The Breeders' Cup is just around the corner, and in the spirit of the season, I wanted to highlight the highly underrated creates of Y18! If you were thinking about creating a horse come the new year, the odds are really in your favor. Creates are exciting, introduce fresh lines, and have a lot of success! I'm completely confident in stating that there are more created yearlings waiting in the wings than there's been since the earliest years of this game, and perhaps this is a little example of why!
I've included any create that won a HOTY race this year, excluding Seasonal Cups and equivalent if those were their only wins. They're not listed in any specific order, other than by stable! Wins stated are just for this year.
Realeza - 8 wins, including the Quality Road Stakes*
Mistweaver - 6 wins, Stable Face Off G3 Dirt Sprint*, Seaspray Cup G3 Sprint*, Bonita Bianca Stakes*, Flurry Sprint*, Burst Stakes*, High Speed Stakes*
Simba - 7 wins, Unicorn Horn Dirt Mile*, Foolish Entity Legacy Stakes*, Montreal Derby*, Stephen Foster Handicap*, Nearctic Stakes*, Strub Stakes*, California Flag Stakes*
Pied Piper - 5 wins, including Summer Cup G2 Dirt Sprint*, La Coneja Stakes*
Creekside - 4 wins, including Evangeline Sprint*, Mopotism Stakes*
Englishman - 6 wins, including Oakland Stakes*, Blue Grass Stakes*, Santa Anita Derby*,
Preakness Stakes (TC)*,
Ohio Derby (DDS)*Delightful Pyne - 4 wins, including Under The Wire Stakes*, Farfetched Stakes*
Revenge Of The Angels - 4 wins, including Budweiser Stakes*, Spinaway Stakes*, Rushy Rush Rush Stakes*
Best More Or Less - 5 wins, including Remington Springboard Mile*
Escapade - 2 wins, including Battlestone Downs Turf Sprint*
What So Not - 2 wins, Thoroughbred Charities of America*, Battlestone Downs Dirt Classic*
Persian Virtue - 4 wins, including Sweet Stalker Memorial Stakes*, Summer Cup G3 Dirt*
Seattle Lightning - 5 wins, Black Rose Sprint*, Speed Speed Speed Stakes*, Summer Cup G1 Turf Sprint*, Malibu Stakes*, Rapid Stakes*
Fabled Dreams - 8 wins, including Belle Victoire Derby*, Spring Cup G2 Dirt*, Rampart Stakes*, Blind Luck Stakes*, The Azeri Stakes*, Shuvee Stakes*
Snow Snake - 6 wins, including I'm Special Stakes*, Nassil Stakes*, Autumn Stakes*
Winter - 6 wins, including Cryin' Out Loud Legacy Stakes*, Follow The Hoofprints Juvenile Turf Sprint*, Lane's End Juvenile*, Speedy Speed Speed Stakes*
Vesuvius - 6 wins, including Carter Handicap*, Autumn Dawn Treader Cup*, Believe In Royalty Stakes*, Daybreak Stakes*
Monarch's Journey - 4 wins, including Florida Won Stakes*, King's Bishop*, Winter Dawn Treader Cup*
I hope I haven't missed anybody! There are many very good and consistent horses missing that haven't won a HOTY - yet! But if current records are any indication, the creates will continue to rise in popularity, and the current bloodlines will appreciate it.
