Leading sire in Japan

The list below shows the leading Thoroughbred sire of racehorses in Japan for each year since 1924. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the season.^{[citation needed]} The current leading sire in Japan is Lord Kanaloa.^[1]

Records

Most leadings:

• 13 - Sunday Silence - 1995-2007
• 11 - Deep Impact - 2012-2022
• 10 - Northern Taste - 1982, 1983, 1985-1992
• 7 - Hindostan - 1961-1965, 1967, 1968
• 6 - Ebor - 1924-1929; Kumohata - 1952-1957; Tesco Boy - 1974, 1975, 1978-1981
• 5 - Tournesol - 1935-1939; Theft - 1947-1951

Leading sires 1924-2024

• 1924 - Ebor (1)
• 1925 - Ebor (2)
• 1926 - Ebor (3)
• 1927 - Ebor (4)
• 1928 - Ebor (5)
• 1929 - Ebor (6)
• 1930 - Chapel Brampton (1)
• 1931 - Perion (1)
• 1932 - Perion (2)
• 1933 - Clackmannan (1)
• 1934 - Clackmannan (2)
• 1935 - Tournesol (1)
• 1936 - Tournesol (2)
• 1937 - Tournesol (3)
• 1938 - Tournesol (4)
• 1939 - Tournesol (5)
• 1940 - Review Order (1)
• 1941 - Mint d'Or (1)
• 1942 - Diolite (1)
• 1943 - Diolite (2)
• 1944-45 - no racing in Japan
• 1946 - Diolite (3)
• 1947 - Theft (1)
• 1948 - Theft (2)
• 1949 - Theft (3)
• 1950 - Theft (4)
• 1951 - Theft (5)
• 1952 - Kumohata (1)
• 1953 - Kumohata (2)
• 1954 - Kumohata (3)
• 1955 - Kumohata (4)
• 1956 - Kumohata (5)
• 1957 - Kumohata (6)
• 1958 - Rising Flame (1)

• 1959 - Rising Flame (2)
• 1960 - Rising Flame (3)
• 1961 - Hindostan (1)
• 1962 - Hindostan (2)
• 1963 - Hindostan (3)
• 1964 - Hindostan (4)
• 1965 - Hindostan (5)
• 1966 - Solonaway (1)
• 1967 - Hindostan (6)
• 1968 - Hindostan (7)
• 1969 - Guersant (1)
• 1970 - Never Beat (1)
• 1971 - Partholon (1)
• 1972 - Never Beat (2)
• 1973 - China Rock (1)
• 1974 - Tesco Boy (1)
• 1975 - Tesco Boy (2)
• 1976 - Partholon (2)
• 1977 - Never Beat (3)
• 1978 - Tesco Boy (3)
• 1979 - Tesco Boy (4)
• 1980 - Tesco Boy (5)
• 1981 - Tesco Boy (6)
• 1982 - Northern Taste (1)
• 1983 - Northern Taste (2)
• 1984 - Partholon (3)
• 1985 - Northern Taste (3)
• 1986 - Northern Taste (4)
• 1987 - Northern Taste (5)
• 1988 - Northern Taste (6)
• 1989 - Northern Taste (7)
• 1990 - Northern Taste (8)
• 1991 - Northern Taste (9)

• 1992 - Northern Taste (10)
• 1993 - Real Shadai (1)
• 1994 - Tony Bin (1)
• 1995 - Sunday Silence (1)
• 1996 - Sunday Silence (2)
• 1997 - Sunday Silence (3)
• 1998 - Sunday Silence (4)
• 1999 - Sunday Silence (5)
• 2000 - Sunday Silence (6)
• 2001 - Sunday Silence (7)
• 2002 - Sunday Silence (8)
• 2003 - Sunday Silence (9)
• 2004 - Sunday Silence (10)
• 2005 - Sunday Silence (11)
• 2006 - Sunday Silence (12)
• 2007 - Sunday Silence (13)
• 2008 - Agnes Tachyon (1)
• 2009 - Manhattan Cafe (1)
• 2010 - King Kamehameha (1)
• 2011 - King Kamehameha (2)
• 2012 - Deep Impact (1)
• 2013 - Deep Impact (2)
• 2014 - Deep Impact (3)
• 2015 – Deep Impact (4)
• 2016 – Deep Impact (5)
• 2017 – Deep Impact (6)
• 2018 – Deep Impact (7)
• 2019 – Deep Impact (8)
• 2020 – Deep Impact (9)
• 2021 – Deep Impact (10)
• 2022 – Deep Impact (11)
• 2023 – Duramente (1)
• 2024 - Kizuna (1)

