Kentucky Derby Statistics
Most Winning Sire Line & Dosage Information
- Dosage Index (DI) is a metaphor for genetic suitability to ten furlongs.
- 14 of the last 25 winners (56%) come from the RAISE A NATIVE sire line.
- 11 of the last 17 winners (65%) come from the RAISE A NATIVE sire line.
- 8 of the last 12 winners (67%) come from the RAISE A NATIVE sire line.
- Only 5 winners of the Kentucky Derby (in the last 71 years) since
1940 (Strike the Gold [1991], Real Quiet [1998],
Charismatic [1999], Giacomo [2005] and Mine That Bird [2009]) have had a Dosage Index above 4.00.
- Even though the
aforementioned 5 horses won the Kentucky Derby within the last 2 decades (21 years to be exact),
the percentage of 5 out of 71 (1940-2011) is just 7% overall
- Probably more important, helpful or relevant in this day and age is a current
Average Dosage Index figure instead of just considering the 4.00 threshold exclusively
- The average DI since 1940 is 2.27
- The average DI in the past 13 years is 2.94 and that includes
REAL QUIET'S 5.29, CHARISMATIC'S 5.22, GIACOMO'S 4.33 and MINE THAT BIRD'S 5.40
- The average DI from 2000 to 2011 is 2.78
- In 2011 Animal Kingdom's DI was 1.67
- Some interesting Raise A Natives for 2012 and (DI):
- SPRING HILL FARM (3.00)
- BODEMEISTER (3.00)
- CYBER SECRET (2.56)
- I'LL HAVE ANOTHER (2.11)
- MR. BOWLING (5.67)
- DULLAHAN (4.20)
- UNBRIDLED MINISTER (1.00)
- EMPIRE WAY (2.81)
- FIRE ON ICE (4.00)
- FRISCAN (2.58)
- ISN'T HE CLEVER (3.00)
- MOTOR CITY (3.00)
- REVERON (3.00)
- SECRET CIRCLE (2.53)
- SKY KINGDOM (2.00)
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