The brand new sire consumption of 2019 was exceptionally well-credentialed, that includes a Triple Crown winner who was Horse of the Yr and champion 3-year-old; a champion 2-year-old; a champion older horse; a second Kentucky Derby (G1) winner; a Preakness Stakes (G1) winner; and a Belmont Stakes (G1) winner. They’ve wasted little time in establishing themselves, with two having sired basic winners, and three already having Eclipse Award winners amongst their progeny.
As the one undefeated Triple Crown winner, Justify  began because the chief of the group, coated the strongest group of mares, and never surprisingly has emerged on prime. He leads by cumulative progeny earnings, variety of stakes winners, and variety of graded stakes winners. He rapidly established himself as a global power with champions in North American and Europe, and a freshman sire premiership in Australia for good measure.
Justify’s finest embrace Metropolis of Troy, who’s European 2023 champion 2-year-old colt and winner of the Epsom Derby (G1) at 3; Eclipse Award-winning champion 2-year-old filly Simply FYI; 2023 European champion 2-year-old filly Opera Singer; Ramatuelle, 2023 champion 2-year-old filly in France and spectacular conqueror of older males this 12 months within the Prix de La Foret (G1); and Onerous to Justify, who took the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T). The preponderance of his finest runners thus far have been turf performers, however that partially displays the aptitude of a excessive proportion of the mares bred to him. He has been represented on the filth by not solely Simply FYI, but in addition one other grade 1 scorer, Arabian Lion  , and different graded scorers Verifying  , Simply Cindy, Champions Dream, and Elwood Blues. It is value remembering, too, that Justify’s personal sire, Scat Daddy, was strongly recognized as a turf sire till Justify got here alongside.
Just a few pedigree tendencies are already showing amongst Justify’s finest runners, with seven stakes winners, together with Metropolis of Troy out of mares by Galileo, and 5 out of mares by Fastnet Rock (a Danehill son who provides the mixture of Storm Cat and his shut relative Royal Academy). There are three stakes winners out of mares Bernardini, and Ramatuelle and Onerous to Justify are out of mares by Raven’s Go and High quality Street  , each by Elusive High quality.
Good Magic  (Curlin  ), the champion 2-year-old male of 2017, chased Justify throughout the road within the Kentucky Derby, and he is Justify’s nearest pursuer among the many third-crop sires of 2024. Beginning at a comparatively modest charge of $35,000—he stands at $125,000 for 2025—he has sired 21 stakes winners, together with the classic-winning full brothers Dornoch  and Mage  , profitable within the Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Derby, respectively; Blazing Sevens  , who received the Champagne Stakes (G1) at 2, and missed by only a head within the Preakness Stakes; the Pacific Traditional Stakes (G1) scorer Mixto; Arkansas Derby (G1) victor Muth  ; and seven different graded scorers. Six of his juveniles have taken graded stakes, however they clearly stretch out to basic distance at 3. The colts have been considerably higher than the fillies up to now, though this stuff usually stage out.Join BloodHorse Each day
Photograph: Anne M. EberhardtGood Magic at Hill ’n’ Dale Farm at Xalapa
Trying on the broodmare sires of Good Magic’s finest winners, the Storm Cat line has been significantly notable, together with by Story of the Cat, Forest Wildcat, Scat Daddy, and Harlan’s Vacation. Dornoch and Mage (Large Brown) and Mixto (Concerto) are bred on the sample that crosses Good Magic again over his personal broodmare sire line, that of Danzig. The Unbridled department of Fappiano is represented by Empire Maker (One Magic Philly) and Unbridled’s Music by way of Rockport Harbor (Vegas Magic); Tiznow and his son Colonel John are each featured broodmare sires (Magic Cross and Society Man, respectively); whereas Muth is out of a mare by Uncle Mo, and Blazing Sevens from a daughter of Warrior’s Reward (Medaglia d’Oro  ).
Winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at 2, and a runaway UAE Derby (G2) scorer, Mendelssohn   is a Scat Daddy half brother to Into Mischief  and Beholder. These credentials introduced him mares aplenty, and of the third-crop sires he is had probably the most Northern Hemisphere foals and most profession starters. He is additionally upheld his finish of the cope with the sire crop’s most profession winners with 213, practically 50 away from the following highest-ranked by this class, his Ashford Stud mate Justify.
Mendelssohn has 15 profession stakes winners, 4 graded. The Good Strike line appears to be a favourite, as he has a stakes winner out of a Good Strike mare, and two, together with the UAE Two Thousand Guineas (G3) winner Mendelssohn Bay, out of mares by Good Strike’s son Curlin. There are two Mendelssohn stakes winners out of Danzig line mares; a graded winner out of a mare by Ghostzapper and a stakes winner out of a mare by his sire, Superior Once more; and the grade 2 winner Delight is out of a mare by Medaglia d’Oro.
