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diversity Ten different stallions were responsible for siring the top ten highest-rated horses of 2021
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ERUSING THE BREEDING of the horses in the upper levels of the rankings for threeyear-olds and older revealed a pleasing amount of diversity in the stallion ranks. The ten highest-rated horses in the world were by ten different sires with the Green Desert line represented twice through his grandsons Sea The Stars and Kingman, who were responsible for the unbeaten three-year-old miler Baaeed and multiple Group 1 winner Palace Pier. The pair were ranked the equal of each other on 125 with Baaeed beating Palace Pier by a neck in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Champions’ Day, receiving 3lb from his older rival.
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The ten highest-rated horses rated on the WBRRs for 2021 were by Paynter, Frankel, Siyouni, Make Believe, Deep Impact, Adlerflug, Kingman, Medaglia D’Oro, Sea The Stars and Epiphaneia. Apart from Deep Impact and Adlerflug, the remaining sires are still alive and covering away and in the main, Medaglia D’Oro excepted, are relatively young with potential oozing from their pores. Make Believe, in particular, is of interest as Mishriff, who remains in training as a five-year-old, is from the first crop of the Classic winner when he was introduced to Ballylinch Stud at €20,000. The stallion’s fee for this year was returned to €17,500, which is the highest it has been for the grandson of Dubawi since
