By John Boyce
The start at stud last year by Union Rags was nothing short of astonishing with Grade I-winning juvenile fillies Union Strike and Dancing Rags heading his progeny. It's been more of the same in 2017 with another Grade I winner in Paradise Woods. No surprise then to see this Grade I-winning 2-year-old who went on to land the GI Belmont S. head our second-season sires, ranked by the average of the best Beyer recorded by his top 10 starters. Bodemeister, sire of GI Kentucky Derby hero Always Dreaming and four other black-type winners, also takes high rank. But this particular race is not all about the more expensive sires. Note the excellent numbers returned by Dominus and Maclean's Music, both standing at less than $10,000.
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