In our last column we analyzed the leading sires over the past five years (by sire crop from 2009-2013) and discussed how many of them are no longer available for two year old breeding.\u00a0 With around 45% of the sires represented no longer servicing mares and many of the remaining 10 advancing in years, it seems like a good time to take a look at some sires who could sneak into those elusive spots in the coming years.\u00a0 There are a number of solid older sires who have been close to the top \u2013 Malibu Moon, Speightstown and Redoute\u2019s Choice come to mind \u2013 who could easily snag a top 10 spot.\u00a0 However for this article we will look at stallions born in 2000 or after who have shown both strong performances in real life as well as solid standings in the game.\u00a0 They are listed in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n
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Deep Impact \u2013 Deep Impact is the leading sire in the world by money earned.\u00a0 The Japanese superstar was born in 2002 and became Sunday Silence\u2019s best runner and now his heir at stud as well.\u00a0 He\u2019s no secret in the game, having sired 48 graded winners already for a 4.8% strike rate.\u00a0 From 2009-2013 his by-crop ranking has risen from 30th<\/sup> to 17th<\/sup>.\u00a0 All that said he\u2019s got 0 1000+ credit bids on him.\u00a0 Perhaps that is due in part to the lack of precocity his offspring tend to show.\u00a0 Of his current two year olds, only a third of them are winners and none stakes winners.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dubawi \u2013 Dubawi was the best son of Dubai Millennium who died after siring only one foal crop.\u00a0 Dubawi was a three time Group 1 winner and has gone on to be the sire that many hoped for from Dubai Millennium.\u00a0 Since entering stud in 2007 Dubawi has sired 16 Grade \/ Group 1 winners as of this writing.\u00a0 He is currently the leading sire in England, and 2nd<\/sup> overall in Europe for 2014 money won.\u00a0 Dubawi\u2019s highest by-crop ranking in the game came in 2011 where he is currently ranked 18th<\/sup>.\u00a0 He has sired 31 graded winners, for a strike rate of 3.4%.\u00a0 Like Deep Impact, Dubawi\u2019s runners tend to be better as they age.\u00a0 He currently has 0 1000+ credit bids.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fastnet Rock \u2013 Fastnet Rock is a 2001 model horse by Danehill and was a dual Group 1 winner during his racing career.\u00a0 He received a warm reception when retired to stud in 2005 and has become more and more popular as his progeny reached the track.\u00a0 He has currently sired 15 Group 1 winning horses and his 2013 stud fee of AUS$275,000 was $100,000 higher than the second highest priced stud in Australia, Redoute\u2019s Choice.\u00a0 Love for Fastnet Rock in the sim has been slow to catch on.\u00a0 He only gets 1.5% graded winners and has sired only 1 Grade 1 winner in the game.\u00a0 He did receive a boost in 2013 and two of his ten graded winners are from the 2014 crop.\u00a0 He has 0 1000+ credit bids and is currently available for under 500 bps.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hard Spun \u2013 Hard Spun is one of two sons of Danzig to make the list.\u00a0 He was born into the ultra-competitive 2004 foal crop that include Street Sense, Curlin and Any Given Saturday, among others.\u00a0 Perhaps a cut below Street Sense and Curlin, Hard Spun was nevertheless a very talented runner winning the Grade One King\u2019s Bishop at Saratoga.\u00a0 He\u2019s having his best season to date as a sire as he is ranked 10th<\/sup> in North America by money won and is represented by three individual Grade \/ Group 1 winners (he has another two from previous crops).\u00a0 In the sim he has sired 19 graded winners but so far only two grade 1 winners.\u00a0 He\u2019s currently available for only 320 credits.\u00a0 If he continues to perform in real life a bump could be expected for him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kitten\u2019s Joy \u2013 Kitten\u2019s Joy was born in 2001 and became one of the leading three year old runners of his generation.\u00a0 He was named Champion Turf Male that year but when he retired to stud in 2006 he was far from commercially appreciated.\u00a0 Nevertheless his owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey supported him to success that culminated in 2013 when he was North America\u2019s leading sire by earnings and was represented by 6 individual Grade \/ Group 1 winners.\u00a0 He is currently ranked 2nd<\/sup> by that metric for 2014.\u00a0 In the game he has sired 24 graded winners for a strike rate of 2.5%.\u00a0 He was given a big boost last year, which is likely why he has 12 1000+ credit bids currently.\u00a0 His best by-crop showing on the sim sire list is 16th<\/sup> for 2012.\u00a0 He\u2019s another sire whose offspring likely need time to develop.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Approach \u2013 New Approach came from the second crop of leading stallion Galileo.\u00a0 Born in 2005, he was named Champion Two Year Old and Champion Three Year Old in Europe during his racing career.\u00a0 He entered stud in 2009 and has had solid results from his first few crops.\u00a0 He has sired four Grade \/ Group 1 stakes winners so far, led by Dawn Approach who is currently the leading freshman sire in the game.