With the strength of Japanese Buyers I thought this might be of interest...

Posted this a few weeks back on the horse racing forum but it got lost on there.......

Just looking at the top twenty sires in the world according to prizemoney for 2012.  18 of the 20 are Japanese.
Galileo the best sire in the world is the highest rated Euro in prizemoney and in 18th place on 13.5 million $.
Deep Impact is the number one sire on the prizemoney list on 64 million $.
The highest rated American is Empire Maker in 17th on 13.6 million he now stands in Japan and could turn out to be a massive og by Juddmonte with the season his older horses have had in the USA.
Of the Japanese horse only Deep Impact, Kurofune, Stay Gold and Agnes Tachyon have picked up prizemoney outside of Japan.




#    Stallion    Country    Earnings    Earnings    Earnings    Earnings
1    Deep Impact (JPN) 
Japan $60,171,227
2    King Kamehameha (JPN) 
Japan $55,242,305
3    Symboli Kris S 
Japan $28,324,637
4    Kurofune 
Japan $27,585,765
5    Stay Gold (JPN) 
Japan $27,229,472
6    Fuji Kiseki (JPN) 
Japan $25,369,713
7    Daiwa Major (JPN) 
Japan $22,334,182
8    Agnes Tachyon (JPN) 
Japan $20,431,136
9    Gold Allure (JPN) 
Japan $19,979,842
10    Manhattan Cafe (JPN) 
Japan $19,572,378
11    Neo Universe (JPN) 
Japan $19,209,630
12    Sakura Bakushin O (JPN) 
Japan $18,965,026
13    Heart's Cry (JPN) 
Japan $18,806,847
14    Zenno Rob Roy (JPN) 
Japan $17,853,757
15    Roses in May 
Japan $15,933,168
16    Special Week (JPN) 
Japan $14,003,999
17    Empire Maker 
Japan $13,628,205
18    Galileo (IRE) 
Ireland $13,407,492
19    Tanino Gimlet (JPN) 
Japan $13,208,244
20    Dance in the Dark (JPN) 
Japan $12,990,433