The list below shows the leading Thoroughbred sire of racehorses in Japan for each year since 1924. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the season.[citation needed The current leading sire in Japan is Lord Kanaloa.[ 1]
Most leadings:
13 - Sunday Silence - 1995-2007
11 - Deep Impact - 2012-2022
10 - Northern Taste - 1982, 1983, 1985-1992
7 - Hindostan - 1961-1965, 1967, 1968
6 - Ebor - 1924-1929 ; Kumohata - 1952-1957 ; Tesco Boy - 1974, 1975, 1978-1981
5 - Tournesol - 1935-1939 ; Theft - 1947-1951
Leading sires 1924-2024 [ edit ] The following sire-lines have produced champions sires (1924–2023).
Sire lines of the leading sires, color-coded by sire line
Darley Arabian Byerley Turk Godolphin Arabian Bartlett's Childers Jigg Cade Squirt Partner Matchem Marske Tartar Conductor Eclipse Herod Trumpator King Fergus Pot-8-os Woodpecker Sorcerer Hambletonian Waxy Buzzard Comus Whitelock Whalebone Selim Castrel Humphrey Blacklock Sir Hercules Camel Sultan Pantaloon Melbourne Voltaire Birdcatcher Touchstone Bay Middleton Windhound West Australian Voltigeur The Baron Newminster The Flying Dutchman Thormanby Solon Vedette Stockwell Rataplan Hermit Lord Clifden Dollar Atlantic Barcaldine Galopin Doncaster Blinkhoolie Heaume Hampton Petrarch Androcles Le Sancy Marco St. Simon Bend Or Wisdom Le Rois Soleil Bay Ronald Hacler Cambyse Le Samartain Beppo Chaucer Desmond Bona Vista Ormonder Love Wisely Sans Souci Bayardo Ebor Gradefeu Roi Herode Chapel Brampton Prince Chimay Lomond Cyllene Orme Amadis La Farina Gainsborough Chouberski The Teract Vatout Clackmannan 1933,1934Polymelus Captivation Flying Fox Orby Perion 1931,1932Bubbles Hyperion Tournesol Bruleur Tetrratema Bois Roussel Phalaris Kircubbin Val d'Or Grand Parade Guersant Rockfella Kumohata Ksar Theft Hindostan Sickle Pharos Fairway Chateau Bouscaut Mint d'Or Diophon Review Order Chinarock Tourbillon Unbreakable Nearco Solferino The Phoenix Diolite Djebel Polynesian Royal Charger Nearctic Nasrullah Solonaway Rising Flame My Babu Native Dancer Turn-to Northern Dancer Grey Sovereign Princely Gift Never Say Die Milesian Raise a Native Hail to Reason Northern Taste Zeddann Tesco Boy Never Beat Partholon Mr. Prospector Halo Roberto Kalamoun Kingmambo Sunday Silence Real Shadai Kampala King Kamehameha Agnes Tachyon Manhattan Cafe Deep Impact Tony Bin Duramente Kizuna
