CAUSEWAY DANZIG 117.44285 CANDY LANE WAR CANDY RIDE WAR FRONT MR. PROSPECTOR 117.26321 MORE TRAFFIC CROSS TRAFFIC MORE THAN READY GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 117.23399 FIRES OF GOTHAM UNCLE MO GIANT’S CAUSEWAY DEPUTY MINISTER 117.21993 VIC GOTTA MO UNCLE MO GHOSTZAPPER A.P. INDY 117.11029 LAKE APPROACH NEW APPROACH (IRE) GIANT’S CAUSEWAY MR. PROSPECTOR 117.00146 ANGEL IN THE STARS GALILEO (IRE) GIANT’S CAUSEWAY GONE WEST 116.9292 TAGGED TIZ THE LAW DEPUTY MINISTER EMPIRE MAKER 116.84431 YELLOWFIN TAPIT SADLER’S WELLS SECRETARIAT 116.79528 DISCERNIMIENTO ROYAL MO WAR FRONT TAPIT 116.79022 SHADY HOST GALILEO (IRE) UNBRIDLED’S SONG SADLER’S WELLS 116.77775 HALLOWED POINT HALLOWED CROWN (AUS) POINT GIVEN AWESOME AGAIN 116.76724 DANZING QUALITY QUALITY ROAD GIANT’S CAUSEWAY DANZIG 116.75724 TRANSCRIPTION INTO MISCHIEF MEDAGLIA D’ORO DISTORTED HUMOR 116.71647 PATRIOT JAZZ CONSTITUTION UNBRIDLED’S SONG SCAT DADDY 116.71333 FLOVELLIAN FLOWER ALLEY MACHIAVELLIAN STORM BIRD 116.70586 EL GRAN NADAL NADAL SEA THE STARS NUREYEV 116.62556 KIAMA BILHIP GHOSTZAPPER JUSTIFY SPEIGHTSTOWN 116.61926 YOZE TOSOPH FIRESPIKE DUNKIRK SMART STRIKE 116.56759 NOTHING HARDER CITY OF LIGHT (USA) GHOSTZAPPER SMART STRIKE 116.56652 REGALO VOWS REGALO SHANGHAI BOBBY BROKEN VOW 116.56462 I AM SHOT I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) AWESOME AGAIN A.P. INDY 116.53387 INNOCENT SON NYQUIST CURLIN RAHY 116.45281 JUST WAYOUT AMERICAN PHAROAH JUSTIFY CURLIN 116.39247 PA’ BRAVO YO TIZ THE LAW DISTORTED HUMOR A.P. INDY 116.38439 FRAMEWORK CONSTITUTION TIZNOW UNBRIDLED’S SONG 116.36074 PACIFIC PROWLER PARKER’S STORM CAT EMPIRE MAKER A.P. INDY 116.31845 ROCK OF BLAME BLAME FASTNET ROCK (AUS) DEEP IMPACT 116.3094 FLIPPIN HECK MORE THAN READY BERNARDINI MR. PROSPECTOR 116.30055 TAGGED TIZ THE LAW DEPUTY MINISTER EMPIRE MAKER 116.2677 WINDY TALE TALE OF THE CAT UNBRIDLED’S SONG DEPUTY MINISTER 116.2539 CONCRETE CONTROL BRICKS AND MORTAR BERNARDINI AWESOME AGAIN 116.25057 AVERY SUMMER AVERY ISLAND (USA) ALWAYS DREAMING SUMMER SQUALL 116.20696 THE TRUE KNIGHT SEA THE STARS A.P. INDY SADLER’S WELLS 116.13791 JUNIOR DEVELOPER AMERICAN PHAROAH WAR CHANT NUREYEV 116.11589 HALLS OF TORMENT MEDAGLIA D’ORO KINGMAMBO HALO 115.91327 SUNLIGHTER INTO MISCHIEF AMERICAN PHAROAH AWESOME AGAIN 115.88863 LYING TO CONGRESS CONSTITUTION QUALITY ROAD GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 115.8789 WINDY