Poor Boy Stallions

Every year The Blood-Horse publishes a book Stallions of (whatever year). This lists all stallions standing on this continent. I look for stallions that get runners for stud fees below $5,000.
This being horses that get over 60% runners /winners to foals. My all time favorites were Baederwood, a Maryland stallion who got very high numbers for a modest $2,500 and Maudlin
who got numbers in the high 80's. Affirmed when he got to the ten grand area was a good bargain for that high a fee to me. I look at the number of foals they get, check the stud books for the name of the mares. Then I used my Brisnet CD's of the American Produce Records and check out the mares, checking for affinity for a certain mare if the stallion gets a small book.
I check to see if he moves up his mares and other things, such as his race record, hopefully he ran several years with more than a few starts. I prefer stallions that are milers as opposed to just sprinters but that does not keep me from breeding to them. There are a lot of stallions out there that get very good numbers and produce runners. They may not be "fashionable" but they run. Which when you are on a limited budget, your foals need to be able to get to the racetrack. If they can get to the racetrack they have a chance to win. Which is what this game is all about. Winning races. If they cannot get to the racetrack-they cannot win.