He was the leading sire in Japan for the past eight years.
Sadler's Wells was also champion sire in France three times, and once in North America.
The band's first album, "The Ramones," released on Sire in April 1976, gave punk its popular identity.
One of the geldings is Crackerjack, a great sire in his day, he was altered a few years ago.
He was champion sire in Britain and Ireland 14 times, a record, and his progeny won every British Classic.
Sunday Silence became the leading sire in Japan for 13 years and his offspring have won all over the world.
There is also a cast of animals that runs to six pages, including "BLOOD RIVER: A South African First Season Sire in love with the vet".
After signing with Sire in America, he recalls, "We changed our conditions to fly first class, and to always have a hotel suite, like a star".
The champion 3-year-old colt of 2006, he is considered by many to be the best young sire in the world.
Headley Bell, the managing partner of Mill Ridge Farm, chose Smart Strike, who happens to be Curlin's father as well as the nation's leading sire in each of the last two years.
RyuGin, a relatively new, astronomically expensive place that takes its name and cues from its sire in Tokyo, is on the 101st floor of a skyscraper, off to itself.
