Sires To Watch: North American Freshmen Looking to Make An Impact
Justify leads this year's North American freshmen. With the breeding sheds opening this week, a new generation of young stallions will be starting their journey toward attempting to make an impact on the breed. In this week’s blog, we look at some new stallions in North America that are hitting the shed with strong credentials this year. Always Dreaming - One of two Kentucky Derby winners retiring this year, Always Dreaming also won the Grade 1 Florida Derby and was third in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy (to fellow WinStar freshman Good Samaritan (Harlan’s Holiday) during his three-year-old season. The colt finished second in the Grade 2 Hardacre Mile as a 4-year-old as well. Out of graded stakes winner Above Perfection (In Excess), who also produced Grade 1 winner Hot Dixie Chick (Dixie Union) (dam of New York first-crop sire Union Jackson (Curlin)), he’ll stand for $25,000 this year. Ashford’s Scat Daddys – A few years after losing star stallion Scat Daddy, Ashford has a