Freshman Sire Watch: 4 stallions register their 1st winners
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The 2024 freshman sire crop is just getting underway, but with 103 starts and 19 wins, we already have some data to see who is off to a fast start.
Leading the way so far are Complexity and Thousand Words with three wins followed by Vekoma and Honor A. P. with two wins. In total, 13 of the new sires have been represented with a winner so far. Sires with their first winner this past week include Echo Town, King for a Day, Instilled Regard and Phantom Boss.
Here are the stats to date for this new sire class:
| Sire | Starts | W | P | S | Win% | Impact |
| Thousand Words | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38% | 331% |
| Complexity | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30% | 102% |
| Honor A. P. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 123% |
| Vekoma | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67% | 324% |
| Instagrand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33% | 75% |
| Caracaro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | 120% |
| Spun to Run | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 25% |
| Shancelot | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25% | 3% |
| King for a Day | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 200% |
| Echo Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33% | 46% |
| Phantom Boss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25% | 77% |
| Tiz the Law | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20% | 74% |
| Instilled Regard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% | 93% |
| Improbable | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| War of Will | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0% | -100% |
| Win Win Win | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Game Winner | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | -100% |
| Fog of War | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Volatile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| McKinzie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Global Campaign | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Promises Fulfilled | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | -100% |
| Calculator | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | -100% |
| Higher Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Pinatubo (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Study of Man (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | -100% |
| Authentic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | -100% |
| Maximum Security | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Bodexpress | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Tom's d'Etat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Earthlight (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
| Honest Mischief | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | -100% |
Looking ahead to this week, there are already 15 entries for freshman-sire runners in races through Sunday.
Freshman sires - Entries this week
| Date | Trk | R# | Horse | Sire | # | ML | Type | Dist | Surf | Trainer |
| 5/27 | BAQ | 1 | Authentic Kingdom | Authentic | 4 | 7/5 | MSW | 5.5F | D | John Servis |
| 5/27 | BAQ | 1 | Resilient Hero | Improbable | 1 | 15/1 | MSW | 5.5F | D | Jose Jimenez |
| 5/27 | LS | 1 | After the Game | Game Winner | 3 | 3/1 | MSW | 4.5F | D | Steve Asmussen |
| 5/29 | BTP | 2 | Complex Cat | Complexity | 1 | 5/2 | MSW | 5.5F | D | Rey Hernandez |
| 5/29 | BTP | 2 | Lovely Regalo | Higher Power | 7 | 5/1 | MSW | 5.5F | D | Rey Hernandez |
| 5/29 | BTP | 2 | Ed's Reward | Improbable | 8 | 8/1 | MSW | 5.5F | D | Tim Hamm |
| 5/30 | CD | 1 | I Got Game | Game Winner | 6 | 5/1 | MSW | 5.5F | D | Tom Amoss |
| 5/31 | CD | 1 | Adeera | Authentic | 5 |
| MSW | 5.5F | D | Steve Asmussen |
| 5/31 | CD | 1 | Super Maxima | Maximum Security | 7 |
| MSW | 5.5F | D | Luis Seglin |
| 5/31 | SA | 1 | What About Q | Tiz the Law | 5 |
| MSW | 5F | T | Doug O'Neill |
| 5/31 | SA | 1 | Runnin On Promises | Promises Fulfilled | 4 |
| MSW | 5F | T | Jeff Bonde |
| 6/1 | EVD | 1 | Rayden and Remi | Spun to Run | 6 |
| MSW | 4.5F | D | Jayde Gelner |
| 6/1 | GP | 2 | Le Touche | Authentic | 2 |
| MSW | 5F | D | Antonio Sano |
| 6/1 | GP | 2 | Libitina | Complexity | 6 |
| MSW | 5F | D | Carlos Munoz |
| 6/1 | PRM | 1 | Hey | Instagrand | 6 |
| MSW | 4.5F | D | Travis Murphy |
Looking back at last week, we can see that in addition to the first winners for Echo Town, King for a Day, Instilled Regard and Phantom Boss, we saw the second winner for Vekoma and third winner for Complexity.
Here are the full results for last week.
Freshman sires - Results last week
| Date | Trk | R# | Dist | Surf | Horse | Sire | sex | Start | Fin | trainer |
| 5/26 | LS | 2 | 4.5F | D | Midnight Humor | Spun to Run | G | 1 | 3 | Jayde Gelner |
| 5/26 | SA | 5 | 4.5F | D | Swift Harmony | Phantom Boss | F | 2 | 3 | Jorge Periban |
| 5/26 | SA | 5 | 4.5F | D | Lil' Bit Bossy | Phantom Boss | F | 2 | 1 | Steven Miyadi |
| 5/26 | WO | 3 | 5F | S | Study Buddy (GB) | Study of Man (IRE) | F | 1 | 3 | Barbara Minshall |
| 5/26 | CD | 3 | 5F | D | Missed the Turn | Thousand Words | C | 1 | 9 | John Ennis |
| 5/26 | CD | 3 | 5F | D | La Marinera | Instilled Regard | F | 3 | 1 | Kelly Fernandez |
| 5/26 | CD | 3 | 5F | D | Purse Thief | Caracaro | C | 1 | 3 | Kelsey Danner |
| 5/25 | PIM | 3 | 4.5F | D | Thunder in Paris | Volatile | F | 1 | 2 | Jose Corrales |
| 5/25 | BTP | 4 | 5.5F | D | Goosebumps | Tom's d'Etat | F | 1 | 2 | Tim Hamm |
| 5/24 | CD | 5 | 5F | D | Hollygrove | Complexity | F | 1 | 1 | Whit Beckman |
| 5/24 | CD | 5 | 5F | D | Tizntshelovely | Tiz the Law | F | 1 | 4 | Dallas Stewart |
| 5/24 | GP | 1 | 5F | S | War Warrior | War of Will | C | 1 | 2 | Mark Casse |
| 5/24 | CD | 2 | 5F | D | Three Echoes | Echo Town | C | 1 | 1 | Steve Asmussen |
| 5/24 | CD | 5 | 5F | D | Miss Makenna | Authentic | F | 2 | 5 | Val Brinkerhoff |
| 5/24 | CD | 2 | 5F | D | B Grayson | Game Winner | G | 2 | 4 | Val Brinkerhoff |
| 5/24 | BAQ | 1 | 5.5F | D | Soontobeking | King for a Day | C | 2 | 1 | Mitchell Friedman |
| 5/23 | GP | 1 | 5F | S | Popstyle | Win Win Win | F | 2 | 2 | Carlos David |
| 5/23 | GP | 1 | 5F | S | Speed of Sound | Vekoma | F | 1 | 1 | Fernando Abreu |
| 5/23 | GP | 1 | 5F | S | U Bet Jo's Praying | Thousand Words | F | 1 | 9 | Michael Laurato |
| 5/22 | IND | 2 | 4.5F | D | Calcolery | Calculator | F | 1 | 3 | Genaro Garcia |
| 5/22 | IND | 9 | 5F | T | Larrupin (IRE) | Earthlight (IRE) | F | 1 | 5 | Wesley Ward |
| 5/22 | IND | 9 | 5F | T | Dangherecomesshang (IRE) | Pinatubo (IRE) | F | 1 | 7 | Wesley Ward |
| 5/19 | CD | 2 | 4.5F | D | Sweet Mo B | Complexity | C | 1 | 8 | John Ennis |
| 5/19 | CD | 2 | 4.5F | D | Cost of War | War of Will | C | 1 | 6 | Mark Casse |
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