Go Smarty Go?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

He's standing for a stud fee of $100,000 and is 36th on the freshman sire list. There is only one horse behind him with more than a $15,000 fee (Strong Hope). People don't pay $100,000 for horses that might develop later so in that regard he's a flop "to date". He still could turn out to be an ok stallion but it's incredibly doubtful he's a $100,000 stallion.

They dont? Of the top 25 sires of 2 year olds, zero stand for 100k or more. Outside of Unbridled Song and Forestry there are really no sires known for early runners standing for 100k or more.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They dont? Of the top 25 sires of 2 year olds, zero stand for 100k or more. Outside of Unbridled Song and Forestry there are really no sires known for early runners standing for 100k or more.

OK but Kingmambo and Awesome Again are the only six figure sires with less 2yo earnings than Smarty Jones and Kingmambo has 16 2yos.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

OK but Kingmambo and Awesome Again are the only six figure sires with less 2yo earnings than Smarty Jones and Kingmambo has 16 2yos.

The one thing that people forget when dealing with first year stallions with a high fee is the mares they get are generally good ones who produce or were stakes winners going long. The cheaper stallions get the cheap speed mares that are more apt to run early not to mention that trainers take their time with more expensive horses as opposed to the cheaper ones. You cant truly sires abilities until they have at least three crops running unless they are extraordinary or awful.