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Met Mile winner Mor Spirit will stand his first Indiana season in 2024 at Swifty Farms, joining a roster led by Unbridled Express, a consistent leader in Indiana's stallion ranks.
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Anchor Down, the leading stallion in Iowa, regardless of progeny conception area, for 2023, has departed the country. His place on the leaderboard could soon be taken by one of the state's newest residents, Grade 1 winner Free Drop Billy.
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Skippylongstocking had a memorable year on the track in 2023, and his success played a key role in lifting Exaggerator to the top of the general sire list in Louisiana.
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Here is a state-by-state look at leading sires by earnings, according to Daily Racing Form statistics, alphabetically by state, plus Canada.
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Mitole won four Grade 1 races in his 2019 Eclipse Award champion sprint campaign, winning by an average of more than two lengths. He had to work a bit harder for his latest title. Mitole was North America's leading freshman sire of 2023, leading Spendthrift Farm stablemates Maximus Mischief, Vino Rosso, and Omaha Beach.
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Into Mischief claimed his fifth consecutive North American general sire earnings title in 2023. That is the most consecutive titles for any stallion since the great Bold Ruler led the list seven straight years, from 1963-69.
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When Khozan went to stud, he was commonly referenced in conversation as the half-brother to multi-time Eclipse Award champion Royal Delta. Now, he has made a name of his own as Khozan, Florida's leading sire.
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With a recent Grade 1 winner to his credit, Frac Daddy had a breakout year in 2023 and should be a popular sire for the 2024 Canadian breeding season.
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McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds already had plenty of firepower on its stallion roster, as it has developed New York's current leading sire Central Banker and has a rising star behind him in 2023's top freshman sire, Solomini. Now, the farm welcomes in Bucchero, who has proven himself in Florida and is poised to be a standout as the New York breeding and racing industry looks ahead to the future.
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Capitalizing on the expected demand for Justify, Coolmore's Ashford Stud will use his success to bolster the books for some of his younger stablemates this season – the latest example of a farm innovating to help its stock – as all are at crucial stages of their stud careers.
