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Family profile
The Itching family
Best known: Great Dane (IRE)
- Founding mare
- Itching (IRE)
- Winners
- 13
- Descendants ran
- 17
- Black-type winners
- 1
- G1 winners
- 0
- Generations
- 3
- Prize
- £333,159 GB · €32,815 IRE
Tree
Name winnerG1 Group 1 winnerBlack type black-type winnerW wins · R runs
Founding mareItching (IRE)
Stitching I (IRE)Generation 1 · 0W · 10R
Aubusson (IRE)Generation 2 · 0W · 4R
Witching Hour (IRE)Generation 1 · 1W · 5R
Houri (IRE)Generation 2 · 1W · 22R
Broodmares
- Itching (IRE) 6 runners · 4 winners
- Stitching I (IRE) 3 runners · 2 winners
- Witching Hour (IRE) 5 runners · 5 winners
- Aubusson (IRE) 2 runners · 2 winners
- Houri (IRE) 1 runners · 0 winners
Winners
Black-type winners
- Great Dane (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 1995 · Dam: Itching (IRE) · Sire: Danehill (USA) · Runs: 9 · Wins: 6 · Best OR: 115 · Black-type wins: 4 · Black type: Group 2 winner (4 black-type wins) · Best win: Budweiser International Stakes (Group 2), Curragh (IRE) 1999 · Prize GB (£): 67926 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 1999-06-27
Highest level first.
All winners
- Great Dane (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 1995 · Dam: Itching (IRE) · Sire: Danehill (USA) · Runs: 9 · Wins: 6 · Best OR: 115 · Black-type wins: 4 · Black type: Group 2 winner (4 black-type wins) · Best win: Budweiser International Stakes (Group 2), Curragh (IRE) 1999 · Prize GB (£): 67926 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 1999-06-27
- Topolski (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2006 · Dam: Witching Hour (IRE) · Sire: Peintre Celebre (USA) · Runs: 46 · Wins: 7 · Best OR: 150 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: John Smith's Top Novices' Hurdle Grade 2, Aintree 2011 · Prize GB (£): 65623 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2016-12-26
- Bojangles (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 1999 · Dam: Itching (IRE) · Sire: Danehill (USA) · Runs: 42 · Wins: 4 · Best OR: 78 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: AJA Ladies Invitation Fegentri Stakes (Handicap) (In Honour of Elain Mellor & Sandy Murphy), Newbury 2004 · Prize GB (£): 20351 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2005-11-19
- Night Hour (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2002 · Dam: Witching Hour (IRE) · Sire: Entrepreneur (GB) · Runs: 15 · Wins: 3 · Best OR: 94 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Trade Union Unison "Your Friend At Work" Handicap, Doncaster 2007 · Prize GB (£): 38546 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2008-10-25
- Presence (IRE)Generation: 3 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 2021 · Dam: Aubusson (IRE) · Sire: New Bay (GB) · Runs: 19 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 92 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap, Curragh (IRE) 2024 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 32815 · Last run: 2025-10-12
- My Valerina (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 2004 · Dam: Witching Hour (IRE) · Sire: Danehill Dancer (IRE) · Runs: 12 · Wins: 2 · Best OR: 75 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Haydock Park Pony Club Nursery, Haydock 2006 · Prize GB (£): 13913 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2006-10-14
- Westerton (IRE)Generation: 3 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2020 · Dam: Aubusson (IRE) · Sire: Belardo (IRE) · Runs: 32 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 100 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Darley British EBF Maiden Stakes, Sandown 2023 · Prize GB (£): 84964 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2026-10-14
- Unafraid (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 1999 · Dam: Witching Hour (IRE) · Sire: Unfuwain (USA) · Runs: 4 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 85 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Parklands Golf Course Maiden Stakes, Newcastle 2002 · Prize GB (£): 4217 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2002-10-22
- Trueno (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 1999 · Dam: Stitching I (IRE) · Sire: Desert King (IRE) · Runs: 13 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 84 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Essex And Suffolk Chamber of Commerce Classified Stakes, Newmarket 2004 · Prize GB (£): 12813 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2004-12-29
- Houri (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 2005 · Dam: Witching Hour (IRE) · Sire: Alhaarth (IRE) · Runs: 22 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 82 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Carlton Road Fillies' Handicap, Nottingham 2008 · Prize GB (£): 5165 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2009-10-16
- Itchington (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: horse · Foaled: 1998 · Dam: Itching (IRE) · Sire: Royal Academy (USA) · Runs: 5 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 68 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Getting Out Handicap, Nottingham 2003 · Prize GB (£): 3709 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2003-10-21
- Flavius (IRE)Generation: 2 · Sex: colt · Foaled: 2004 · Dam: Stitching I (IRE) · Sire: Montjeu (IRE) · Runs: 3 · Wins: 1 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: toteexacta Maiden Stakes, Pontefract 2007 · Prize GB (£): 4919 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2007-06-24
- Witching Hour (IRE)Generation: 1 · Sex: filly · Foaled: 1994 · Dam: Itching (IRE) · Sire: Alzao (USA) · Runs: 5 · Wins: 1 · Black-type wins: 0 · Best win: Whiteparish Maiden Fillies' Stakes, Salisbury 1996 · Prize GB (£): 7495 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 1998-04-13
By black type, then wins.
