danehill tops sire list

[Danzig]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...2-2722,00.html


now, this isn't down under sire list, but for england and ireland. coolmore stallions swept the top three spots. sadlers wells of course is the standard bearer for nothern dancer, he is in third place.
danzig is represented by several sons on this list, which makes the contention by some that he was some kind of failure as a sire of sires even more laughable. one former poster even posited that the Rock was sold to a japanese farm(he was not sold, but will follow his sire danehills footsteps in standing there for a year) due to failure in the shed--yet his positioning on the list for first year studs belies that opinion.