In 2022 the Breeders Invitational Cutting (BI) boosted EquiStat offspring earnings for a select number of cutting sires. In honor of the 2023 Breeders Invitational May 13 -27 let’s look back at impactful sires in the BI Classic and Derby last year.
The top open sire was EquiStat $12 Million sire Hottish (Spots Hot x Stylish Play Lena x Docs Stylish Oak). EquiStat $6 Million rider Adan Banuelos piloted Hottish Metal (Hottish x Snow Me The Rey x Metallic Cat) to the Open Derby Championship for owner Jim Good and earned a paycheck of $66,907. He was one of four Hottish offspring in the open finals in 2022.
The sire with highest offspring earnings in the Non-Pro classes last year was EquiStat $60 Million sire Metallic Cat (High Brow Cat x Chers Shadow x Peptoboonsmal). Rider Kristen Galyean piloted Aspen (Metallic Cat x Lil Rattler x Dual Rey) to the Derby Non-Pro finals with a score of 223 and earned $23,982 at the show.
Top 10 Open Breeders Invitational Sires
Rank/ Sire/ Performers $/ # of Performers/ Performer Avg.
- Hottish, $130,337, 8, $16,292
- Metallic Cat, $67,029, 9,$7,448
- Docs Stylish Oak, $59,081, 3, $19,693
- Reyzin the Cash, $57,465, 7, $8,209
- Once In a Blu Boon, $49,421, 6, $8,236
- Dual Smart Rey, $35,386, 4, $8,846
- Metallic Rebel, $34,307, 3, $11,435
- One Time Royalty, $26,021, 1, $26,021
- Spots Hot, $20,270, 1, $27,270
- WR This Cats Smart, $18,180, 2, $9,090
Top 10 Non-Pro Breeders Invitational Sires
Rank/ Sire/ Performers $/ # of Performers/ Performer Avg.
- Metallic Cat, $95,816, 10, $9,581
- Dont Stopp Believin, $68,840, 4, $17,210
- Hottish, $67,200, 5, $13,440
- Kit Kat Sugar, $16,489, 4, $4,122
- High Brow Cat, $16,466, 1, $16,466
- Smooth Talkin Style, $16,417, 2, $8,208
- Dual Smart Rey, $15,965, 1, $15,965
- Once in a Blu Boon, $15,859, 3, $5,286
- Smooth As A Cat, $15,700, 2, $7,850
- Dual Rey, $15,335, 3, $5,111
Find more sire statistics on EquiStat and in the Stallion Register.
