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$8 Million
• The 19 $8 Million Sires represent 3.35% of all Million Dollar Sires.
• Four of the $8 Million Sires, or 21.05%, are Thoroughbreds.
• Five of the $8 Million Sires were born in 2000 or later - Kiss My Hocks (2012), Wave Carver (2003), Furyofthewind (2003), Azoom (2002) and Brookstone Bay (2001). Five were born in the 1990’s - Check Him Out (1999), Chicks Regard (1999), Genuine
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Strawfly (1999), TR Dasher (1998) and Dash Thru Traffic (1990). The oldest $8 Million Sire is Pass ‘Em Up TB (1965), who also has the most starters (1,250), winners (741) and Register of Merit offspring (801).
Two $8 Million Sires have a leading earner who made more than $1 Million – Brookstone Bay (Runnning Brook Gal, $1,363,012) and Pie In The Sky (Heavenly, $1,045,796).
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• Zevi TB has the most stakes winners among the $8 Million Sires at 61. Genuine Strawfly has the least with 14.
• Bully Bullion has the most race age foals among the $8 Million Sires with 1,695. Kiss My Hocks has the least at 389.
• Kiss My Hocks leads the $8 Million Sires by average earnings per starter at $31,819.
• Reb’s Policy TB has the highest winners-to- starters ratio of any $8 Million Sire.
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Kiss My Hocks Brookstone Bay
• The $7 Million Sires represent 2.72% of all Million Dollar Sires.
• Hempen is the only Thoroughbred among the $7 Million Sires.
• Five Bar Cartel, born in 2011, is the youngest of the $7 Million Sires. One Dashing Eagle (2010) and Zoomin For Bux (2004) are the next youngest.
• Top Moon has the most race-age foals (1,829), starters (1,340), winners (795), wins (2,768) and ROM (804). Go Man Go, the oldest of the $7 Million Sires (born in 1953), leads this group bystakeswinners(83)andstakeswins(171).
• Bigtime Favorite has the least number of stakes winners among the $7 Million
Sires with 9, followed by Sixes Royal (10). Make It Anywhere has the highest average earnings per starter with $27,176.
• One $7 Million Sire has a leading earner who made more than $1 Million – Bigtime Favorite (JLS Mr Bigtime, $1,031,147).
• Nine $7 Million Dollar Sires achieved their status with leading money earners that did not earn more than $500,000.
• Tolltac has the highest percentage of winners-to-starters at 16.8%, followed by Make It Anywhere at 16.5%.
• Twoofthe$7MillionSiresareinthe AQHA Hall of Fame: Go Man Go and Top Moon.
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