Page 45 - April2022

$10 Million+
• The 67 stallions that have surpassed $10 Million in progeny earnings represent 11.8 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 16 youngest stallions to sire over $10 Million are 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), Tempting Dash (2007), Favorite Cartel (2007), Foose (2006), Jet Black Patriot (2006), Carters Cartel (2005), Coronas Leaving You (2005), First Moonflash (2005, deceased), One Famous Eagle (2005), First Moonflash (2005), Coronas Leaving You (2005), Carters Cartel (2005).
• Sir Runaway Dash has the fewest number of race age foals in this category at 486. Dash Ta Fame leads the Million Dollar Sires overall with 3,415 race age foals.
• Hall of Fame inductee First Down Dash is the Million Dollar Sire with the most starters with 2,150. Hall of Fame inductee Easy Jet is second (2,019), followed by Hall of Fame inductee Chicks Beduino (1,717), Corona
$9 Million
• Therearethree$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 On A High, born in 1981.
• Amongthe$9MillionSires,EasilySmashed has the most race age foals with 1,667. On A High has the fewest race age foals (965) as well as stakes winners (45), starters (717), winners (475) and wins (1,454), while Rocket Wrangler has the fewest stakes wins (83).
• 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.
• On A High’s average earnings per starter leads the list of $9 Million Sires at $13,835. On A High’s leading money earner accounted for the most earnings among the group (See Me Do It, $913,464).
• Rocket Wrangler is the only AQHA Hall of Famer among the $9 Million Sires.
Cartel (1,664) Mr Jess Perry (1,551). Sir Runaway Dash has the least number of starters in this category with 405.
• Sir Runaway Dash has the fewest number of winners among the $10 Million Sires with 238, while First Down Dash has the most at 1,462.
• There are only four Million Dollar Sires overall to sire more than 1,000 winners and all four have sired over $10 Million in earnings: First Down Dash (1,462), Easy Jet (1,382), Corona Cartel (1,138) and Chicks Beduino (1,129).
• Runners by First Down Dash have the most overall number of wins at 4,091. Big Daddy Cartel runners have the least number of wins at 450 behind by Sir Runaway Dash with 496.
• There are seven 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 (258 stakes winners), Corona Cartel (185), Mr Jess Perry (158), Dash For Cash (145), Easy Jet (145), Chicks Beduino (141) and PYC Paint Your Wagon (122).
• 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 512.
• 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 (29), Big Daddy Cartel (33), and Dean Miracle and Teller Cartel with 39 each.
• First Down Dash, Easy Jet, Chicks
Beduino, Corona Cartel, Chicks Beduino, Mr Eye Opener, Mr Jess Perry, Strawfly Special and Special Effort 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 $65,561, followed in the $10 Million category by One Famous Eagle ($41,832), First Down Dash ($41,726), Corona Cartel ($39,794) and Valiant Hero ($38,876).
• Tres Seis, the #17 all-time leading sire of money earners with over $25 million, is the sire of AQHA’s #1 all-time leading money earner – Ochoa with $2,781,365.
• Of the 28 stallions with $20 million or more in offspring earnings, eight are in the AQHA Hall of Fame: Chicks Beduino, Dash For Cash, Easy Jet, First Down Dash, Mr Eye Opener (the most recent inductee in 2020) Mr Jess Perry, Strawfly Special and Streakin La Jolla. Of the remaining stallions with $10 million or more in offspring earnings, four additional stallions are in the AQHA Hall of Fame: Beduino TB, Runaway Winner, Special Effort and Streakin Six.
On A High
SPEEDHORSE April 2022 43
Don Shugart