Selected Progeny
Sire of:
- Open Mind, won Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1988)
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1989) - Go For Wand : U.S. Champion Filly (1989, 1990), U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1996)
- Mane Minister : won Santa Catalina Stakes (1991), third in all three U.S. Triple Crown races
- Dehere : U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old-Colt (1993)
- Better Than Honour : dam of Belmont Stakes winners Jazil and Rags To Riches, Casino Drive
- Awesome Again : Queen's Plate (1997), Breeders' Cup Classic (1998)
- Touch Gold : Haskell Invitational Handicap (1997), Belmont Stakes (1997)
- Deputy Commander : Travers Stakes (1997), Super Derby (1997)
- Keeper Hill : Las Virgenes Stakes (1998), Kentucky Oaks (1998)
- Silver Deputy, a top North American sire of more than 75 stakes winners including six Champions
Grandsire of :
- Silverbulletday : U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly of 1998 and the U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly of 1999. Multiple G1 race winner including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Kentucky Oaks
- Left Bank - 2002 American Champion Older Male Horse
- Ghostzapper : U.S. Horse of the Year (2004), World's Top Ranked Horse (2004)
- Round Pond : Breeders' Cup Distaff (2006)
- Deputy Glitters : Ohio Derby (2006), Tampa Bay Derby (2006)
Damsire of :
- Sarava : winner of the Belmont Stakes (2002)
- Halfbridled : Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2003), U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly (2003)
- Kane Hekili, multi-millionaire colt, won four Grade 1 races in Japan including the 2005 Japan Cup Dirt
- Bob and John : Wood Memorial Stakes (2006)
- Jazil : Belmont Stakes (2006)
- Curlin : 2007 American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, 2007 and 2008 American Horse of the Year Two Time Winner Of The Jockey Club Gold Cup, Highest Earning American Horse In History With over 10 million in earnings.
- Rags to Riches : Kentucky Oaks (2007), Belmont Stakes (2007), American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2007)
- Casino Drive : Peter Pan Stakes (2008)
- Man of Iron : Breeders' Cup Marathon (2009)
| Sire Vice Regent |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic | Nearco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Angela | |||
| Natalma | Native Dancer | ||
| Almahmoud | |||
| Victoria Regina | Menetrier | Fair Copy | |
| La Melodie | |||
| Victoriana | Windfields | ||
| Iribelle | |||
| Dam Mint Copy |
Bunty's Flight | Bunty Lawless | Ladder |
| Mintwina | |||
| Broomflight | Deil | ||
| Air Post | |||
| Shakney | Jabneh | Bimelech | |
| Bellesoeur | |||
| Grass Shack | Polynesian | ||
| Good Example |
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