Stats
Family record by code
No records available.
Runners counted in each code they ran in.
Stallions that worked with this family
- Danehill (USA)Sire: Danehill (USA) · Runners: 3 · Winners: 2 · Black-type winners: 1 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 54 · Wins: 10 · Win %: 18.5 · Prize GB (£): 91795 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Great Dane (IRE)
- Montjeu (IRE)Sire: Montjeu (IRE) · Runners: 2 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 7 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 14.3 · Prize GB (£): 4919 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Flavius (IRE)
- Alhaarth (IRE)Sire: Alhaarth (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 22 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 4.5 · Prize GB (£): 5165 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Houri (IRE)
- Alzao (USA)Sire: Alzao (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 5 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 20.0 · Prize GB (£): 7495 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Witching Hour (IRE)
- Belardo (IRE)Sire: Belardo (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 32 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 3.1 · Prize GB (£): 84964 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Westerton (IRE)
- Danehill Dancer (IRE)Sire: Danehill Dancer (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 12 · Wins: 2 · Win %: 16.7 · Prize GB (£): 13913 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: My Valerina (IRE)
- Desert King (IRE)Sire: Desert King (IRE) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 13 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 7.7 · Prize GB (£): 12813 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Trueno (IRE)
- Entrepreneur (GB)Sire: Entrepreneur (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 15 · Wins: 3 · Win %: 20.0 · Prize GB (£): 38546 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Night Hour (IRE)
- New Bay (GB)Sire: New Bay (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 19 · Wins: 2 · Win %: 10.5 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 32815 · Best runner: Presence (IRE)
- Peintre Celebre (USA)Sire: Peintre Celebre (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 46 · Wins: 7 · Win %: 15.2 · Prize GB (£): 65623 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Topolski (IRE)
- Royal Academy (USA)Sire: Royal Academy (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 5 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 20.0 · Prize GB (£): 3709 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Itchington (IRE)
- Unfuwain (USA)Sire: Unfuwain (USA) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 1 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 4 · Wins: 1 · Win %: 25.0 · Prize GB (£): 4217 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Unafraid (IRE)
- High Estate (GB)Sire: High Estate (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 10 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Stitching I (IRE)
- Swiss Spirit (GB)Sire: Swiss Spirit (GB) · Runners: 1 · Winners: 0 · Black-type winners: 0 · G1 winner: 0 · Runs: 1 · Wins: 0 · Win %: 0.0 · Prize GB (£): 0 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Best runner: Swiss Silk (GB)
Sires of the family's descendants, most black-type winners first (max 40).
Record by generation
No records available.
Current
Descendants in training
- Westerton (IRE)Generation: 3 · Age: 6 · Sex: gelding · Foaled: 2020 · Dam: Aubusson (IRE) · Sire: Belardo (IRE) · Runs: 32 · Wins: 1 · Best OR: 100 · Black-type wins: 0 · Prize GB (£): 84964 · Prize IRE (€): 0 · Last run: 2026-10-14 · Trainer: Jennie Candlish
Ran in GB or IRE in the last 12 months, latest first.
Founding mare
Generation 1
Stitching I (IRE)
Witching Hour (IRE)
Generation 2
Aubusson (IRE)
Houri (IRE)
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