TDN Sire Lists include earnings worldwide by foals from Northern Hemisphere-sired crops, excluding Japan. Wins, black type wins, starters, and all other criteria earned in Japan is counted in the totals; only their earnings are excluded. All sires on these lists have had a foal running in the Northern Hemisphere in the past 360 days. Black type is as designated in the International Cataloguing Standards in association with the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities and approved by the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA). That is to say the information you see here as far as what is a Black Type race, and what is a Graded or Group Black Type race is the same information you'll find when you open a catalogue on the sales grounds.