APEX

The Average-Earnings Index was a huge advance in its time, but is flawed because one huge earner skews the average. APEX (Annual Progeny Earnings indeX) figures are an enhancement of the average-earnings index: over 1,000 qualifying sires receive 17 different ratings, focusing on class bands, region, and age.

Click the links below for APEX lists and information.

Apex Tables

• 2011 APEX RATINGS TABLE [1-17-2012]
• 2011 MIDYEAR APEX RATINGS TABLE [8-14-2011]
• 2010 APEX RATINGS TABLE [1-15-2011]
• 2010 MIDYEAR APEX RATINGS TABLE [8-24-2010]
• 2009 APEX RATINGS TABLE [1-16-2010]
• 2009 MIDYEAR APEX RATINGS TABLE [8-2-2009]
• 2008 APEX RATINGS TABLE [1-23-2009]
• 2008 MIDYEAR APEX RATINGS TABLE [8-26-2008]
• 2007 APEX RATINGS TABLE [2-11-2008, enhanced 3-4-2008]
• 2007 MIDYEAR APEX RATINGS TABLE [7-31-2007]
• 2006 APEX RATINGS TABLE [1-23-2007]
• 2006 MIDYEAR APEX RATINGS TABLE
• 2005 APEX RATINGS TABLE
• 2004 APEX RATINGS TABLE
• APEX Ranges through 2006 [Aug 1, 2006]

What is Apex?

• APEX Briefing and real-world examples [1-17-2012]
• APEX RATINGS: THEORY AND APPLICATION 2007 [1-29-2007]
• APEX earning thresholds | 2000 - 2006 [1-29-2007]
• How APEX is calculated [1-19-2005]
• APEX Ratings: An Explanation [8-10-2005]
• 2004 APEX ratings [from the 2004 Blood-Horse Sires supplement]

Apex Articles by Bill Oppenheim

• [February 10, 2010 - PDF]
  Value Buys: APEX Sires Under $20,000
• [August 27, 2009 - PDF]
  Leading Sires, First Foals 1996-2005
• [August 5, 2009 - PDF]
  A.P. Indy, Galileo Top Midyear APEX Ratings
• [February 4, 2009 - PDF]
  The Rewards of Consistency (APEX Toppers -- ABC Runners; F1996-2005 Sires -- The New World Top 30)
• [January 28, 2009 - PDF]
  The New Old Guard (1st Foals 1996-2005, The New World Top 10 or 12; F1996-F2005 Sires, The Second Fifteen)
• [January 21, 2009 - PDF]
  APEX Sires: Different Views (Top 50 Sires by ABC Runner Index; Top 50 F1996-F2005 Sires; APEX Thresholds 2002-08)
• [January 15, 2009 - PDF]
  The Perfect Storm (Top 50 Sires by APEX A Runner Index 2002-2008)
• [August 27, 2008 - PDF]
  Supermarket Time (KEESEP Book 1-2 Sires APEX Ratings)
• [August 13, 2008 - PDF]
  Mid-Year APEX (Top 50 Sires [200+ Yr-Starters 2002-2008] by A Runner Index; Top 40 Sires F2000 & Later, 150+ Year-Starters, by A Runner Index; Top 20 F2004 Sires by A Runner Index)
• [May 21, 2008 - PDF]
  End Of An Era (Storm Cat-Line Sires APEX)
• [April 30, 2008 - PDF]
  Third-Crop Blues (Leading North American Third-Crop Sires with APEX Indices)
• [March 12, 2008 - PDF]
  The Verdict: The New World Top 25 (Top 25 F1996-B2004 Sires)
• [March 5, 2008 - PDF]
  Breaking Down the Stats (Top 50 Sires - 2YO, 3YO, & 4YO ABC Index , 2001-07)
• [February 27, 2008 - PDF]
  The Six Percent Solution (Top 50 Sires & Top 50 Sires with 1st Foals 1996-2004 by Career Percentage of A Runners to Foals)
• [February 20, 2008 - PDF]
  Blinded by the Light (Top 20 F2003 Sires; Top 20 F2004 Sires)
• [February 13, 2008 - PDF]
  World Domination (Leading Sires of New A Runners 2007; Leading Damsires of New A Runners 2007)
• [February 6, 2008 - PDF]
  Fight Overproduction: Breed a Racehorse (54 Recommended 'Good Value' APEX Sires; 2007 APEX Earnings Thresholds)
• [January 30, 2008 - PDF]
  The New Top Sires (52 Sires F1996-F2004 with APEX A Runner Indexes of 2.00+)
• [January 23, 2008 - PDF]
  A.P. King (Top 50 Sires by A Runner Index, 2001-2007; Selected British & Irish Stallions)
• [August 29, 2007 - PDF]
  The Modern Sire (Top 50 Sires by A Index, 1st Foals 1996-2004)
• [August 22, 2007 - PDF]
  F2003 Sires: Florida Again (Top 25 F2003 Sires by A Runner Index)
• [August 15, 2007 - PDF]
  Mid-Year APEX: The Elders (Top 50 Sires by A Runner Index 2001-2007; F2004 Sires)
• [February 7, 2007 - PDF]
  Sunshine Stallions (Leading APEX Sires With First Foals 2003)
• [January 31, 2007 - PDF]
  Here and Now (Top 25 APEX A Runner Index; First Foals '96, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02)
• [January 24, 2007 - PDF]
  The Top Drawer (Top 25 in 7 Key APEX Categories)
• [January 17, 2007 - PDF]
  Rewards For Consistency (20 Consistent Sires to Consider, APEX ABC Index)
• [January 10, 2007 - PDF]
  Top APEX Sires (Top 40 APEX A Runner Index 2000-06)
• [December 27, 2006 - PDF]
  European Top Value Sires For 2007
• [December 20, 2006 - PDF]
  North American Top Value Sires (Under $40,000)
• [December 13, 2006 - PDF]
  Five Great Values in America; European Value Standouts
• [August 30, 2006 - PDF]
  Movers & Shakers (Leading Mid-Year APEX Sires First Foals 2001)
• [August 23, 2006 - PDF]
  Perspectives (Leading Mid-Year APEX Sires First Foals 2000)
• [August 16, 2006 - PDF]
  The Young Guns (Leading Mid-Year APEX Sires First Foals '02 & '03)
• [August 8, 2006 - PDF]
  The Crop Report (Leading Mid-Year APEX Sires)
• [February 8, 2006 - PDF]
  Racehorse Sires (by APEX Ratings, stud fees below $50,000)
• [February 1, 2006 - PDF]
  Young Sires: Count Those ABC's (First Foals '01 & '02)
• [January 25, 2006 - PDF]
  Leading Lights (Top APEX Sires of 2005)
• [August 10, 2005 - PDF]
  Dividing the Spoils (Leading Sires, APEX A Runner Index 1999-2005)
• [March 2, 2005 - PDF]
  First Four-Year-Olds (APEX Ratings, First Foals 2001)
• [February 9, 2005 - PDF]
  APEX Ratings: Twenty-Year Totals (Leading Sires 1983-2004)
• [January 26, 2005 - PDF]
  Young Guns (First Foals 1997-2000)
• [January 19, 2005 - PDF]
  APEX Key Indicators
• [January 12, 2005 - PDF]
  The New Top 40 (Top 40 Sires, APEX A Runner Index 1998-2004)