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Million Dollar Sire
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Pigott
$10 Million+
• The 57 stallions that have surpassed $10 Million in progeny earnings represent 10.3 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 11 youngest stallions to sire over $10 Million are Apollitical Jess (born in 2007), Jet Black Patriot (2006), First Moonflash (2005), One Famous Eagle (2005), FDD Dynasty (2004), Ivory James (2004), Valiant Hero (2004), PYC Paint Your Wagon (2003), Teller Cartel (2003), Jesse James Jr (2001, deceased), and Oak Tree Special (2000, deceased).
• Jet Black Patriot has the fewest number of race age foals in this category at 478. Dash Ta Fame leads the Million Dollar Sires over- all with 3,091 race age foals.
• First Down Dash is the Million Dollar Sire with the most starters with 2,025. Easy
Jet is second (2,019), followed by Chicks Beduino (1,715), Mr Eye Opener (1,489) and Special Effort (1,435).
• First Moonflash has the fewest number of winners among the $10 Million Sires with 176, while First Down Dash has the most at 1,400. First Moon- flash also has the fewest starters at 324.
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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: First Down Dash (1,400), Easy Jet (1,382) and Chicks Beduino (1,129).
There are only six Million Dollar Sires over- all to sire over 100 stakes winners, only one to have sired more than 200 stakes winners, and all have sired over $10 Million in earn- ings: First Down Dash (254 stakes winners), Corona Cartel (162), Dash For Cash (145), Easy Jet (145), Mr Jess Perry (142) and Chicks Beduino (141).
Jet Black Patriot has the fewest number of stakes winners of the $10 Million Sires with 14, fol- lowed by First To Shine (15), First Moonflash (20), Teller Cartel (23) and Dean Miracle & Dashin Bye – with 24 stakes winners each. There are only three Million Dollar Sires over- all to sire more than 3,000 wins and all three have sired more than $10 Million in earn- ings: Easy Jet (3,973 wins), First Down Dash (3,967) and Chicks Beduino (3,159). First Moonflash has sired the fewest number of wins among the $10 Million Sires with 351. Only one Million Dollar Sire overall has sired combined progeny that have won more than 500 stakes races – First Down Dash with 508 stakes wins.
One Famous Eagle
• First To Shine has sired the fewest number of stakes wins among the $10 Million Sires at 23. He is followed by Jet Black Patriot (27), First Moonflash (29), Teller Cartel (35) and Dean Miracle (38).
• First Down Dash, Easy Jet, Chicks Beduino, Corona Cartel, Mr Eye Opener, Special Ef- fort, 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 highest average earn- ings per starter among the $10 Million Sires at $49,337, followed by One Famous Eagle ($45,375), First Down Dash ($42,910) and Corona Cartel ($40,861).
• Tres Seis, the #18 all-time leading sire of money earners with over $22.5 million, is the sire of AQHA’s #1 all-time leading money earner – Ochoa with $2,781,365.
• Of the 20 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, and Streakin La Jolla. Of the remain- ing stallions with $10 million or more in offspring earnings, four additional stallions are in the AQHA Hall of Fame: Special Ef- fort, Streakin Six, Beduino TB and Runaway Winner (the most recent inductee in 2018).
FDD Dynasty
Apollitical Jess
Ivory James
First Moonflash
Valiant Hero
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Teller Cartel
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