Article by Nancy Sexton: With the death of Galileo, the world’s group of most expensive sires underwent a seismic shift. Galileo stood as a ‘private’ stallion for the last 14 years of his life, although off-the-record reports suggested that outside breeders were at one time happy to pay in excess of €500,000 to secure a nomination. As such, he cast a major shadow over this list as the world’s most expensive sire; now gone, that accolade falls to Darley’s flagship sire Dubawi.
Dubawi is one of three British-based sires, alongside Juddmonte’s Frankel and Kingman, to sit within the top four stallions. The outlier is Into Mischief, the dominant sire of the current era in America who heads a group of four Kentucky-based sires alongside Tapit, Curlin and Uncle Mo.
Article by James Willoughby: Many will argue that he was the best racehorse there’s ever been, and certainly he was the best in the world for two seasons a decade ago, and now – after his sixth crop of runners as a sire – Frankel has moved into a realm so few greats on the track have achieved in the breeding shed, for in 2021 he was the world’s outstanding stallion.
In the third part of our four-part series comparing the TRC Global Rankings with those at the start of 2021, James Willoughby collates the data specific to the last 12 months to highlight the movers and shakers at the top of the Sires standings.
You can read the Jockeys’ review here and the Trainers’ review here. Our look at the Horses’ category will be published next week.
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