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$10 Million+
• The 69 stallions that have surpassed $10 Million in progeny earnings represent 11.7 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.
• The 10 youngest stallions to sire over $10 Million are Apollitical Blood (2012), Hes Relentless (2011, in 2023 has nearly doubled his progeny earning from $6,355,563 to $11,059,134), Big Daddy Cartel (2009), Freighttrain B (2008), One Sweet Jess (2008), Apollitical Jess (2007, in 2018 broke First Down Dash’s single-season sire earnings record of $6.5 million when his progeny reached nearly $6.7 million; sire of over $8.2 million in 2019, over $6 million in 2020, over $9 million in 2021 and over $10.3 million in 2022), Tempting Dash (2007), Favorite Cartel (2007), Foose (2006), Jet Black Patriot (2006).
• Apollitical Blood has the fewest number of race age foals in this category at 394. Dash Ta Fame leads the Million Dollar Sires overall with 3,488 race age foals.
• Hall of Fame inductee First Down Dash is the Million Dollar Sire with the most starters with 2,527. Hall of Fame inductee Easy Jet is second (2,019), followed by Hall of Fame inductees Corona Cartel (1,734), Chicks Beduino (1,717)
• Therearefour$9MillionSires,whorepresent less than one percent of all Million Dollar Sires.
• The oldest $9 Million Sire is Rocket Wrangler, born in 1968. The youngest is The Louisiana Cartel, born in 2007.
• Amongthe$9MillionSires,EasilySmashed has the most race age foals with 1,667. The Louisiana Cartel has the fewest race age foals (585) as well as stakes winners (24), starters (402), winners (237), wins (497) and stakes wins (36).
• Easily Smashed and Rocket Wrangler lead this group by race age foals, starters, winners and stakes winners. Easily Smashed’s 1,667 race age foals included 1,188 starters and 720 winners; Rocket Wrangler’s 1,628 foals included 1,221 starters and 762 winners.
• The Louisiana Cartel’s average earnings per starter leads the list of $9 Million Sires at $24,764. On A High’s leading money earner accounted for the most earnings among the group (EC Jet One, $1,370,385).
• Rocket Wrangler is the only AQHA Hall of Famer among the $9 Million Sires.
Mr Jess Perry (1,601). Apollitical Blood has the
least number of starters in this category with 267. • Apollitical Blood has the fewest number of
winners among the $10 Million Sires with 174,
while First Down Dash has the most at 1,469. • There are only five Million Dollar Sires overall to sire more than 1,000 winners
and all four have sired over $10 Million in earnings: First Down Dash (1,469), Easy Jet (1,382), Corona Cartel (1,178), Chicks Beduino (1,129) and Mr Jess Perry (1,012).
• Runners by First Down Dash have the most overall number of wins at 4,108. Apollitical Blood runners have the least number of wins at 400 behind by Hes Relentless with 401.
• There are nine 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 (259), Corona Cartel (191), Mr Jess Perry (161), Dash For Cash (145), Easy Jet (145), Chicks Beduino (141) and PYC Paint Your Wagon (124), Apollitical Jess (118), Favorite Cartel (100).
• First To Shine has the fewest number of stakes winners of the $10 Million Sires with 15, followed by Sir Runaway Dash with 16.
• Only one Million Dollar Sire overall has sired combined progeny that have won more than 500 stakes races – First Down Dash with 513.
• First To Shine has sired the fewest number of stakes wins among the $10 Million Sires at 23. He is followed by Sir Runaway Dash (31), Dean Miracle (39) and Teller Cartel (40).
• First Down Dash, Easy Jet,, Corona Cartel, Chicks Beduino, Mr Eye Opener, Mr Jess Perry, Strawfly Special, Special Effort and PYC Paint Your Wagon are the only Million Dollar Sires overall to have more than 1,000 Register of Merit offspring.
• Apollitical Jess has the highest average earnings per starter among all Million Dollar Sires at $66,181, followed in the $10 Million category by First Down Dash ($41,729), Apollitical Blood ($41,236), One Famous Eagle ($41,158) and Favorite Cartel ($40,204).
• Tres Seis, the #16 all-time leading sire of money earners with over $27 million, is the sire of AQHA’s #1 all-time leading money earner – Ochoa with $2,781,365.
• Of the 69 stallions with $10 million or more in offspring earnings, 13 are in the AQHA Hall of Fame: Beduino TB, Chicks Beduino, Corona Cartel, Dash For Cash, Easy Jet, First Down Dash, Mr Eye Opener Mr Jess Perry, Runaway Winner, Special Effort, Strawfly Special, Streakin La Jolla and Streakin Six.
• Heza Fast Dash has been a top 10 Leading Sire by Money Earned since 2010 and was inducted into the LQHBA Hall of Fame in 2022.
The Louisiana Cartel
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Mark Herron, TRACK Magazine