\u00a0 New Approach was a highly rated young sire when he entered stud and has produced 15 graded winners for a strike rate of 2.5%.\u00a0 Now that his offspring are producing in real life he was given a small boost last season and may be due for another in the future.\u00a0 He currently has 0 1000+ credit bids and is available for less than 500 bps.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oasis Dream – Oasis Dream is from the crop of 2000.\u00a0 The son of Green Desert was a strong two year old and was named Champion Sprinter as a three year old after scoring two Group 1 wins.\u00a0 Retired to stud in England he has produced 15 Grade \/ Group 1 winners at the current time, led by champion Midday.\u00a0 He is currently ranked 3rd<\/sup> among sires standing in England by money won this year.\u00a0 In the sim Oasis Dream has sired 24 graded winners, of which only six are Grade 1 winners.\u00a0 He is the 16th<\/sup> ranked sire for the 2013 foal crop and is ranked 3rd<\/sup> for 2014 with two graded winners already.\u00a0 He has 0 1000+ credit bids.\u00a0 Oasis Dream looks to be a good pickup, and possibly due for a boost next year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shamardal \u2013 Shamardal is a son of Giant\u2019s Causeway from that stallion\u2019s 2002 crop.\u00a0 He is currently the leading sire standing in Europe by money earned, with over fifteen million dollars in progeny earnings this year alone.\u00a0 Shamardal was undefeated as a two year old and named Champion that season, he returned to become a classic winner at three.\u00a0 As of this writing he has sired 12 Grade \/ Group 1 winners in his short stud career.\u00a0 In the game he has only produced six of those high-level victors, from a total of 19 graded winners overall.\u00a0 His highest ranking in the by-crop earnings list is 25th<\/sup> in 2013.\u00a0 He should almost certainly get a boost in 2015 and currently has 0 1000+ credit bids.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Street Sense \u2013 Street Sense also came from the 2004 foal crop that included Hard Spun.\u00a0 The son of Street Cry was named Champion Two Year Old Colt by virtue of his win in the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile.\u00a0 He returned as a three year old to win the Kentucky Derby and other races.\u00a0 He has sired three Grade \/ Group 1 winners and was the ranked 1st<\/sup> on the Third Crop Sire List in 2013.\u00a0 In the game he has sired twenty six graded winners, of which five came at the highest level.\u00a0 He\u2019s currently ranked 26th<\/sup> for the 2014 foal crop.\u00a0 Street Sense may benefit in coming years from the loss of his sire Street Cry, one of the most popular in the game. \u00a0\u00a0He has 0 1000+ credit bids and is currently available for around 300 bps.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tapit – Tapit has become the leading son of sire of sires Pulpit, even outshining his own sire.\u00a0 Born in 2001 he was a grade one winner as a racer but has exploded as a stallion.\u00a0 He is currently the leading sire in North America by progeny earnings with over eleven million dollars in the bank.\u00a0 He has sired 15 Grade \/ Group 1 winners including three this year.\u00a0 In the game he has fifty one graded winners for a 4.7% strike rate.\u00a0 He is currently ranked 13th<\/sup> for the 2013 foal crop and 11th<\/sup> for 2014.\u00a0 He has 16 bids of 1000 + credits so it\u2019s no secret that his star is on the upswing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Teofilo \u2013 a 2004 son of Galileo, Teofilo was undefeated in five starts as a two year old and was named Champion Two Year Old colt.\u00a0 Injury at three prevented him from racing further but his stud career has begun well.\u00a0 He has produced six Grade \/ Group 1 winners in real life.\u00a0 He was given a small bump in the game last season and overall has produced 18 graded winners for a 2.5% strike rate.\u00a0 He has 0 1000+ credit bids.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n War Front \u2013 there should be no surprise that our list ends with this 2002 son of Danzig.\u00a0 A graded stakes winning race horse, War Front has had a meteoric rise as a stallion with 31 stakes winners including 6 Grade \/ Group 1 winners to his credit.\u00a0 He was given a big boost in the game last season with Mike ascribing the word \u201celite\u201d to his potential.\u00a0 War Front has only sired 10 graded winners in the game but five of those come from his 2013 and 2014 foal crops.\u00a0 He only has one grade one winner in the game but expect that to change as well.\u00a0 He currently has 20 1000+ credit bids.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Certainly this is not a definitive list of up-and-comers and with some of the younger sires on this list the potential to move up is just as great as the potential to move down depending on their real life performance.\u00a0 Nevertheless all of these stallions have shown the ability to sire strong, consistent runners and occasionally brilliant ones as well.\u00a0 In the final column in this series we will attempt to look into the crystal ball to find sires that have shown promise in real life but who\u2019s sim performance may need adjustment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In our last column we analyzed the leading sires over the past five years (by sire crop from 2009-2013) 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