While there are a variety of stallions whose direct offspring are incredibly successful, other sires perform well when they appear on the mother's side of the pedigree as father of the mother. Hippomundo takes a look at some of the most successful sires of the dam (with a minimum of 100 offspring in the international sport that year) throughout the years since 2015 based on the average amount of prize money won by their offspring.
2015
In 2015, Darco was the most represented sire of the dam in the international sport with exactly 344 offspring competing that year. He was followed by Voltaire with 338 grandchildren, and Quidam de Revel with a total of 279.
Horses with Nabab de Reve as sire of the dam won on average over €14,000 each internationally that year. The best examples of that were Hello Sanctos (Quasimodo vd Molendreef) and Barron(For Pleasure).
Baloubet du Rouet was successful in the damline as well, as his grandchildren won on average almost €9,000 each. Hello M'Lady (Indoctro) and Casper(Contender) both had a mother by Baloubet.
Horses with a mother by Narcos II also had a fruitful year in 2015, winning on average almost €8,000 each. Nino des Buissonnets (Kannan) and Nippon d'Elle(Scherif d'Elle) both had mothers by Narcos II.
Check out the 2015 Sire of the Dam ranking here
2016
In terms of number of grandchildren, we see the exact same top three sires come out on top as in 2015. This year Darco was the damsire to 381 international horses, while Voltaire had 378. Quidam de Revel completes the line-up with 349 grandchildren.
Horses with Baloubet du Rouet as a damsire had the most success in the ring in 2016 by winning on average almost €9,000 each, with Casper (Contender) and Comanche 28 (Coupe de Coeur) as frontrunners.
For Pleasure's grandchildren won on average around €7,000 each, with successful performances from Vagabond de la Pomme and Go Easy de Muze, both sired by Vigo d'Arsouilles.
Kannan as a sire of the dam was successful in 2016 as well, with his offspring winning on average €6,000 with great achievements from Enjoy Louis (Coriano Z) and Apardi(VDL Corland).
Check out the 2016 Sire of the Dam ranking here.
2017
Yet again, we see the same top three sires with the highest number of grandchildren active in the international sport in 2017. This year however the order has changed. Darco still leads with 424 horses in the sport whose mother was sired by him. 398 horses with Quidam de Revel as a damsire competed internationally in 2017, while Voltaire had 384 offspring appear.
Horses with a damsire by Kannan were the most successful in 2017, winning on average almost €10,000 each. Zinius(Nabab de Reve) and Chacanno (Chacco-Blue) were the most successful representatives of Kannan as sire of the dam in 2017.
Baloubet du Rouet on the mother's side of the pedigree always seems to produce successful horses, again finishing in the top three with his offspring winning on average €9,000. Ladriano Z (Lawito) and Chalou (Chacco-Blue) were the highest earning grandchildren of Baloubet that year.
Libero H as a damsire had a good year with his offspring winning on average €8,000 in prize money each, thanks to frontrunners Sterrehof's Calimero (Quidam de Revel) and California (L'Esprit).
Check out the 2017 Sire of the Dam ranking here.
2018
In 2018, Quidam de Revel took over from Darco as the damsire with the highest number of offspring in the international sport as 422 horses with a mother by Quidam competed internationally that year. Darco had 404 offspring, while Indoctro had 398.
Libero H had an outstanding year as sire of the dam, with his offspring winning on average just under €20,000 each. Great performances from Sterrehof's Calimero (Quidam de Revel) and California(L'Esprit) helped to increase the average amount.
Baloubet du Rouet finishes among the top three for the fourth year in a row in the sire of the dam ranking. His offspring won on average €11,000, mostly thanks to a tremendous year by Explosion W (Chacco-Blue).
With an average amount of almost €10,000 won by horses with a mother by Acord II, this sire completes the top three, thanks to outstanding performances by Lizziemary(Cabri d'Elle) and Breitling LS(Quintero ASK).
Check out the 2018 Sire of the Dam ranking here.
2019
Quidam de Revel again was the best represented damsire in the international sport with 467 horses, followed by Indoctro with 430. Darco disappears from the top three and is replaced by Heartbreaker who is the grandfather to 428 international horses in 2019.
Baloubet du Rouet enforces his success as a damsire with his offspring winning on average €14,000 each in international competitions in 2019, thanks to fantastic performances by the same three horses: Explosion W, Chalou and Ladriano Z.
Calvados impressed as sire of the dam in 2019 with an average winning sum of over €13,000, mostly thanks to frontrunner H&M Christian K(Namelus R).
Nabab de Reve completes the podium with an average winning sum of almost €12,000 won in 2019, as a result of successful performances by Darry Lou (Tangelo vd Zuuthoeve) and Igor(Emerald).
Check out the 2019 Sire of the Dam ranking here.
2020
The same three stallions as in 2019 were the best represented damsires in 2020. Quidam de Revel had 382 representatives active in the sport, Indoctro had 356, while Heartbreaker had 337.
In terms of prize money, horses with a mother by For Pleasure had the most successful year with an average winning sum of €6,000, with great performances from the Eldorado vd Zeshoek TN-descendants Killer Queen VDM and Elektric Blue P. Baloubet du Rouet's grandchildren won on average a little over €3,000, followed closely by those of Kannan.
Check out the 2020 Sire of the Dam ranking here.
2021
With just one month left to go in 2021, the same three stallions as in 2019 and 2020 are the best represented damsires as Quidam de Revel leads with 447 representatives, followed by Indoctro with 431 and Heartbreaker with 413.
Based on prize money, For Pleasure leads the way so far with an average winning sum of €12,000, thanks to the performances of Killer Queen VDM and Elektric Blue P.
Nabab de Reve is doing well as sire of the dam this year with an average amount of almost €7,000 won so far, with great efforts by Kasper van het Hellehof(Emerald) and Fiumicino van de Kalevallei (Plot Blue).
Corrado I completes the podium with almost €6,000 won on average, with frontrunners in the Casall ASK-descendants Austria 2 and Caillou 24.
Check out the 2021 Sire of the Dam ranking here.
For the past seven years, the same five stallions have been the best represented damsires in international competitions: Darco, Voltaire, Quidam de Revel, Indoctro and Heartbreaker. In terms of prize money won, one name jumps out. Baloubet du Rouet has been amongst the top three sire of the dams every year since 2015, except this year in 2021, where he currently ranks fourth. Maybe his offspring will still be able to catch up on a place in the podium during these last four weeks of the year.
