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2022 FRESHMAN SIRE PICK: Justify
2023 FRESHMAN SIRE PICK: Omaha Beach
2024 FRESHMAN SIRE PICK: Vekoma
2025 FRESHMAN SIRE PICK: Charlatan
BEST VALUES, $7,500 AND UNDER
1. MO TOWN ($7,500, ASHFORD STUD, KY)
By a sire that seldom misses as a sire-of-sires, Mo Town’s early stakes production has been solid with a healthy dose of graded types without being carried by his mares. Predictably however, the commercial market is slow to catch on. A prudent choice for mares requiring an infusion of size.
2. JIMMY CREED ($7,500, SPENDTHRIFT FARM, KY)
A terrific conduit for the legendary influence of Distorted Humor. Across the board, his numbers substantiate just how useful he can be for astute breeders who understand what type of mares work well with him, and equally important, the types that don’t.
3. SLUMBER ($7,500, ROCKRIDGE STUD, NY)
Five stakes winners, including two U.S. graded stakes winners, from just 34 starters with very little help from the mares sent his way (1.02 Comparable Index). Should be a juggernaut in the New York program in the coming years, though clearly able to get elite types in open company as well.
4. PROMISES FULFILLED ($2,500, WINSTAR FARM, KY)
Despite being one of the best physicals in all of central Kentucky, the market didn’t support a son of Shackleford with the best of mares (.91 Comparable Index). But in spite of this, Promises Fulfilled has quietly put up exceptional numbers. Progeny are winning at a 23% clip and he’s improving his mares by over 48%.
5. COAL FRONT ($4,000, RED RIVER FARMS, LA)
If you can get past the geography and examine his numbers objectively, Coal Front is capable of being more than just a regional sire. The vast majority of his stakes horses earned their stripes in open company and he certainly did it on his own relative to his .96 Comparable Index. Should be the dominant force in Louisiana for years to come.