TALE TALE OF THE CAT UNBRIDLED’S SONG DEPUTY MINISTER 115.85671 BALERIAN CURLIN GIANT’S CAUSEWAY INTO MISCHIEF 115.84631 INNOCENT SON NYQUIST CURLIN RAHY 115.80109 INTAWAZA INTO MISCHIEF A.P. INDY DEPUTY MINISTER 115.73179 VIC GOTTA MO UNCLE MO GHOSTZAPPER A.P. INDY 115.65397 WALL OF STEEL WOOTTON BASSETT (GB) INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 115.57975 SCARED TO BE ALONE CONSTITUTION WAR FRONT MR. PROSPECTOR 115.574 OH ELOY CURLIN UNCLE MO LYPHARD 115.55285 BALERIAN CURLIN GIANT’S CAUSEWAY INTO MISCHIEF 115.47989 HALLOWED POINT HALLOWED CROWN (AUS) POINT GIVEN AWESOME AGAIN 115.44063 MORE TRAFFIC CROSS TRAFFIC MORE THAN READY GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 115.41074 CROWDSTRIKE BERNARDINI SMART STRIKE DAMASCUS 115.40163 LIL MISCHIEVOUS INTO MISCHIEF DISTORTED HUMOR AWESOME AGAIN 115.39715 VERY GOOD MEMORY GOOD MAGIC AWESOME AGAIN A.P. INDY 115.39443 COLAS QUALITY ROAD UNCLE MO DANZIG 115.3903 BONE BEAST CANDY RIDE SEATTLE SLEW SECRETARIAT 115.37253 SKOL ZAPPER GHOSTZAPPER TAPIT STREET CRY 115.35358 SWEET EMPIRE CANDY RIDE EMPIRE MAKER SEEKING THE GOLD 115.35215 FLIPPIN HECK MORE THAN READY BERNARDINI MR. PROSPECTOR 115.34508 FLIPPIN HECK MORE THAN READY BERNARDINI MR. PROSPECTOR 115.32915 INCRHYS THE JUICE QUALITY ROAD MEDAGLIA D’ORO DEPUTY MINISTER 115.31581 BEER CLEANSE CURLIN UNCLE MO UNBRIDLED’S SONG 115.24558 NIGHTBORNE JUSTIFY APTITUDE RUBIANO 115.24498 OF THE CATASTROPHE INTO MISCHIEF GIANT’S CAUSEWAY SMART STRIKE 115.2372 GRAPHIC HUMOR DISTORTED HUMOR STORM CAT UNBRIDLED 115.20479 SWEETFELLA NEW APPROACH (IRE) KITTEN’S JOY NUREYEV 115.17134 AUSGEBETTET SPEIGHTSTOWN MONSUN SADLER’S WELLS 115.14273 DEAD DRAGON MEDAGLIA D’ORO AWESOME AGAIN MR. PROSPECTOR 115.12192
Top Sires
Name Sire Count INTO MISCHIEF 6 CONSTITUTION 6 CURLIN 3 GHOSTZAPPER 3 QUALITY ROAD 3 CANDY RIDE 3 GALILEO (IRE) 3
Top Dam Sires
Name DS Count GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 6 GHOSTZAPPER 5 UNBRIDLED’S SONG 4 AMERICAN PHAROAH 3 UNCLE MO 3 A.P. INDY 3 AWESOME AGAIN 3 WAR FRONT 3
Top Dam’s Dam Sires
Name DDS Count A.P. INDY 8 MR. PROSPECTOR 6 AWESOME AGAIN 5 DEPUTY MINISTER 4 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 3 SMART STRIKE 3 SADLER’S WELLS 3 NUREYEV 3
Overall Bestest Sires (Including DS + DDS Counts)
