Arguably Alydar's most succesfull son to stand at stud, Benchmark is already the sire of no less than 36 stakes horses and 21 stakes winners to date, including multiple Grade 1 stakes winner Brother Derek, Grade 1 winner and 2007 G1 Breeders' Cup Sprint runner-up Idiot Proof and G1 Santa Anita Oaks winner Silent Sighs. Benchmark consistently ranks at the top of California's leading sires in stakes horses and earnings with Grade 1 winners in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.