Two weeks in the past on this area, it was famous how two sires made spectacular upward climbs within the Basic Sires Listing for North America. One was Structure . The opposite was Twirling Sweet .
Twirling Sweet was the large climber once we final met, leaping seven locations from No. 14 to No. 7. Since then, he is held that place, which is permitting reward for the Lane’s Finish stallion’s file yr. He stood this yr on the farm close to Versailles, Ky., for $60,000.
When most individuals consider the very prime sires, the son of Sweet Trip could not come to thoughts proper off the bat. Nevertheless, since getting into stallion duties in 2012, his consistency has been the envy of many stud farms.
His first crop hit the tracks in 2015, and from 2015-2020, Twirling Sweet was the No. 2 sire in his class annually, trailing Uncle Mo every of these years.
Twirling Sweet’s place on the Basic Sires Listing steadily improved, going from No. 66 in his second yr to as excessive as No. 10 in 2021. Final yr proved to be his second-best end by way of ultimate rating (No. 13) and progeny earnings ($10.7 million).
His 2021 marketing campaign, which up to now had been his finest, noticed Rombauer fall simply wanting changing into the sire’s second single-season millionaire with $890,000 in earnings. Concrete Rose was the primary with that distinction in 2019.
Leap forward to as we speak, and the sire is seventh total with progeny earnings of $11.465 million with loads of time left within the yr so as to add to that quantity. Twirling Sweet’s push into the highest 10 has him $603,000 and alter from the highest 5.
The sire of six millionaires previous to this yr—Gear Jockey , Concrete Rose, Pinehurst , Ag Bullet , Present Field , and Rombauer—Twirling Sweet’s largest earnings supporter in 2024 is his seventh and most not too long ago minted millionaire, Walkathon . Previous to profitable the Kentucky Downs Girls Turf Stakes (G1T) Aug. 31, the 5-year-old mare’s largest wins have been within the Endeavour Stakes (G3T) Feb. 3 and final yr’s Remorse Stakes (G3T). That grade 1 breakthrough has been pivotal to her father’s elevated standing.
A winner on grime, turf, and all-weather tracks, Twirling Sweet retired with a 7-1-1 mark from 11 begins and $944,900 in earnings. His progeny, nonetheless, are making their mark on the grass. The final three years noticed him ranked because the No. 7, 8, and 6 turf sire, respectively. Walkathon has helped proceed that success, as her sire is that this yr’s prime turf sire with simply wanting $7 million in progeny earnings.
Different prime runners for Twirling Sweet this yr embody Ag Bullet, Iscreamuscream , and standout 2-year-old filly Kilwin .
And after the entire years trying up at Uncle Mo, his prodigious classmate, Twirling Sweet has an opportunity to come back out forward due to his attention-grabbing yr.
| TOP SIRES BY PROGENY EARNINGS | |
| Sept. 23 rating | Sept. 9 rating |
| 1. Into Mischief | 1 (–) |
| 2. Mineshaft | 2 (–) |
| 3. Gun Runner | 3 (–) |
| 4. Justify | 4 (–) |
| 5. Structure | 5 (–) |
| 6. High quality Street | 6 (–) |
| 7. Twirling Sweet | 7 (–) |
| 8. Goldencents | 8 (–) |
| 9. Uncle Mo | 9 (–) |
| 10. Curlin | 10 (–) |
| 11. Munnings | 11 (–) |
| 12. Sensible Joke | 12 (–) |
| 13. Not This Time | 13 (–) |
| 14. Arrogate | 15 (+1) |
| 15. American Pharoah | 16 (+1) |
| 16. Good Magic | 14 (-2) |
| 17. Onerous Spun | 17 (–) |
| 18. Mendelssohn | 18 (–) |
| 19. Nyquist | 19 (–) |
| 20. Road Sense | 22 (+2) |
| 21. Kantharos | 20 (-1) |
| 22. Metropolis of Gentle | 21 (-1) |
| 23. Frosted | 23 (–) |
| 24. Tapit | 25 (+1) |
| 25. Medaglia d’Oro | 24 (-1) |
