Taste of Paradise is quickly becoming one of the most highly regarded first year yearling sires of 2008. He ended the 2007 year, by being featured in the Thoroughbred Times Today (November 22, 2007 edition) as the Leading First Year Sire by stud fee/weanling sale average. His foals were recognized to have his great hip, balance and confirmation. For those individuals who have bred to him in his first year, it has been universally found that he has drastically improved the mares he bred.
As 2008 starts, unlike many sires who struggle in their third year to obtain bookings, his bookings now exceed his second year, and it is believed when all is said and done at the conclusion of the breeding season, the number will exceed his first year at stud. This is no accident, as evidenced by the observations of Bill Oppenheim of the Thoroughbred Daily News and John Sparkman of the Thoroughbred Times Today, on our web site.
During Taste of Paradise's racing career, whether it was going wire to wire in the San Diego Handicap at 1-1/16 mile Grade 2 at Del Mar in 2004, or coming from last to first in the Vosburgh Grade 1 at Belmont Park in 2005, Taste of Paradise knew how to end up on top, and he will prove himself one of the outstanding sires in Kentucky.
