BRITISH 2YO RACING: 2002-2009 Sire/Dam General Stats
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General : Note that there are separate sections available via the links on the site homepage which provide detailed stats for individual sires This section covers general stats about the overall sire population. Questions covered in this section are:-
  1. How many different sires had 2yo runners in each season?
  2. How many different sires had 2yo race wins in each season?
  3. Does the age of a runner's dam make any difference to its chances of winning?

1. How many different sires had 2yo runners in each season?
 
Season Total Sires Sires with between 1 to 10 runners Sires with between 11 to 20  Runners Sires with more than 20 Runners
2002 359 264  (74%) 69   (19%) 26     (7%)
2003 342 251  (74%) 49   (14%) 42   (12%)
2004 368 264  (72%) 58   (16%) 46   (12%)
2005 329 233  (71%) 52  (16%) 44  (13%)
2006 339 247  (73%) 52  (15%) 40  (12%)
2007 356 271  (76%) 39  (11%) 46  (13%)
2008 372 281  (76%) 44  (12%) 47  (12%)
2009 339 246  (73%) 40  (12%) 53  (15%)
 


 

    The full list of sires with number of runners is presented as a webpage for each season 2005 to 2007. The Sire Summary Index Page is linked from the main page for each season on the B2yoR site. The 2009 season is linked here when Exceed And Excel was top of the list with 67 individual runners followed by First Season Sire Avonbridge on 52.

    In the three seasons 2002 to 2004 no sire had more than 45 individual runners while a total of seven were above that level in 2007. In 2008 the figure was 6 and declined to 4 in 2009.

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2. How many different sires had 2yo race wins in each season?
 
Season Total Sires with at least one win Sires with 1 to 5 wins Sires with  6 to 10 Wins More than 10 Wins More than 20 wins
2002 201 146   (73%) 31  (15%) 24  (12%) 1
2003 200 130   (65%) 49  (24%) 21 (11%) 3
2004 208 138   (66%) 50  (24%) 20 (10%) 3
2005 194 132   (68%) 34  (18%) 31  (16%) 3
2006 189 129  (68%) 35  (19%) 21  (11%) 4
2007 213 157  (74%) 29  (14%) 22  (10%) 5
2008 211 149  (71%) 36  (18%) 26  (11%) 6
2009 200 137  (69%) 29  (14%) 34  (17%) 7
Note: (a) Approximately 55-60% of Sires have at least one winner. .
(b) Percentage figures relate to the proportion of sires with winners in each classification group

    The five with more than 20 wins in 2007 included three First Season Sires in Acclamation (top on 35 wins with 28 second best), Oasis Dream & Choisir along with Royal Applause (Acclamation's Sire) & Bertolini. In 2008 the six sires with 20+ wins included only Oasis Dream from the previous year. The other five were Captain Rio, Exceed And Excel*, Bahamian Bounty, Kyllachy & Kheleyf*. The asterisks indicate which of those were in their first season with runners.

    In 2009 the seven with more than 20 wins included Oasis Dream, Exceed And Excel & Bahamian Bounty from the 2008 list along with established sire Invincible Spirit. The other three were first season sires Avonbridge, Dubawi & Pastoral Pursuits.
 

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3. Does the age of a runner's dam make any difference to its chances of winning?

While following racing you will hear various biases expressed relating to the age of dams and their ability to produce competitive racehorses. These usually take the form of doubting the ability of first foals or the products of old dams being less competitive. The table below shows the wins-runs by different foal numbers relating to 2yo racing in the 2004-7 seasons.

It would be interesting to extend this table to take account of class of runner by foal number. For example, although older dams can produce competitive 2yos, are they at a lower level, on average, than the product of younger dams?
 
2004 Season
2005 Season
Dam's Foal Number Number of Runners Number of Runs Number of Wins Wins to Run Percentage Dam's Foal Number Number of Runners Number of Runs Number of Wins Wins to Run Percentage
1st 654 2,354 216 9.1% 1st 560 2,056 189 10.9%
2nd 453 1,671 180 10.8% 2nd 472 1,827 173 9.5%
3rd 393 1,433 154 10.7% 3rd 442 1,672 173 10.3%
4th 365 1,348 145 10.8% 4th 339 1,232 127 10.3%
5th 271 957 74 7.7% 5th 278 1,038 92 8.9%
6th 213 765 61 8.0% 6th 224 804 76 9.4%
7th 168 535 53 9.9% 7th 163 561 65 11.6%
8th 134 407 35 8.6% 8th 116 400 40 10.0%
9th 98 361 26 7.2% 9th 88 261 17 6.5%
10th 72 222 15 6.8% 10th 64 217 16 7.4%
11th 53 206 22 10.7% 11th 56 207 14 6.8%
12th 34 84 4 4.3% 12th 35 110 6 5.4%
13th 34 136 9 6.6% 13th 26 79 5 6.3%
14th 3 7 0 0% 14th 16 67 3 4.5%
15th 3 5 1 20% 15th 4 16 0 0%
16th 1 4 0 0% 16th 1 3 0 0%
Note: Overall Totals slightly low in 2004 because of 10 horses with unknown Foal number

 
2006 Season
2007 Season
Dam's Foal Number Number of Runners Number of Runs Number of Wins Wins to Run Percentage Dam's Foal Number Number of Runners Number of Runs Number of Wins Wins to Run Percentage
1st 555 2,050 186 9.1% 1st 599 2,195 189 8.6%
2nd 428 1,556 169 10.9% 2nd 479 1,714 174 10.1%
3rd 372 1,433 154 10.7% 3rd 428 1,468 159 10.8%
4th 345 1,225 123 10.0% 4th 377 1,359 122 9.0%
5th 220 749 98 13.1% 5th 295 1,018 85 8.3%
6th 219 755 62 8.2% 6th 239 850 88 10.4%
7th 139 453 41 9.4% 7th 191 584 44 7.5%
8th 119 365 49 13.4% 8th 152 511 55 10.8%
9th 105 340 34 10.0% 9th 122 436 43 9.9%
10th 75 229 15 6.6% 10th 90 280 27 9.6%
11th 47 155 20 12.9% 11th 56 177 18 10.2%
12th 29 109 9 8.3% 12th 39 152 15 9.9%
13th 15 52 4 7.7% 13th 18 50 6 12.0%
14th 8 24 2 8.3% 14th 19 72 7 9.7%
15th 7 14 1 7.1% 15th 7 24 0 0%
16th 4 16 1 6.3% 16th 5 15 2 13.3%
Note:  There was one 17th foal in 2007 named, appositely, Last Of The Line who won on the AW in the Winter

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