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Million Dollar Sire
C UNTDOWN
Pigott
$10 Million+
• The 54 stallions that have surpassed $10 Million in progeny earnings represent 10.5 percent of all Million Dollar Sires.
• Only two Thoroughbreds have sired Quarter Horses that have earned more than $10 Million: Beduino and Raise Your Glass. Beduino was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2008. Raise Your Glass has not yet been inducted.
• The eight youngest stallions to sire over $10 Million are Apollitical Jess (born in 2007), One Famous Eagle (2005), FDD Dynasty (2004), Ivory James (2004), Valiant Hero (2004), PYC Paint Your Wagon (2003), Jesse James Jr (2001), and Oak Tree Special (2000).
• Apollitical Jess has the fewest number of race age foals in this category at 382. Dash Ta Fame leads the Million Dollar Sires overall with 2,976 race age foals.
• Easy Jet is the only Million Dollar Sire overall to be represented by more than 2,000 starters with 2,019. First Down Dash is second (1,978), followed by Chicks Beduino (1,714), Mr Eye Opener (1,482) and Special Effort (1,435).
• Apollitical Jess has the fewest number of win- ners among the $10 Million Sires with 143, while Easy Jet has the most at 1,382. Apollitical Jess also has the fewest starters at 219.
• There are only three Million Dollar Sires overall to sire more than 1,000 winners
and all three have sired over $10 Million in earnings: Easy Jet (1,382), First Down Dash (1,381) and Chicks Beduino (1,129).
• There are only six Million Dollar Sires overall
to sire over 100 stakes winners, only one to have sired more than 200 stakes winners, and all have sired over $10 Million in earnings: First Down Dash (253 stakes winners), Corona Cartel (157), Dash For Cash (145), Easy Jet (145), Chicks Beduino (141) and Mr Jess Perry (135).
• First To Shine has the fewest number of stakes winners of the $10 Million Sires with 15, followed by Dashin Bye, Dean Miracle and Panther Mountain – each with 24 stakes winners.
• There are only three Million Dollar Sires overall to sire more than 3,000 wins and all three have sired more than $10 Million in earnings: Easy Jet (3,973 wins), First Down Dash (3,921) and Chicks Beduino (3,158). Apollitical Jess has sired the fewest number of wins among the $10 Million Sires with 326.
• Only one Million Dollar Sire overall has sired combined progeny that have won more than 500 stakes races – First Down Dash with 505 stakes wins.
• First To Shine has sired the fewest number of stakes wins among the $10 Million Sires at 23. He is followed by Dean Miracle (37) and Apollitical Jess (38), who is also the youngest sire of this group.
• First Down Dash, Easy Jet, Chicks Beduino, Corona Cartel, Mr Eye Opener, Special Effort, and Mr Jess Perry are the only Million Dollar Sires overall to have more than 1,000 Register of Merit offspring.
• Apollitical Jess has the largest average earn-
ings per starter among the $10 Million Sires
at $46,859, followed by First Down Dash ($43,484), One Famous Eagle ($43,279), Valiant Hero ($41,330) and Corona Cartel ($40,692).
• Tres Seis, the #17 all-time leading sire of money earners with over $21.6 million, is the sire of AQHA’s #1 all-time leading money earner – Ochoa with $2,781,365.
• Of the 19 stallions with $20 Million or more in offspring earnings, six are in the AQHA Hall of Fame: First Down Dash, Dash For Cash, Chicks Beduino, Easy Jet, Strawfly Special (the most recent inductee in 2017), and Streakin La Jolla. Of the remaining stallions with $10 Million
or more in offspring earnings, three additional stallions are in the AQHA Hall of Fame: Special Effort, Streakin Six and Beduino TB.
Ivory James
Oak Tree Special
Apollitical Jess
One Famous Eagle
FDD Dynasty
Valiant Hero
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Jesse James Jr
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