Top Sire Line

The following sire-lines have produced champions sires (1924–2023).

• Darley Arabian - 24 stallion, 89 leadings. All titles since 1985.
• Byerley Turk – 2 stallions, 8 championships, most recently Partholon in 1984.
• Godolphin Arabian – 1 stallion, 1 championship, most recently Chapel Brampton in 1930.

Sire lines of the leading sires, color-coded by sire line

Darley Arabian Byerley Turk Godolphin Arabian Bartlett's Childers Jigg Cade Squirt Partner Matchem Marske Tartar Conductor Eclipse Herod Trumpator King Fergus Pot-8-os Woodpecker Sorcerer Hambletonian Waxy Buzzard Comus Whitelock Whalebone Selim Castrel Humphrey Blacklock Sir Hercules Camel Sultan Pantaloon Melbourne Voltaire Birdcatcher Touchstone Bay Middleton Windhound West Australian Voltigeur The Baron Newminster The Flying Dutchman Thormanby Solon Vedette Stockwell Rataplan Hermit Lord Clifden Dollar Atlantic Barcaldine Galopin Doncaster Blinkhoolie Heaume Hampton Petrarch Androcles Le Sancy Marco St. Simon Bend Or Wisdom Le Rois Soleil Bay Ronald Hacler Cambyse Le Samartain Beppo Chaucer Desmond Bona Vista Ormonder Love Wisely Sans Souci Bayardo Ebor 1924-1929 Gradefeu Roi Herode Chapel Brampton 1930 Prince Chimay Lomond Cyllene Orme Amadis La Farina Gainsborough Chouberski The Teract Vatout Clackmannan 1933,1934 Polymelus Captivation Flying Fox Orby Perion 1931,1932 Bubbles Hyperion Tournesol 1935-1939 Bruleur Tetrratema Bois Roussel Phalaris Kircubbin Val d'Or Grand Parade Guersant 1969 Rockfella Kumohata 1952-1957 Ksar Theft 1947-1951 Hindostan 1961-1965,1967,1968 Sickle Pharos Fairway Chateau Bouscaut Mint d'Or 1941 Diophon Review Order 1940 Chinarock 1973 Tourbillon Unbreakable Nearco Solferino The Phoenix Diolite 1942,1943,1946 Djebel Polynesian Royal Charger Nearctic Nasrullah Solonaway 1966 Rising Flame 1958-1960 My Babu Native Dancer Turn-to Northern Dancer Grey Sovereign Princely Gift Never Say Die Milesian Raise a Native Hail to Reason Northern Taste 1982,1983,1985-1992 Zeddann Tesco Boy 1974,1974,1978-1981 Never Beat 1970,1972,1977 Partholon 1971,1976,1984 Mr. Prospector Halo Roberto Kalamoun Kingmambo Sunday Silence 1995-2007 Real Shadai 1993 Kampala King Kamehameha 2010,2011 Agnes Tachyon 2008 Manhattan Cafe 2009 Deep Impact 2012-2022 Tony Bin 1994 Duramente 2023 Kizuna 2024

See also

• Leading broodmare sire in Japan
• Leading sire in Australia
• Leading sire in France
• Leading sire in Germany
• Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland
• Leading sire in North America
• Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland
• Leading broodmare sire in North America