Honour and Glory's Growing Legacy as a Broodmare Sire

Progeny records for the late Honour and Glory, who died recently in Uruguay at 25, wouldn't put him among the world's elite stallions, but he proved to be a useful dual hemisphere sire. His strongest contribution to the breed may be still to come as a broodmare sire, with his daughters already putting him among the top 12 in this year's BloodHorse broodmare sire standings.

Retired to Ashford Stud in 1997 for an initial fee of $20,000, the grade 1-winning son of Relaunch produced a first crop that included Caressing, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on the way to earning Eclipse Award champion 2-year-old filly honors; Japanese grade 1 winner Name Value; and grade 2 winner and sire Put It Back.

Caressing did not lose any momentum as a broodmare, positioned now as Honour and Glory's most successful daughter by progeny earnings. Out of the Majestic Prince stakes winner Lovin Touch, the handsome dark bay mare is the dam of West Coast, the 2017 champion 3-year-old colt.

West Coast earned his championship in the Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), in which he beat the winners of that year's Triple Crown races—Always Dreaming (Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, G1), Cloud Computing (Preakness Stakes, G1), and Tapwrit (Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRABets, G1). West Coast went on to finish second this year in both the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) and the Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1). He has earned $5,683,800 to date.

Caressing has also produced grade 3-placed runners Gold Hawk and Juan and Bina.

Another important Honour and Glory daughter is General Jeanne, the dam of multiple grade 2 winner Justwhistledixie (by Dixie Union), grade 2 winner Chace City (Carson City), and grade 2-placed Bakken (Distorted Humor ). Justwhistledixie went on to produce Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner New Year's Day  and multiple grade 2 winner Mohaymen .

Honour and Glory was shuttled to both Australia and Argentina for 12 seasons and spent his last five years at stud in Uruguay, according to Haras Rapetti, where he stood. To date he has sired 71 black-type winners on dirt and turf and 80 black-type placers. His top runners include 29 graded/group winners and five champions. His progeny have earned more than $68.6 million worldwide (through July 16).

As a broodmare sire, Honour and Glory has been represented by 65 black-type winners and 65 black-type placed runners so far. These black-type winners include 25 grade/group winners and seven champions. His progeny earnings as a broodmare sire have already reached nearly $74 million.

Among the Top 25 North American broodmare sires, No. 12 Honour and Glory is represented by the third-lowest number of dams (118) behind No. 14 Ghostzapper  (60) and No. 7 Dubai Destination (89). He seems well-positioned to continue occupying the upper tier of this list in the years ahead.