Kinloch Brae finished the leading open race sire for the third time in 2018, though the big story continues to be the emergence of Laughil Blake who scraped home in an absolute bun fight for second place on the table.
Sire | Prog | Av.m | Win £ | Wins |
Kinloch Brae | 143 | 549 | £136,675 | 326 |
Laughil Blake | 86 | 405 | £65,850 | 208 |
Droopys Jet | 104 | 436 | £59,500 | 207 |
Tullymurry Act | 96 | 474 | £87,775 | 206 |
Ballymac Vic | 64 | 396 | £251,775 | 204 |
Superior Product | 56 | 472 | £36,525 | 140 |
Tyrur Big Mike | 43 | 414 | £51,475 | 138 |
Taylors Sky | 42 | 483 | £66,075 | 130 |
Droopys Scolari | 53 | 437 | £31,200 | 117 |
Zero Zen | 51 | 458 | £28,500 | 116 |
Droopys Cain | 39 | 539 | £66,125 | 114 |
Scolari Me Daddy | 46 | 478 | £78,000 | 114 |
Head Bound | 32 | 497 | £33,975 | 84 |
Romeo Recruit | 33 | 504 | £29,550 | 81 |
Ballymac Eske | 32 | 558 | £41,050 | 72 |
Godsend | 17 | 544 | £22,470 | 68 |
Iso Octane | 20 | 474 | £21,775 | 63 |
Paradise Madison | 27 | 487 | £17,675 | 62 |
Sparta Maestro | 27 | 471 | £35,950 | 61 |
Aero Majestic | 21 | 582 | £32,725 | 57 |
Loughteen Blanco | 11 | 501 | £17,875 | 46 |
Farloe Blitz | 20 | 440 | £11,150 | 45 |
Vans Escalade | 20 | 473 | £14,825 | 43 |
Crash | 17 | 531 | £10,175 | 39 |
Candlelight King | 9 | 503 | £9,800 | 35 |
Hondo Black | 13 | 626 | £10,925 | 34 |
Makeshift | 15 | 451 | £8,800 | 34 |
Ace Hi Rumble | 12 | 451 | £8,350 | 33 |
Forest Master | 8 | 487 | £10,300 | 33 |
Confident Rankin | 20 | 446 | £7,325 | 30 |
Shaneboy Lee | 13 | 429 | £6,150 | 29 |
Mall Brandy | 12 | 520 | £15,300 | 28 |
Premier Fantasy | 15 | 593 | £7,875 | 28 |
Storm Control | 17 | 509 | £6,850 | 28 |
Droopys Nidge | 11 | 517 | £17,200 | 27 |
Rio Quattro | 18 | 440 | £7,575 | 27 |
Skywalker Puma | 14 | 492 | £7,400 | 27 |
Tyrur Sugar Ray | 11 | 517 | £6,725 | 25 |
Vulturi | 6 | 559 | £6,525 | 24 |
David Bale | 8 | 610 | £7,200 | 23 |
Razldazl George | 10 | 561 | £5,825 | 23 |
Razldazl Jayfkay | 9 | 472 | £35,400 | 23 |
Leamaneigh Turbo | 5 | 451 | £40,975 | 22 |
Lenson Bolt | 10 | 407 | £15,275 | 22 |
Eden The Kid | 6 | 481 | £10,525 | 21 |
Royal Impact | 5 | 522 | £8,150 | 21 |
Cashen Legend | 8 | 518 | £4,775 | 20 |
Droopys Sydney | 11 | 416 | £5,275 | 20 |
Sh Avatar | 8 | 503 | £4,775 | 20 |
Definate Opinion | 5 | 463 | £5,425 | 19 |
Drumcrow Obama | 10 | 344 | £4,625 | 19 |
Greenwell Hawk | 8 | 522 | £4,325 | 19 |
Slip The Lark | 8 | 472 | £8,925 | 18 |
Kc And All | 4 | 374 | £7,225 | 17 |
Ballymac Matt | 4 | 493 | £7,225 | 16 |
Lemon Pumba | 4 | 506 | £4,200 | 15 |
Ballymac Best | 8 | 441 | £3,800 | 13 |
Elite State | 3 | 625 | £3,225 | 13 |
Quail Hollow | 2 | 539 | £3,275 | 13 |
Archaton Pine | 6 | 441 | £4,200 | 12 |
Razldazl Rioga | 2 | 463 | £3,600 | 12 |
Trade Freddie | 3 | 534 | £2,725 | 12 |
Windy Millar | 4 | 522 | £3,300 | 12 |
Melodys Royal | 2 | 485 | £2,775 | 11 |
Pinpoint Maxi | 5 | 495 | £3,075 | 11 |
Razldazl Billy | 5 | 561 | £3,350 | 11 |
Toolatetosell | 3 | 493 | £2,400 | 11 |
Belles Direction | 5 | 483 | £2,450 | 10 |
Holdem Spy | 4 | 625 | £8,450 | 10 |
Paradise Silva | 2 | 399 | £2,275 | 10 |
Swift Hoffman | 7 | 473 | £1,975 | 10 |
Tarsna Havana | 3 | 592 | £3,050 | 10 |
Top Honcho | 4 | 584 | £3,600 | 10 |
Michael Dunne’s Kinlock Brae is the third American stud dog to head the sires charts following Sand Man and Hondo Black, and like his predecessors, he has been a fantastically versatile stud dog – as proven with his progeny’s average winning distance of 549m.
His leading open race star in 2018 was stayers Shotgun Bullet, but there was also a top hurdler in Parkers Dynamite, a decent smattering of middle distance stars including Serious Hangover and Roxholme Butt plus pure marathoner like sisters Slippy Maska and Maysdreamcatcher.
Laughil Blake is the exciting new kid on the block. The 2014 Irish Derby winning son of Brett Lee finished at joint 61 on the table last year and isn’t seven years old until March. His progeny include Geelo Blissful, Droopys Perfect, and British bred Roxhill Mystique.
Droopys Jet was Ireland’s busiest sire in 2016 and always looked capable of a high position. His leading progeny in the year was Nadurra Ross