In the Thoroughbred business - especially the stallion part of our industry - 16 years of age is pretty young. By this time, you certainly know what kind of impact a particular sire is making but sometimes you might not know the complete story.
That's why we are compelled to share some admirable statistics about Bernardini, a foal of 2003, both as a sire, as well as a grandsire and broodmare sire. This body of work would be the envy of any stallion manager and chances for this degree of success to continue appear to be very, very good.
Here's a quick look at a few of his highlights as a sire:
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15 worldwide G1 winners, including two Travers winners
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Only Tapit can top his 20 Graded Stakes winners on dirt over the past four years
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More $500,000+ sales two-year-olds since 1980 than all other stallions bar Storm Cat
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Yearlings and two-year-olds sold for $600k, $575k, $500k, $500k, etc., in 2018
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Continued support from purchasers like Justin Casse, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Repole Stable, Steven Young, Bridlewood, Shadwell, Winchell Thoroughbreds and Mike Ryan
In addition - and at the young age of 16 - his influence is also being passed along through his sire sons and broodmare daughters. A few more facts:
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Bernardini is the youngest sire in the world with more than 10 Black Type winners as a grandsire – he has 35!
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Bernardini is the youngest sire in the world with TWO sons who have sired a G1 winner.
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Only he and Tapit had two sire sons with US G1 winners in 2018.
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Bernardini is the youngest sire in the world with 25 Black Type winners as a broodmare sire, including 2018 G1 Travers winner Catholic Boy and G1 Hollywood Derby winner Mo Town
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Bernardini is the youngest sire EVER to reach 25 Black Type winners as a broodmare sire.
