For the fourth consecutive year, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's Godolphin topped the list of leading individual breeders in North America in 2024, with earnings of $23,205,149. Runners listed as bred by the operation made 1,161 starts for a record of 226 wins, 169 runner-up efforts and 186 thirds.
No fewer than 10 Grade I races in North America in 2024 were taken by Godolphin-breds, led by Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who won his second Breeders' Cup Turf in three years and is a finalist for the Male Turf Eclipse Award, which he also won in 2022. Immersive (Nyquist) is the champion 2-year-old filly elect, having completed an unbeaten juvenile campaign in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in November, while 'TDN Rising Star' East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro) was also a top-level scorer at two in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity. Godolphin's additional North American Grade I winners included Highland Falls (Curlin), Nations Pride (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Measured Time (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Master of the Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Eclipse finalist Cinderella's Dream (GB) (Shamardal).
Brad Kelley's Calumet Farm was second for the fourth straight season, with 371 wins from 2,778 starts for earnings of $13,923,897. Godolphin also led the breeders list that includes partners with $25,912,067 in earnings and 293 wins from 1,640 starts. Calumet was second with $14,181,110 in earnings and 380 wins out of 2,862 starts.
Rounding out the top 10 individual breeders were Brereton C. Jones, $11,071,712 (235 wins / 1,519 starts); WinStar Farm LLC, $10,057,543 (170/1,149); Don Alberto Corporation, $9,034,695 (147/931); Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, $7,679,445 (137/805); Debby M. Oxley, $6,438,362 (11/69); Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds LLC, $5,854,034 (54/392); Gary & Mary West Stables Inc., $5,631,929 (118/755); and Repole Stable, Inc., $4,745,232 (42/281).
Completing the list of the top 10 breeders including partnerships were WinStar, $12,206,112 (236 wins / 1,511 starts); Brereton C. Jones, $11,491,759 (251/1,637); Don Alberto Corporation, $9,277,665 (150/946); Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, $8,029,151 (142/856); Debby M. Oxley, $6,442,567 (11/74); Fred W. Hertrich III, $6,157,549 (134/1,066); Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, $5,895,174 (55/399); and Machmer Hall, $5,727,524 (152/1,075).
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