Leading sire in Japan

The list below shows the leading Thoroughbred sire of racehorses in Japan for each year since 1924. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the season.

Records

Most leadings:

  • 13 - Sunday Silence - 1995-2007
  • 11 - Deep Impact - 2012-2022
  • 10 - Northern Taste - 1982, 1983, 1987-1993
  • 7 - Hindostan - 1961-1968
  • 6 - Ebor - 1924-1929; Kumohata - 1952-1957; Tesco Boy - 1974,1975, 1978-1981
  • 5 - Tournesol - 1935-1939; Theft - 1947-1951

Leading sires 1924-2023

Top Sire Line

The following sire-lines have produced champions sires (1924–2023).

Sire lines of the leading sires, color-coded by sire line
Darley ArabianByerley TurkGodolphin Arabian
Bartlett's ChildersJiggCade
SquirtPartnerMatchem
MarskeTartarConductor
EclipseHerodTrumpator
King FergusPot-8-osWoodpeckerSorcerer
HambletonianWaxyBuzzardComus
WhitelockWhaleboneSelimCastrelHumphrey
BlacklockSir HerculesCamelSultanPantaloonMelbourne
VoltaireBirdcatcherTouchstoneBay MiddletonWindhoundWest Australian
VoltigeurThe BaronNewminsterThe Flying DutchmanThormanbySolon
VedetteStockwellRataplanHermitLord ClifdenDollarAtlanticBarcaldine
GalopinDoncasterBlinkhoolieHeaume HamptonPetrartchAndroclesLe SancyMarco
St. SimonBend OrWisdomLe Rois SoleilBay RonaldHaclerCambyseLe SamartainBeppo
ChaucerDesmondBona VistaOrmonderLove WiselySans SouciBayardoEbor
1924-1929
GradefeuRoi HerodeChapel Brampton
1930
Prince ChimayLomondCylleneOrmeAmadisLa FarinaGainsboroughChouberskiThe Teract
VatoutClackmannan
1933,1934
PolymelusCaptivationFlying FoxOrbyPerion
1931,1932
BubblesHyperionTournesol
1935-1939
BruleurTetrratema
Bois RousselPhalarisKircubbinVal d'OrGrand ParadeGuersant
1969
RockfellaKumohata
1952-1957
KsarTheft
1947-1951
Hindostan
1961-1965,1967,1968
SicklePharosFairwayChateau BouscautMint d'Or
1941
DiophonReview Order
1940
Chinarock
1973
Tourbillon
UnbreakableNearcoSolferinoThe PhonexDiolite
1942,1943,1946
Djebel
PolynesianRoyal ChargerNearcticNasrullahSolonaway
1966
Rising Flame
1958-1960
My Babu
Native DancerTurn-toNorthern DancerGrey SovereignPrincely GiftNever Say DieMilesian
Raise a NativeHail to ReasonNorthern Taste
1982,1983,1985-1992
ZeddannTesco Boy
1974,1974,1978-1981
Never Beat
1970,1972,1977
Partholon
1971,1976,1984
Mr. ProspectorHaloRobertoKalamoun
KingmamboSunday Silence
1995-2007
Real Shadai
1993
Kampala
King Kamehameha
2010,2011
Agnes Tachyon
2008
Manhattan Cafe
2009
Deep Impact
2012-2022
Tony Bin
1994
Duramente
2023

References

See also