Article by Nancy Sexton: With the death of Galileo, the world’s group of most expensive sires underwent a seismic shift. Galileo stood as a ‘private’ stallion for the last 14 years of his life, although off-the-record reports suggested that outside breeders were at one time happy to pay in excess of €500,000 to secure a nomination. As such, he cast a major shadow over this list as the world’s most expensive sire; now gone, that accolade falls to Darley’s flagship sire Dubawi.
Dubawi is one of three British-based sires, alongside Juddmonte’s Frankel and Kingman, to sit within the top four stallions. The outlier is Into Mischief, the dominant sire of the current era in America who heads a group of four Kentucky-based sires alongside Tapit, Curlin and Uncle Mo.