Twirling Sweet Closing In on High Turf Sire Honors

We have reached the purpose within the 12 months the place motion in North America’s Normal Sires Checklist comes fairly near a standstill. 

The updates turn out to be much less frequent and those that do occur have much less influence on the rankings than a month in the past. That does not imply nothing is occurring. It is simply…check out this week’s rankings. 4 stallions swapped locations with the one beforehand ranked forward of them. The beforehand ranked Nos. 5, 7, 12, and 21 every moved up one spot, knocking the incumbent sire down a peg. 

Such is the merciless, unfair world of The Checklist. 

We checked out first-crop and second-crop sires earlier within the 12 months. As soon as we’ve a number of extra weeks and perhaps kilos (thanks, Thanksgiving) beneath our belts, we’ll see how issues finally prove. 

A kind of sires who moved down one spot is Twirling Sweet  . He now stands No. 7 general. The hole between Nos. 6 and seven? Rather less than $88,400. I would name {that a} nostril. Perhaps a hair.

Regardless of the place he finishes, this will likely be a particular 12 months for Twirling Sweet. The Lane’s Finish stallion does not get sufficient respect placed on his title, and stands atop the turf sires. He’ll very probably maintain off Justify   for that distinction. That the latter’s prime earner (Metropolis of Troy ) has banked almost twice as a lot on the grass as Twirling Sweet’s prime turf runner (Walkathon ) makes his place atop this checklist all of the extra spectacular. It speaks to the depth of expertise he is placed on monitor.

By Sweet Experience  , who received all six of his profession begins—on each surfaces—Twirling Sweet has been lurking, first on the skin of the High 10 turf sires, after which the High 5. Now? He is holding an virtually $740,000 edge with lower than seven weeks left till the numbers reset. 

One other millionaire daughter, Ag Bullet , is a 12 months youthful and fared effectively in graded firm this 12 months. She received the Girls Turf Dash Stakes (G2T) and the Monrovia Stakes (G3T), whereas hitting the board in a pair of grade 1s: the First Girl Stakes (G1T) and Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash (G1T), giving a whole lot of optimism for her as an older sprinter within the years to return. 

Two-year-old filly Kilwin  has raced twice this 12 months, most just lately fifth within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), the place she ran simply off the tempo earlier than fading down the stretch. Others who carried out effectively in graded stakes embrace Iscreamuscream , winner of the Del Mar Oaks (G1T) and San Clemente Stakes (G2T) earlier than ending fourth within the Rodeo Drive Stakes (G2T); Cugino , who was second within the Transylvania Stakes (G3T) and Hill Prince Stakes (G3T); and Herchee , third within the Bryan Station Stakes (G3T).