Hallucinate Leads National Sire Rankings

After sitting 17 points behind Primo Uno after January 2009's AGRA Sire Rankings, Hallucinate has taken over as Australia's Leading Sire with 262, 24 points in advance of Primo Uno, with a further point back in third.

Hallucinate enjoyed an enviable February 2009 with a win at Group 1 level going the way of Lilley Criminal (~ (Picninc Point~De La Hoya) ) in the Australian Stayers Trophy, and Genista Thunder (~Smokey Whiskey (Token Prince~Princess Whsikey) ) running second in the Group 1 National Derby. Repeated (~Thai Again (Token Prince~Thai Magic) ) also ran second at level behind Magnifique in the Group 3 Bulli South Coast Cup with Cradle Mountain (~Ruby Red Lips (Token Prince~Osti's Dream) ) third in the same race.

Primo Uno continued his Group 1 run with (~ (Tinas Jo~Goddess Of Fire) ) winning the Group 1 2009 National Derby at The Gardens and then running second behind El Galo in the Group 1 Temlee at .

Bombastic Shiraz was the month's biggest mover rocketing from 12th on the Sires Rankings in Janury 2009 to third. Bombastic Shiraz's best performer was (~Rachael Anne (Awesome Assassin~Silver Anne) ) who won the Group 2 Wentworth Park over 720m. Sandy On Target (~Jessica's Hope (Northern Legend~Real Ability) ) also contributed with a third in the Group 2 Rookie Rebel behind , as did Snozz (~Special Osti (Placard~Elite Osti) ) by running second in the Group 2 World For Pets Richmond Derby.

In the National Dam Rankings, Thai Again still holds the lead through consistent group performers and litter brothers Repeated and Hendrix ( Hallucinate~Thai Again (Token Prince~Thai Magic) ) and Tranquil Goddess is now equal second with Roxy Reason largely through the exclusive deeds of Fedex ( Primo Uno ~Tranquil Goddess (Tinas Jo~Goddess Of Fire) ) and El Galo ( Where's Pedro~Roxy Reason (Malawi's Prince~Playground) ).

The AGRA National Rankings are determined by a points system applied to group races on a sliding scale of points first to eighth. The sires have a different scale of points to the dams and the AGRA have recently remodelled that rankings systems in order to try and reflect a more accurate assessment of all Australian Group Racing.

February 2009 Australian National Sire Rankings & Dam Rankings
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15 years ago

Interesting to note that the first four sires are sired by two leading sires, Brett Lee and Black Shiraz. Brett Lee is the sire of litter brothers Hallucinate (1st) and Where’s Pedro (4th) whilst Black Shiraz is the sire of Primo Uno (2nd) and Bombastic Shiraz (3rd). Brett Lee, who is 9th, has his sons Bond (7th), Collide (13th), Carnage (19th), Typhoon Tide (22nd), Over Flo (25th) and Return The King (34th) on the list, getting back to something like the heady days of Black Top. Ah, Brett Lee, the sire of sires! But Token Prince, who is regarded as… Read more »