Sire lines on Polytrack

It was brought to my attention that results during the Keeneland meet are in. It was stated that there was 136 races on poly. Of those 136 races, the stallions with the most winners are as follows--

Tale of the Cat-- 4 winners
Grand Slam-- 3
Smart Strike-- 3
Skip Away-- 3
Storm Creek-- 3
Rahy-- 3
El Corredor-- 3

With the theory that turf runners do better on the polytrack, these results are interesting. As its been stated before, anything from the Storm Cat line and Mr. Prospector/Gone West line had to be expected to fair well on the poly since they tend to do well on the turf. Further more, its a no brainer that Rahy would do well being a Blushing Groom line stallion and having produced top turf runners.

Breaking down the the list... you have Tale of the Cat, Storm Creek falling into the Storm Cat line, El Corredor, Grand Slam falling into the Gone West line, and Smart Strike falling into the Mr. Prospector line. The only stallion that doesnt fit the mold is Skip Away, who has been throwing very versatile foals from the start.

So 6 out of the 7 stallions with the best polytrack results all excell at producing foals who are either more turf than dirt, or who handle the two surfaces equally well. Some interesting food for thought with a very limited sampling.