Top TH Studs:

Hank Mann – stands for $75K, AEI 3.25. Total offspring Earnings to date: $89,854,929. Average earnings per starter: $335,280. 268 foals to date. To crunch this further, I sorted all the offspring into a chart in Open Office. Divided 268 in half and looked at foal #134 on this list Bread Winner earned $61K+. So just shy of the $75K stud fee. Highest earnings offspring is Stanley Cup with over $5.5M earned. Thirty-One offspring of Hank Man earned over $1M, and 87 other offspring earned more than the $75K stud fee. So your chance of getting a horse that earns more than his stud fee is about 45%.

Tourist Trap – he's still relative new as a stud so these numbers won't be written in stone at all. He stands for $250K, has 55 foals in 2 crops racing. AEI 3.65. Total offspring earnings to date: $12,697,860. Average earnings per starter: $230,870. Middle earnings offspring of his Captains Knock with just over $77K in earnings. Highest earnings offspring is Grand Symphony at 3 with earnings over $2.2M. Thus far 14 offspring out of 55 have earned move than the $250K stud fee. This gives a 25% chance at this time to earn more than the invested $250K. But, remember this is a young stud with only 2 crops – so far too soon to really assess him properly.

Jumpin Jack – stands for $50K. AEI 2.48. Total offspring earnings to date: $21,420,955. Average earnings per starter: $187,903. 114 Foals to date. Foal #57 is Jack Invisible with just over $41K earned. Again just shy of the stud fee. Highest earnings offspring Allied Assault with over $3.4M earned. Thus far 52 yearlings have earned over $50K out of the 114. This gives a 46% chance that you will get an offspring that earns more than the stud fee.

Horatio Hornblower – stands for $200K. AEI 4.37. Total offspring earnings to date: $27,325,854. Average earnings per starter: $243,981. 112 foals to date. World of Shadows is foal number 56 on his list in earnings with earnings over just over $85K. Highest earning offspring to date is Pillars of the Earth with just over $2.5M. Thus far 35 offspring have earned over $200K. This gives the investor (yourself) a 31% chance of getting a foal that will earn more than the stud fee.

Search N Destroy stands for $100K. AEI 3.80. Total offspring earnings to date: $22,511,589. Average earnings per starter of $242,060. He has 93 foals to date. Foal # 46 African Search with just over $65K in earnings. Highest earnings offspring is Search Requirements with just over $2M earned. There are 35 offspring with earnings over the stud fee. This gives a 38% chance you will have a foal that earns more than the stud fee.

Now for the lesser TH studs:

Sticki Ike – stands for $500. AEI 1.04. Total foal earnings to date: $1,184,175. Average earnings per starter: $118,418. He has only foals so hasn't been well used. Foal # 5 is Sticki Jack with just over $15K earned. Highest earnings offspring though is Stickie Chocolate with over $1M earned. Virtually of his kids have earned over $500 which means he at this time is giving 100% return on your $500 and in some cases over 2000% return!

Wind Surfing stands for $1K and has an AEI of 1.14. Total foal earnings to date: $810,950. Average earnings per starter: $62,381. He has a total of 13 foals and foal #6 is Surfin Cat with earnings over $28K. Highest earnings offspring is Friday Surfing with over $331K earned. One of his foals is unraced and all the others have earned over the stud fee. Again the return for this stud is high with 90% of his offspring earning more than the stud fee. And 331% for the highest earner.

God of War stands for $1K with an AEI of 1.22. Total foal earnings to date: $2,824,518. Average earnings per starter: $112,981. He has a total of 25 foals. Foal #13 is I Can Change the World with over $24K earned. Highest earner is O God with over $1.4M earned. All but 4 unraced foals have earned over the $1K stud fee. This represents 84% rate of return.

Spackle stands for $2,500 with an AEI of 1.53. Total foal earnings to date: $495,754. Average Earnings per starter: $62,309. He has a total of 8 foals. #5 foal is Squatch with over $13K in earnings. Highest earner to date Wood Shed with $314K+. Seven foals out of 8 earned more than their stud fee giving at rate of return of approx. 87.5%.