Name Sire DS DDS Total A.P. INDY 0 3 8 11 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 0 6 3 9 GHOSTZAPPER 3 5 0 8 AWESOME AGAIN 0 3 5 8 INTO MISCHIEF 6 0 1 7 MR. PROSPECTOR 0 1 6 7 CONSTITUTION 6 0 0 6 UNBRIDLED’S SONG 0 4 2 6 CURLIN 3 1 1 5 AMERICAN PHAROAH 2 3 0 5 UNCLE MO 2 3 0 5 DISTORTED HUMOR 2 2 1 5 MEDAGLIA D’ORO 2 2 1 5 SMART STRIKE 0 2 3 5 DEPUTY MINISTER 0 1 4 5 QUALITY ROAD 3 1 0 4 BERNARDINI 1 2 1 4 EMPIRE MAKER 0 2 2 4 SADLER’S WELLS 0 1 3 4 CANDY RIDE 3 0 0 3 GALILEO (IRE) 3 0 0 3 NADAL 3 0 0 3 JUSTIFY 1 2 0 3 MORE THAN READY 1 2 0 3 TAPIT 1 1 1 3 WAR FRONT 0 3 0 3 SEATTLE SLEW 0 1 2 3 STREET CRY 0 1 2 3 NUREYEV 0 0 3 3 CITY OF LIGHT (USA) 2 0 0 2 CROSS TRAFFIC 2 0 0 2 NEW APPROACH (IRE) 2 0 0 2 NYQUIST 2 0 0 2 TIZ THE LAW 2 0 0 2 SEA THE STARS 1 1 0 2 SPEIGHTSTOWN 1 0 1 2 KINGMAMBO 0 2 0 2 STORM CAT 0 1 1 2 DANZIG 0 0 2 2 GONE WEST 0 0 2 2 SECRETARIAT 0 0 2 2 AVERY ISLAND (USA) 1 0 0 1 BLAME 1 0 0 1 BRICKS AND MORTAR 1 0 0 1 CLASSIC EMPIRE 1 0 0 1 CONNECT 1 0 0 1 FIRESPIKE 1 0 0 1 FLOWER ALLEY 1 0 0 1 GOOD MAGIC 1 0 0 1 HALLOWED CROWN (AUS) 1 0 0 1 HONOR CODE 1 0 0 1 I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) 1 0 0 1 IFFRAAJ (GB) 1 0 0 1 LOOKIN AT LUCKY 1 0 0 1 PARKER’S STORM CAT 1 0 0 1 REGALO 1 0 0 1 ROYAL MO 1 0 0 1 TALE OF THE CAT 1 0 0 1 WAR OF WILL 1 0 0 1 WOOTTON BASSETT (GB) 1 0 0 1 ALWAYS DREAMING 0 1 0 1 APTITUDE 0 1 0 1 BROAD BRUSH 0 1 0 1 DUNKIRK 0 1 0 1 FASTNET ROCK (AUS) 0 1 0 1 INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) 0 1 0 1 JOHANNESBURG 0 1 0 1 KITTEN’S JOY 0 1 0 1 MACHIAVELLIAN 0 1 0 1 MONSUN 0 1 0 1 PIONEEROF THE NILE 0 1 0 1 POINT GIVEN 0 1 0 1 SHANGHAI BOBBY 0 1 0 1 STREET BOSS 0 1 0 1 STREET SENSE 0 1 0 1 TIZNOW 0 1 0 1 WAR CHANT 0 1 0 1 BLUSHING GROOM 0 0 1 1 BROKEN VOW 0 0 1 1 DAMASCUS 0 0 1 1 DEEP IMPACT 0 0 1 1 DUBAWI (IRE) 0 0 1 1 HALO 0 0 1 1 LYPHARD 0 0 1 1 RAHY 0 0 1 1 REFUSE TO BEND 0 0 1 1 RUBIANO 0 0 1 1 SCAT DADDY 0 0 1 1 SEEKING THE GOLD 0 0 1 1 STORM BIRD 0 0 1 1 SUMMER SQUALL 0 0 1 1 UNBRIDLED 0 0 1 1 WILD AGAIN 0 0 1 1
Let me know in the comments if you have any questions… or even to post comments/discussions about the data.
I’m also open to suggestions if there are any other ‘research topics’ you’d like me to look into.
Top Pedigree Suggestion:
INTO MISCHIEF or CONSTITUTION
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GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
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A.P. INDY
If anyone breeds this cross (or others based off this info) comment here so we can see how they turn out…