Dam's of Superior Runners

This week in addition to the winners of the last few weeks G1 and G2 races I'm going to give you the list of the dams of the highest indexed runners of the last year. When looking at these horses consider that these indexes are not always accurate or have not been updated in a timely manner. I'm using the Brisnet Standard Starts Index taken from their Bloodstock Review Web Site. However, the can lag behind in updating their Indexes. For instance, Rachel Alexandra was shown having a 69.01 Standard Starts Index after winning the Kentucky Oaks in May. Since she has won the Preakness Stakes, with a purse of $1,100,000, the Mother Goose with a $300,000, the Haskell, $1,250,000 and the Woodward Stakes, $750,000 without defeat. After the Woordward the site still showed her index as being 69.40, obviously not correct. For our purposes this does not matter as we are not using the index as a handicapping tool. The horse with the highest rcing index may or may not be the best horse. what we are looking for is horses of the highest racing class that have the highest earnings per start. We are looking to see what type of racemare is most likely to produce runners of extreme racing class. the horses I'm about to show you have very high indexes and it soesn't matter for our inquiry if the horse has a 75 index or a 150 as both are exceptional. Here are the highest indexed runners of the past 12 months.

Runner index .............. Dam's index

Curlin 156 .....................Unr
Big Brown 136 .....................8.20
Midshipman 89 .................... 13.99
Goldikova 95 .................... 1.65
Raven's Pass 90 .................... 7.88
Zenyatta 82 .................... 3.96
Cocoa Beach 82 .................... Unr
Midnight Lute 77 .................... Unr
Conduit 75 .................... Unr
Ventura 74..................... 2.75
Rachel Alexandra 69.................... 12.71

Latest winners

Oak Leaf Stakes G1
Blind Luck 19.31 Lucky One .63

Norfolk Stakes G1
Lookin At Lucky 32.93 Private Feeling .97

Alcibiades Stakes G1
Negligee 32.36 Naughty Intentions 5.47

Frizette Stakes G1
Devil May Care 25.00 Kelli's Ransom 2.60

Champagne Stakes G1
Homeboykris 22.77 One Last Salute 2.87

Jamaica Breeders Cup Handicap G1
Take the Points 17.23 Ginger Ginger 0

Breeders Futurity G1
Noble's Promise 25.87 The Devils Trick .33

First Lady Stakes G1
Diamondrella 18.98 Tap Your Feet 4.72

Shadwell Turf Mile G1
Court Vision 27.23 Weekend Storm Unr

Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes G2
Informed Decision 34.49 Palangana 1.70

Lady's Secret Stakes G1
Zenyatta 81.52 Vertigineux 3.96

Yellow Ribbon Stakes G1
Magical Fantasy 31.33 Kissing Gate .96

Goodwood Breeders Cup Stakes G1
Gitano Hernando 18.50 Gino's Spirits 11.00

Oak Tree Mile Stakes G2
Cowboy Cal 20.68 Texas Tammy 0

Jerome Handicap G2
Girolamo 10.03 Get Lucky 12.39

Spinster Stakes G1
Mushka 15.76 Sluice 3.31

Clement Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes G1
Presious Passion 20.22 Princesa's Passion Unr

Ancient Title Breeders Cup Stakes G1
Gayego 19.37 Devil's Lake 1.70