Friday Night Rose stands for $3K with an AEI of 1.06. Total foal earnings to date: $9,553,078. Average earnings per starter: $116,501. Total number of foals is 82. #41 foal is Crown with earnings of over $29K. Only one foal hasn't raced in his racing age foals. 76 of his foals have earned more than the stud fee. Over 93% change of return on your $3K investment.

QH Top Studs:

Volts - $150K, AEI 5.53. Total foal earnings to date: $12,997,338. Total average earnings per starter: $333,265. He has a total of 39 foals. Foal #19 is Dorian with earnings over $69K. Highest earnings offspring to date: Electric Eel at $2.5M+. 11 of his foals have earned more than the stud fee. Rate of return on your investment is: 28%.

Coveted Power - $50K, AEI 4.64. Total foal earnings to date: $13,089,664. Total average earnings per starter: $409,052. He has a total of 32 foals. Foal #16 is Mac Power with over $148K in earnings. Highest earnings offspring to date: Radioactive Wind with over $3M earned. 19 offspring have earned more than the stud fee representing a rate of return of 59%.

Land Time Forgot, $20K, AEI 2.50. Total foal earnings to date: $12,399,571. Average earnings per starter: $196,819. He has a total of 63 foals. Foal #31 is Brubaker with over $55K earnings. Highest earnings offspring to date is: Land of Mystery with over $2.9M in earnings. 36 offspring have earned higher than the stud fee. This gives a rate of return of approximately 57%.

Gad Zookes, $150K, AEI 3.83. Total foal earnings to date: $7,868,136. Average earnings per starter: $262,271. Total of 30 foals to date. Foal #15 Villages Transport has earned over $66K. This is a young stud with only 2 crops racing age so these numbers aren't set yet. Highest earnings offspring to date: Too Shiny Forya with over $1.6M earned. 10 offspring have earned over the stud fee which gives approximately 33% rate of return.

Bugatti, $100K, AEI 3.98. Total foal earnings to date: $10,485,293. Average earnings per starter: $349,510. Total of 30 foals to date. Foal #15 is Ruficauda with earnings of over $57K. Highest earner to date is Alfa Romeo with over $3.9M. 12 offspring have earned more than the stud fee. This gives approximately 40% rate of return.

Lesser QH Studs:

Kindred Spirits, $1K, 1.11 AEI. Total foal earnings to date: $2,247,100. Average earnings per starter: $124,839. Total of 18 foals. Foal #9 is Spirituality with over $23K earned. Highest earnings offspring is Split Spirit with over $1.1M earned. Return percentage is over 100% as every foal of his has earned more than $1K.

Sleep Express, $1,250, AEI 2.24. Total foal earnings to date: $485,011. Average earnings per starter: $161,670. Total of 3 foals. Highest earner is Express Your Self with over $456K in earnings. Virtually this is a 100% return on this stud at this time as all three of his foals have earned 4 or more times the stud fee.

Brazilian Runner, $2,500, AEI 1.89. Total foal earnings to date: $6,400,004. Average earnings per starter: $188,235. Total of 34 foals. Highest earner is Designed to Run with $1.3M+. Only 4 offspring have not earned the stud fee back. This gives a rate of return of approximately 89%.

Chipmunk, $3,000, AEI 1.08. Total foal earnings to date: $7,881,599. Average earnings per starter: $111,008. Total of 71 foals. Highest earner is Popcorn Steve with over $1.7M. Only 9 foals have failed to earn this stud fee. Approximately 88% probability of a return on your investment in using this stud.

Police, $5K, 1.17 AEI. Total foal earnings to date: $3,835,064. Average earnings per starter: $87,161. Total of 44 foals. Highest earner is Sorcery with over $639K. Only 9 foals have failed to earn the stud fee. Again we would see this as an over 80% chance of a return on your stud fee investment.