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$2 Million
• The $2 Million Sires represent 17.2% of all Million Dollar Sires.
• Four$2MillionSirehavemoneyearnerswhohave earned over $1 million – Higheasterjet ($1,633,035) by Pine’s Easter Jet, Jess Good Candy ($1,519,240) by Good Reason SA, By By JJ ($1,207,274) by JJ Shot Glass, and Wicked Courage ($1,132,848) by Captain Courage.
• The two $2 Million Sires with the highest average earn- ings per starter are First To Flash ($49,968) and JJ Shot Glass ($49,832).
• Seven of the $2 Million Sires are Thoroughbreds.
• Rebel Cause is the oldest $2 Million Sire, born in 1958. Good Reason SA is the youngest, born in 2007. A total
of 16 of the $2 Million Sires were born in the 2000s.
• Pacific Bailey has the most winners of the $2 Million
Sires with 655, while JJ Shot Glass has the fewest at 21.
• Three $2 Million Sires have more than 1,000 off- spring wins – Pacific Bailey (1,977), Rebel Cause
(1,290) and Jet Smooth (1,137). Good Reason SA has
the fewest (49).
• Pacific Bailey has more race-age foals than any other
$2 Million Dollar Stallion at 2,942. JJ Shot Glass and
First To Flash have the fewest at 57 each.
• There are no $2 Million Sires in the AQHA Hall of
Fame.
Good Reason SA
Pine’s Easter Jet
JJ Shot Glass
Captain Courage
$1 Million
• $1 Million Sires represent 41.8% of all Million Sires.
• There are 30 Thoroughbreds sires, accounting for 14.4% of all $1 Million Sires.
• Only one $1 Million Sire has a leading money-earner that made more than $1 million – SLM Big Daddy
($1,013,550) by Daddy Hold On.
• Only three $1 Million Sires have more than 1,000 race age foals – The Ole Man (1,878), Jet Of Honor
(1,148), and Dash For Perks (1,034).
• Rabbits Rainbow has the largest average earnings per starter among $1 Million Sires at $39,480.
• Three Chicks has the most stakes winners of any $1 Million Sire with 39, while three $1 Million Sires
don’t have any stakes winners at all - Dragon Wings, Look Forward, and First Weapon.
• Jaguar Rocket has the most number of winners of the $1 Million Sires with 279, while Sum Fun To Bet
has the least at 13.
• Top Deck TB is the oldest $1 Million Sire, born in 1945. Top Deck also has the most stakes wins with
77. Freighttrain B is the youngest of the $1 Million Sires, born in 2008. A total of 37 of the $1 Million Sires were born in the 2000s.
Daddy Hold On Rabbits Rainbow Freighttrain B
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTER HORSE SIRES
As of Feb. 3, there were several stallions near the million-dollar mark. Although there may be more than listed here, stallions born after 1990 and with more than $900,000 in earnings include Bill Cole ($993,168), Eye Yin You ($986,732), Truley First Class ($962,630), In Excessive Bull TB ($932,628), and The Louisiana Cartel ($908,698).
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Bill Cole