Godolphin makes five in a row as the leading breeder

For the fifth consecutive year, Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin breeding and racing company tops the North American leaderboards for breeders as individuals and among individuals with partnerships.

Godolphin has consistently raised the bar with each consecutive title he earns, setting a new high in 2025 with total earnings of $27,288,066. When taking into account horses bred in partnership, Godolphin’s total revenue rises to $28,590,307, according to statistics managed by TJC Innovations.

A total of 22 black type winners were bred by Godolphin, including 12 graded winners who attended the winners circle dressed in the racing stable’s signature blue silks. As expected, Godolphin is also among the finalists in the Eclipse Award categories of outstanding breeder and outstanding owner. Godolphin has been recognized with both titles over the past four years and was also named Outstanding Owner in 2020.

“For us at Godolphin, it is a realization of all the work that has gone into over the years to get to the stage where you are nominated as an owner or breeder,” said Michael Banahan, Bloodstock Director of Godolphin USA, at the January 5 edition of the BloodHorse Monday podcast. “It’s not one horse that carries you there; it’s a collective of the stable that does that and a collective of how well the trainers do it for you. All the people on the farm that take us there, to get the horses in the best condition possible, from foaling to raising them as yearlings. … The fact that we can do this over consecutive years is something we are very proud of … and so important to us.”

As much as Godolphin has achieved internationally, the 2025 racing year continued to reach new milestones. Godolphin celebrated his first Kentucky Derby (G1) with Sovereignty who went on to win the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1). The party is over Churchill Downs actually started on Friday when Godolphin was breeding himself Good cheer captured the Kentucky Oaks (G1), giving the stable its second victory in this prestigious race for second-year fillies. Pretty naughty conquered the first oaks for Godolphin in 2023.

Other homebred stakes winners include Remarkable speech who won the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T), and Romance of the Rebels who won the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (G1T), along with Beautiful dancer , Oostlaan , First mission , Knights Bridge , Thoughtful , Rag time , Think big And Truth .