Metropolis of Mild  was the most popular horse of this bunch—Justify aside—together with his first yearlings. That crop appeared a bit anticlimactic within the gentle of expectations, however stepped as much as ship eight stakes winners, three graded. Extra considerably, the second crop featured Fierceness—2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) scorer and champion at 2, and arguably the very best of his division once more at 3 with wins within the Travers Stakes (G1), Florida Derby (G1) and Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), and a valiant second within the Breeders’ Cup Traditional (G1). Metropolis of Mild’s sophomores additionally included Formidable Man, who received the Hollywood Derby (G1).
Fierceness, his graded stakes-winning brother, Mentee, and one other Metropolis of Mild stakes winner, Mild of Broadway, are all out of mares by Bernardini’s son Keep Thirsty  . Formidable Man is out of a mare by Silent Identify from the Sunday Silence department of Halo, and there’s a graded winner out of a mare by Kitten’s Pleasure and a stakes winner out of a mare by Medaglia d’Oro, each by El Prado. The a number of graded stakes-winning filly Chop Chop is out of a mare by Big’s Causeway, whose sire, Storm Cat, performs into the Northern Dancer/Somethingroyal background of Metropolis of Mild’s dam. We’ll additionally observe, that like his sire, High quality Street is popping out to be a really viable turf possibility.
A son of Medaglia d’Oro, Bolt d’Oro  , was the main freshman sire amongst horses that retired for the 2019 breeding season. That crop finally yielded a minimum of 11 stakes winners, together with now-millionaire Main Dude, and different graded scorers Ruby Nell, Prompt Espresso, Boppy O, and Daring Discovery. The second crop was headlined by Beholder’s daughter Tamara, a superb winner of the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) at 2.
So far as profitable crosses, we are able to significantly observe Storm Cat by Hennessy (Henny Hughes and Scat Daddy) and Into Mischief; Fappiano by way of Unbridled’s Music and Quiet American; different Mr. Prospector by way of Distorted Humor, Not For Love, and Speightstown; Uncle Mo and Arch. Like his sire, Bolt d’Oro is a surface-versatile stallion, and he is one the place we should always look to for a robust outcome from his 2024 crop, the primary following his freshman title.
A world-record-breaking miler and four-time group 1 winner, Oscar Efficiency  , was the turf star amongst this consumption. He is by Kitten’s Pleasure, a 2004 champion turf horse who went on to earn honors as two-time basic main sire and six-time main turf sire. Oscar Efficiency has already had graded winners on turf, filth, and all-weather surfaces with Trikari within the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T), three-time graded stakes profitable dash filly Pink Carpet Prepared, and Endlessly within the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3). Trikari is out of a Harlan’s Vacation mare, and there are already two graded scorers out of daughters of Road Sense  .
Photograph: Rick SamuelsOscar Efficiency at Mill Ridge Farm
Collected  (Metropolis Zip), who received the 2017 Pacific Traditional Stakes (G1), has quietly compiled a really strong report, with 5 stakes winners in his first crop, 9 in his second, and three extra in his third (the 2-year-olds of 2024). He has six graded scorers, three on the grade 2 stage, and though his chief earner of 2024, Henro, is a dust horse, he has a number of gifted turfers.
For a horse who kicked off at $12,500 and is on the market for $5,000 in 2025, Uncle Mo’s son Mo City   has made a exceptional begin and must be the present worth standout right here. He is already been represented by 12 stakes winners, together with graded scorers Mystic Lake, Key of Life, Play the Music, Mo Stash, and Unintended Hero.
Photograph: Anne M. EberhardtMo City
An undefeated grade 1 winner, however by the regional A.P. Indy horse Friesan Hearth , Military Mule  has thrown runners extra to his race-record than his pedigree. He has 13 stakes winners, 10 from his first crop, together with the grade 1 winner One in Vermillion. There have been solely 38 foals in his second crop, however three of these received stakes, too.
The highest 10 are rounded out by Girvin  , a grade 1-winning son of the Story of the Cat horse Story of Ekati  . He started his profession in Florida and led off with a crop that produced eight stakes winners, together with grade 1 scorer Faiza and grade 2 winners Damon’s Mound and Dorth Vader, and grade 1-placed a number of stakes winner Closethegame Sugar. There are 4 stakes winners in Girvin’s second crop, and one other in his third crop. We search for him to take off once more in 2026 when his first Kentucky crop reaches the races.
