GALILEO, TAPIT TOP SIRES
Feb 1, 2017 18:35:45 GMT -5
Post by cait on Feb 1, 2017 18:35:45 GMT -5
GALILEO, TAPIT TOP SIRES OF A & ABC RUNNERS
TDN
by Bill Oppenheim
Well, they should be the top two, shouldn' they, since they
are the most expensive stallions, respectively, in Europe and
North America, although Darley' Dubawi, now at ,250,000, is
marginally more expensive than Gainesway's Tapit, at $300,000.
In 2015, Tapit gave Coolmore's world number one, Galileo, a
real scare in terms of the numbers of 2015 A Runners and 2015
ABC Runners each produced: Galileo sired 28 A Runners and 61
ABC Runners in 2015; Tapit sired 26 and 60.
Last year, Galileo reinforced the gap between himself and the rest of the world of
North American and European sires by siring 36 A Runners in
2016, far clear of Tapit (22) and Dubawi (20), in second and third
respectively. But Tapit also sired nine B Runners and 28 C
Runners, for a total of 59 ABC Runners, which actually put him
ahead of Galileo, who had 10 B Runners but just 11 C Runners,
for a total of 57 ABC Runners by Galileo in 2016. So if it seems
like every time you turn around there=s another Tapit on the
scene in North American racing, there probably is: 19.4% of his
2016 runners (59/305) were ABC Runners, versus 16.4% for
Galileo (57/346). However, over 10% of Galileo's 2016 starters
were A Runners (that's a 2016 A Runner Index over 5.00),
whereas Tapit and Dubawi checked in around 7%. Dubawi was
also third by number of 2016 ABC Runners, with 48.
TDN
by Bill Oppenheim
Well, they should be the top two, shouldn' they, since they
are the most expensive stallions, respectively, in Europe and
North America, although Darley' Dubawi, now at ,250,000, is
marginally more expensive than Gainesway's Tapit, at $300,000.
In 2015, Tapit gave Coolmore's world number one, Galileo, a
real scare in terms of the numbers of 2015 A Runners and 2015
ABC Runners each produced: Galileo sired 28 A Runners and 61
ABC Runners in 2015; Tapit sired 26 and 60.
Last year, Galileo reinforced the gap between himself and the rest of the world of
North American and European sires by siring 36 A Runners in
2016, far clear of Tapit (22) and Dubawi (20), in second and third
respectively. But Tapit also sired nine B Runners and 28 C
Runners, for a total of 59 ABC Runners, which actually put him
ahead of Galileo, who had 10 B Runners but just 11 C Runners,
for a total of 57 ABC Runners by Galileo in 2016. So if it seems
like every time you turn around there=s another Tapit on the
scene in North American racing, there probably is: 19.4% of his
2016 runners (59/305) were ABC Runners, versus 16.4% for
Galileo (57/346). However, over 10% of Galileo's 2016 starters
were A Runners (that's a 2016 A Runner Index over 5.00),
whereas Tapit and Dubawi checked in around 7%. Dubawi was
also third by number of 2016 ABC Runners, with 48.