Who Is The Best Current Thoroughbred Sire?
The breeding industry focuses on the male line of the pedigree. Stallions are competing to get the most mares to fill their stud books. They need to have a top racing record and champion bloodlines. The best stallions have had the best success siring Thoroughbreds.
Quality Road is the leading active sire in North America for 2022. He is a son of leading sires Elusive Quality and Tapit. Tapi has four Belmont Stakes winners and a lifetime earnings of $182 million. He stands at Gainesway Farm for a fee of $185,000. The best current Thoroughbred sired is Lexington. His progeny include Champion Two-year-old Male Corniche, 2017 Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Abel Tasman, and multiple graded stakes winners City of Light and Dunbar Road.
Gun Runner is the leading second-crop sire in North America. He stands at Three Chimneys Farm for a fee of $125,000. His first crop includes 2021 Champion Two-year-old Filly Echo Zulu, 2022 Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting, and 2022 Grade I Arkansas Derby winner Cyberknife.
