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That's Where It Is, a 2yo colt by Sir Percy is entered for Race 2 at Riccarton this Saturday. He was trial placed second in August and if he lines up, will be the 1st Southern Hemisphere starter for Sir Percy.

How about Sir Percy? Or is Mill Reef too far back?

Indigo Lady, 2yo filly by Sir Percy ran 3rd in a G3 mile at Chantilly overnight taking Sir Percy's stakesperformers to 8 from 52 runners Sir Percy is also now the leading second season sire on the European table on percentage of winners to runners sitting currently at 58%

Go away you negative person..

Yes Kay a very good article...here it is (don't know if should post it here!) by Tony Morris MANY horses who excel as juveniles, when they go to stud, are keenly exploited for their precocity, supplied with a surfeit of mares from speedy backgrounds and trusted to deliver early winners. Sometimes that policy works, but sustaining success almost always proves elusive. Next year there is a new kid on the block who seems to merit support, and so it goes on. The sprint-bred leading two-year-old rarely succeeds for long, hardly ever makes any kind of mark on the breed. SIR PERCY was never going to be like that. He was a champion two-year-old, starting early with two wins over six furlongs in May and June, and remaining unbeaten, with a Dewhurst victory to clinch his title. But those juvenile triumphs came as a bonus. He was actually bred to excel as a three-year-old and those expectations were duly fulfilled when he chased the brilliant miler George Washington home in the Guineas and gave a display of surpassing gameness to prevail in a hotly-contested Derby. The males in the first three removes of SIR PERCY’s pedigree provided an indication of what we should expect of him at stud. His sire, both grandsires, and three of his four great-grandsires were Classic winners. It was no wonder that SIR PERCY excelled at three, and to be expected that his stock, whatever they achieved at two, would tend to improve in their second season. The mares that SIR PERCY covered in his first season at Lanwades were, with few exceptions, lacking in quality; nor were they numerous, with a resulting crop of just 50 live foals. Given such limited opportunity, it was much to the horse’s credit that 11 of the 30 runners to represent him as juveniles in 2011 won 18 races between them, highlighted by the Listed success of Coquet in the Montrose Stakes at Newmarket, and the Listed placings of Alla Speranza in Ireland and Percy Jackson in Germany. It has come as no surprise that SIR PERCY’s first three-year-olds have been making their mark, most notably with a second win at Listed level for Coquet at Goodwood and a Group 3 placing for Cavaleiro in Lingfield’s Derby Trial. Bomar has been proving a star turn in Scandinavia, collecting a Listed win in the Swedish Derby before his second in the more competitive Norwegian Derby, while Free House remains unbeaten after four starts in Denmark and Sweden. These are early days for SIR PERCY’s second crop of two-year-olds, but there have already been three winners at home and Hyder has a second place in Listed company to his credit in Milan. After SIR PERCY’s first two yearling crops sold so well – averaging more than four times his nomination fee - 25,823gns in 2010 and 29,789gns in 2011 with top prices of 260,000gns, 110,000gns, 80,000gns – and the successes achieved by his initial crop of runners, he has naturally proved more popular with breeders, so there are larger and higher-quality crops to follow. Meanwhile, he has already got earners of £337,535, establishing him as a sire with a rising reputation.

According to the http://www.sirpercy.co.uk website, Sir Percy had 50 NH foals in his 1st crop and 45 in the 2nd crop

Noble Silk scored last night in the UK in a 2000m maiden making him Sir Percy's 28th (from 50 foals/38 runners) 1st crop winner

That should read "these figures are not comparable"

These figures are comparable as Sir Percy is listed as having 146 foals which which would be his first two NH crops totalling around 80 foals and I presume the other 66 are his 1st SH crop whci have only just turned two! To compare apples with apples you would have derive Sir Percy's stats from his 2 NH Crops only at this point. On that score he reads something like 80f 52st (65%) 32 winners (41%)....which is from only one and half racing seasons!! What I would rather compare is the quality of winners and while it is still too early in Sir Percy's case, he seems to be getting horses in the middle distance category. Let's see where he is at this time next year...

Now now Henri...no need to try and 'dilute' the performance of a rival stallions progeny. Who the hell knows, maybe Old Pal had a cold over in UAE or Bomar had a cold in his last run. It is frivolous to try compare.

Pretty damn good considering 50 1st crop foals and 30 2nd crop foals. We are only half way through his second season.

21 Aug: Mirsaale (2yo) wins over 1400m at his second start; 24 Aug: Gold Show (3yo) wins over 1600m; Fleeting Image (3yo) wins over 2400m; 27 Aug: Nile Knight (2yo) wins over 1400m; 28 Aug: Van Percy (2yo) misses by a nose over 1800m at his second start.

...and she is entered for a 3200m race on the 27th!!

Sir Percy so far is leaving an equal number of colts and fillies in both the stakesperformers ((Bomar (colt) and Coquet (filly) heading list)) department and the winners list. Second crop stats are also encouraging with 4 winners and 8 placegetters from 13 starters

Sir Percy's stats are pretty outstanding. With Bomar taking out the Listed Swedish Derby (120,000 euros to the winner), he now has 5 stakesperformers from 1st crop. Overall, he now has 25 individual 1st crop winners from 39 runners. His second crop stats are equally as encouraging: 13 starters, 3 winners, 9 placegetters with 1 black type performer to date. I believe he had a very small NH second crop of around 30 foals only. Over the next two weeks he has entries in Group 1 (Coquet and Salford Art in the Yorkshire Oaks 2400m), Group 3 (Alla Speranza 1700m stakes race for fillies) and Listed events for AZRUR (impressive 1st up 2yo winner) and Alla Speranza