Unstoppable is what boom first season sire
UNCLE MO is proving to be in the race to be the
Champion First Season Sire of North America.
UNCLE MO - Sire
He is charging toward Champion First-Crop Sire honours in the US and his roll continued on Saturday when
Uncle Brennie becoming his
third individual stakes winner.
Sent-out favourite for the
2yo Sunday Silence Stakes Listed on turf, Uncle Brennie was prominent through the early stages of the contest before asserting his superiority in the straight to win by 1 ¾ lengths.
His race record now stands at two wins from three starts, with both of his wins coming on turf.
NYQUIST - Gr1 Winner
It was only 7 days earlier the unbeaten
Nyquist, another son of Uncle Mo, confirmed his status as the best two year-old seen in the US so far this season with a dominant win in the
G1 Del Mar Futurity in California.
On that same day in New York, his G3 winning son
Uncle Vinny finished a game third in the G1 Hopeful Stakes and is now likely to head to the G1 Champagne Stakes.
The tally of
8 individual winners for Uncle Mo also includes a pair of promising fillies in G2 performer
Gomo and stakes placegetter
Thrilled, both of whom scored maiden victories on turf.
The affinity being shown by his progeny for turf racing should come as no surprise to those familiar with the pedigree of
Uncle Mo, who descends from wonderful European racehorse Caro
Uncle Mo currently holds a commanding lead in the First-Crop Sire table in North America with an advantage in excess of US$345,000 over his nearest rivals Big Drama and Twirling Candy.
He also leads the First-Crop Sire table by number of Stakes Winners (3), Group Winners (2) and Black-Type Horses (5).
Remarkably, he also ranks
second on the leading sire of two year-olds in North America for the season to date, behind Champion Sire
Scat Daddy, but ahead of
Tapit (3), Square Eddie (4) and Bernardini (5).
Leading 2yo Sires in North America 2015
Rank Sire Rnrs Wnrs SWs BType Earnings (US$)
1 Scat Daddy 49 20 5 7 $1,480,389
2 Uncle Mo 29 8 3 5 $876,267
3 Tapit 32 9 2 4 $783,482
4 Square Eddie 9 7 3 4 $717,399
5 Bernardini 33 6 1 4 $564,708