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2021 2yos including Colin's First Season Sires

Friday Kempton: Echosmith (Aclaim) for Adrian Keatley. Unless I've missed something that takes Aclaim into 5th, equal with Galileo Gold and above Caravaggio in terms of wins.
Newmarket: Audience (Almanzor) for Gosdens. An impressive debut.
 
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Just saw where Mehmas covered 292 mares this year and Kodiac 239 .
Tally Ho indeed !

Reminds me of the story Michael Osborne told of his first trip to USA as Irish National Stud manager.
When he passed through immigration, upon reading his immigration card the officer on duty said " You are supposed to write your home address there sir, not your occupation !"
 
Wednesday catch up
Nottingham: Superior Force (Ardad) for Boughey
Kempton: Rochebrune (Postponed) for Baker and Estadio Mestalla (Galileo Gold) for H Spiller

Thursday, none as far as I can see
 
edgt said:
Just saw where Mehmas covered 292 mares this year and Kodiac 239 .
Tally Ho indeed !

Reminds me of the story Michael Osborne told of his first trip to USA as Irish National Stud manager.
When he passed through immigration, upon reading his immigration card the officer on duty said " You are supposed to write your home address there sir, not your occupation !"
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Seems ridiculous unless they include Southern Hemisphere matings. He is champion 2nd Crop Sire and Champion 2yo sire for the 2nd time so his performance seems robust.
 
Final Top First Season Sires:

COTAI GLORY Runs 268 Wins 34
ARDAD 207 - 28
PROFITABLE 264 - 28
GALILEO GOLD 171 - 22
CHURCHILL 174 - 21
ACLAIM 212 - 20
CARAVAGGIO 217 - 19
RIBCHESTER 136 - 14
ULYSSES 88 - 14
TIME TEST 90 - 12


I intend having a closer look at these sires over the coming weeks.
 
COTAI GLORY

All runs - 12.4% winners 65.5% returns
First time out - 5.9% winners 26.8% returns

DiSTANCE

5 furlongs runs 102 wins 16 15.7% 101% returns
6 101 - 13 - 12.9 - 53.1
7 48 - 4 - 8.3 - 36.1
8 + 9 16 - 0 - 0 - 0
10 -11 no runs

RACE CLASS

1 + 2 49 - 1 - 2.0 - 6.6
3 (C) 15 - 2 - 13.3 - 100.0
4 (D) 62 - 14 - 22.6 - 155.8
5 (E) 81 - 13 - 16.0 - 59.5
6 (F & G) 14 - 2 - 14.3 - 57.1

GOING

HEAVY no runs
SOFT 26 -3 - 11.5 - 70.2
GOOD/SOFT 36 -5 - 13.9 - 50.3
GOOD 92 - 9 - 9.8 - 37.8
GOOD/FIRM 66 -10 - 15.2 - 75.0
FIRM no runs
A.W. 46 - 6 - 13.0 - 117.9

GENDER

MALE (against male & female) 157 - 18 - 11.5 - 64.8
MALE (in male only races) 12 - 2 - 16.7 - 120.8

FEMALE (both) 62 - 8 - 12.9 - 59.9
FEMALE (only) 48 - 7 - 14.6 - 75.0
 
Additional to the post above.

COTAI GLORY had three offspring with an RPR of 100+. The best of those was ATOMIC FORCE (RPR 109) and an official rating (OR) of 114, he has been gelded. ATOMIC FORCE won the Group 2 Robert Papin over 6f. at Chantilly (running on and going clear).
 
ARDAD

All runs - Wins 13.4% Return 147.0 % *
First time out - 16.7 - 403.4 *

Distance runs- wins - % - returns

5f. 89 - 19 - 21.3 - 276.6*
6f. 83 - 8 - 9.6 - 68.0
7f. 28 - 0 - 0 - 0
8&9f. 8 - 1 - 12.5 - 56.2
10&11f. 1 - 0 - 0 - 0

Race Class

Class 1(A) & 2(B) 30 - 4 - 13.3 - 135.8
Class 3(C) 9 - 3 - 33.3 - 121.9
Class 4(D) 46 - 7 - 15.2 - 51.1
Class 5(E) 87 - 10 - 11.5 - 234.1*
Class 6(F&G) 25 - 1 - 4.0 - 68.0

Going

Heavy 2 - 1 - 50.0 - 162.5
Soft 35 - 8 - 22.9 - 84.6
Good/Soft 30 - 4 - 13.3 - 47.2
Good 39 - 3 - 7.7 - 412.4*
Good/Firm 61 - 11 - 18.0 - 134.9
Firm 5 - 0 - 0 - 0
A.W. 37 - 1 - 2.7 - 45.9

Gender

Male (Both) 96 - 15 - 15.6 - 240.7*
Male (Only) 7 - 3 - 42.9 - 160.7

Female (Both) 59 - 4 - 6.8 - 58.2
Female (Only) 47 - 6 - 12.8 - 64.9

* Returns greatly affected by a debut win over 5f. at a price of 150/1.


Three offspring with RPR of 100+. The best of them PERFECT POWER (RPR 115) (OR 115) was the winner of the Middle Park Newmarket 6f. Good/Firm, running on well. He also took the Prix Morny Deauville 6f. Good/Soft, won going away.
 
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PROFITABLE

All runs Win% 10.9 % Returns 66.2
First Time Out 8.7 85.1

Distance

5f. 87 - 13 - 14.9 - 70.6
6f. 119 - 11 - 9.2 - 54.1
7f. 45 - 2 - 4.4 - 33.3
8&9f. 15 - 3 - 20.0 - 235.0
10&11f. no runs

Race Class

Class 1(A) & 2(B) 25 - 2 - 8.0 - 104.0
Class 3(C) 8 - 1 - 12.5 - 43.8
Class 4(D) 83 - 7 - 8.4 - 29.3
Class 5(E) 81 - 11 -13.6 - 109.3
Class 6(F&G) 18 - 2 - 11.1 - 47.2

Going

Heavy 1 - 1 - 100.0 - 2300.0
Soft 36 - 4 - 11.1 - 78.9
Good/Soft 28 - 3 - 10.7 - 53.6
Good 70 - 7 - 10.0 - 44.0
Good/Firm 68 - 7 - 10.3 - 70.4
Firm 3 - 1 - 33.3 - 108.3
A.W. 60 - 6 - 10.0 - 46.2

Gender

Male (Both) 116 - 9 - 7.8 - 48.8
Male (Only) 10 - 2 - 20.0 - 53.2

Female (Both) 69 - 8 - 11.6 - 77.2
Female (only) 71 - 10 - 14.1 - 86.5

Two offspring with 100 or more RPR (as it happens they are both by the same dam-sire, Marju). The higher rated of the two, QUICK SUZY (RPR 106, OR 108) took the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot (5f. Good to Firm).
 
I see that Ardad's FSS performance had the biggest effect on the sales price of this year's yearlings (up to Oct 17th). His yearling's average price had gone up by more than 250%.
 
ED, do you think these stats I am putting up are of interest and are they useful? I know that there are more people on here are into jumping rather than the babies but there might be a few lurkers who would have a look at them.
 
Personally I value the stats you put up and I think they pick out the strengths and possible weaknesses of sires. Perhaps they'd be more useful next Spring when their 2nd crops come along.
You and I find 2yo racing fascinating, but I think outside edgt we have few followers. You did all this a lot better than I have done but I think I'm, like you, a bit disillusioned with the lack of response on here so perhaps we are wasting our time. If at the end of next year I feel the same I might stop contributing the daily wins.
 
The stats are very useful, Colin, and I appreciate the effort you make. The cost of the covering fee is also extremely helpful.
 
This is a wonderful thread; many thanks to all for your work.
Plenty of bloodstock folk would pay for the stats put up here so please do not lose heart.

P.S. Mehmas fee for 2022 doubled to 50000.
Suppose he will only cover 145 mares so !
 
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