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Sire profile

Approve (IRE)

Best progeny: Waady (IRE), El Astronaute (IRE), Accepted (IRE)

Avg winning distance: Flat 6.7f · NH 2m½f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 7.8f · NH 2m½f
Race record: 8 runs, 3 wins
By: Oasis Dream (GB)
As damsire: 17 winners from 39 runners
Country: IRE

Flat 2026 (GB & IRE): 0 winners from 2 runners
Winners (GB & IRE): 78 of 167 runners (47%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 219 from 2,601 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 3 (1 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £1,625,006 GB · €636,636 IRE
Best progeny: Waady (IRE), El Astronaute (IRE), Accepted (IRE)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2026	Flat	2	0	7	0	0.0%	£1,501	€568
2025	Flat	2	1	16	1	6.3%	£11,597	€7,475
2024	Flat	4	1	18	1	5.6%	£6,791	€5,330
2023	Flat	4	2	18	3	16.7%	£22,833	€4,040
2022	Flat	6	3	49	5	10.2%	£30,979	€38,295
2022/23	NH	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-
2021	Flat	10	5	71	7	9.9%	£46,355	€35,330
2021/22	NH	3	1	14	1	7.1%	£7,607	€4,370
2020	Flat	19	7	114	10	8.8%	£59,866	€38,401
2020/21	NH	6	0	20	0	0.0%	£2,433	-
2019	Flat	34	14	240	20	8.3%	£149,271	€189,029
2019/20	NH	10	0	18	0	0.0%	£1,400	€469
2018	Flat	51	16	364	25	6.9%	£276,098	€99,101
2018/19	NH	10	1	32	1	3.1%	£1,778	€8,746
2017	Flat	62	21	445	37	8.3%	£254,641	€64,732
2017/18	NH	4	0	10	0	0.0%	-	€176
2016	Flat	87	27	517	45	8.7%	£291,700	€82,785
2016/17	NH	7	0	9	0	0.0%	-	€285
2015	Flat	71	22	418	36	8.6%	£311,852	€4,870
2015/16	NH	1	0	3	0	0.0%	-	-
2014	Flat	49	23	217	27	12.4%	£148,306	€52,635

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Current season runners and winners


Aleppo Pepper (IRE)	Flat	4	filly	Cheworee (GB)	John Ryan	3	0	1	0.0%	£1,501	-	5 Oct 26	59
Only Spoofing (IRE)	Flat	12	gelding	Golden Anthem (USA)	Kevin Thomas Coleman	4	0	0	0.0%	-	€568	19 May 26	51

Flat 2026 and NH 2026/27; up to 100 runners, winners first.

Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Waady (IRE)	gelding	Anne Bonney (GB)	John Gosden	2014-2017	17	6	3	35.3%	2	Group 3	£129,452	-
El Astronaute (IRE)	gelding	Drumcliffe Dancer (IRE)	John Quinn	2015-2021	60	13	17	21.7%	2	Listed	£271,165	€126,150
Accepted (IRE)	-	-	T Stack	2014	4	2	1	50.0%	1	Listed	£12,912	€39,010
Only Spoofing (IRE)	gelding	Golden Anthem (USA)	Kevin Thomas Coleman	2016-2026	111	14	19	12.6%	0	-	£155,016	€76,578
Swift Approval (IRE)	gelding	Tiltili (IRE)	Phil McEntee	2014-2020	72	8	18	11.1%	0	-	£138,871	-
Wild Flower (IRE)	mare	Midsummernitedream (GER)	Adrian Wintle	2014-2021	84	8	23	9.5%	0	-	£41,412	-
With Approval (IRE)	gelding	Kelsey Rose (GB)	Karen Tutty	2014-2020	75	7	18	9.3%	0	-	£32,738	-
Nag's Wag (IRE)	mare	Street Kitty (IRE)	Conor Dore	2015-2018	37	7	8	18.9%	0	-	£27,081	-
Highly Approved (IRE)	-	High Society Girl (IRE)	Ralph J Smith	2017-2021	51	6	9	11.8%	0	-	£1,340	€56,372
Aprovado (IRE)	gelding	Aldburgh (GB)	Brian Ellison	2014-2018	45	6	10	13.3%	0	-	£37,720	-
Genuine Approval (IRE)	mare	Genuinely (IRE)	John Butler	2015-2021	43	6	6	14.0%	0	-	£26,095	-
Lady De Vesci (IRE)	-	La Bandola (GER)	M Halford	2018-2022	48	5	9	10.4%	0	-	-	€47,002
Joegogo (IRE)	-	Joyfullness (USA)	David Evans	2017-2019	46	5	15	10.9%	0	-	£44,655	-
Be Kool (IRE)	gelding	Accounting (GB)	Brian Ellison	2015-2019	31	5	9	16.1%	0	-	£34,318	€9,000
Drombeg Duke (IRE)	gelding	Drombeg Dawn (IRE)	Eoin Christopher McCarthy	2018-2023	32	5	8	15.6%	0	-	-	€41,276
Johnny B Goode (IRE)	-	-	Chris Dwyer	2014-2016	31	5	10	16.1%	0	-	£36,361	-
Gerry The Glover (IRE)	gelding	Umlani (IRE)	Lee Carter	2014-2019	44	4	11	9.1%	0	-	£47,158	-
She's A Novelty (IRE)	mare	Novel Fun (IRE)	Fergal O'Brien	2017-2024	27	4	7	14.8%	0	-	£27,184	€2,541
Binky Blue (IRE)	mare	Sabander Bay (USA)	Mark Loughnane	2014-2018	61	4	14	6.6%	0	-	£20,867	-
Miracles In May (IRE)	gelding	Money Penny (ITY)	M A Cahill	2018-2024	38	3	9	7.9%	0	-	-	€34,199
Appleberry (IRE)	mare	Passage To India (IRE)	Michael Appleby	2014-2017	31	3	3	9.7%	0	-	£31,311	-
Robinnielly (IRE)	-	-	Keith Dalgleish	2015-2016	10	3	3	30.0%	0	-	£25,188	-
Go On Gal (IRE)	mare	Jeritza (GB)	Phil McEntee	2015-2022	54	3	14	5.6%	0	-	£22,101	-
Veejay (IRE)	-	Regresa A Mi (IRE)	Mick Channon	2017	9	3	2	33.3%	0	-	£21,963	-
Waneen (IRE)	gelding	Million All Day (IRE)	John Butler	2015-2020	48	3	10	6.3%	0	-	£21,330	-
Irish Optimism (IRE)	-	-	John Quinn	2016	9	3	5	33.3%	0	-	£17,802	-
Captain Sedgwick (IRE)	mare	Alinda (IRE)	John Spearing	2016-2022	36	3	6	8.3%	0	-	£15,278	-
Rosie Crowe (IRE)	mare	Tolzey (USA)	Shaun Harris	2014-2017	41	3	10	7.3%	0	-	£15,134	-
Acertwo (GB)	-	-	Joseph Tuite	2016	7	3	1	42.9%	0	-	£11,877	-
Ciaras Cookie (IRE)	mare	Preach (IRE)	Mandy Rowland	2014-2017	33	3	3	9.1%	0	-	£9,185	-
Unilit (IRE)	-	-	David Evans	2015-2016	18	2	7	11.1%	0	-	£25,906	-
No Approval (IRE)	gelding	Night Cam (IRE)	David Bridgwater	2015-2020	36	2	8	5.6%	0	-	£3,733	€19,579
Catch A Wave (IRE)	-	-	Kevin Prendergast	2016	7	2	2	28.6%	0	-	-	€23,230
Chicago School (IRE)	gelding	Ms Sasha Malia (IRE)	Nikki Evans	2015-2019	33	2	6	6.1%	0	-	£5,445	€15,452
Masquerade Bling (IRE)	mare	Mataji (IRE)	Neil Mulholland	2016-2020	40	2	10	5.0%	0	-	£17,188	-
Earl Of Bunnacurry (IRE)	gelding	Bonkers (GB)	Kevin Frost	2016-2020	33	2	4	6.1%	0	-	£10,537	€2,778
Crombay (IRE)	-	-	Tim Easterby	2015-2016	20	2	3	10.0%	0	-	£12,950	-
Lazy Days In Loule (IRE)	-	-	Noel Wilson	2014-2015	21	2	5	9.5%	0	-	£11,182	-
Wild Approach (IRE)	gelding	Mike's Wildcat (USA)	Robert Cowell	2016-2017	11	2	4	18.2%	0	-	£11,124	-
Tikthebox (IRE)	-	-	David Brown	2015-2016	18	2	4	11.1%	0	-	£11,123	-
Arize (IRE)	mare	Raise (USA)	Jim Boyle	2015-2017	19	2	3	10.5%	0	-	£9,965	-
Concur (IRE)	gelding	Tradmagic (IRE)	Rod Millman	2015-2019	31	2	3	6.5%	0	-	£9,792	-
Tifl (GB)	gelding	Isobel Rose (IRE)	Christian Williams	2016-2019	23	2	4	8.7%	0	-	£8,868	-
State Of The Union (IRE)	-	-	Henry Spiller	2014-2016	22	2	4	9.1%	0	-	£7,884	-
Zaza Zest (IRE)	-	-	Richard Fahey	2014-2015	11	2	5	18.2%	0	-	£7,792	-
Autumn Tonic (IRE)	gelding	Trempjane (GB)	Charlie Wallis	2014-2017	32	2	3	6.3%	0	-	£7,277	-
Dream Approval (IRE)	-	-	Daniel Kubler	2014	8	2	2	25.0%	0	-	£6,378	-
Jessie B Goode (IRE)	-	-	Richard Fahey	2015	7	2	1	28.6%	0	-	£5,762	-
Wild As The Wind (IRE)	mare	Money Penny (ITY)	Willie McCreery	2016-2018	9	1	2	11.1%	0	-	-	€18,567
Kubali (IRE)	-	-	Ger Lyons	2016	10	1	4	10.0%	0	-	-	€13,743

Ranked by best win (Group/Grade 1 first), then black-type wins, then wins. GB and IRE races only.

Quick answers

How many winners has Approve sired?: Approve (IRE) has sired 78 winners from 167 runners in Britain and Ireland since 2014 (47%), with 219 wins from 2,601 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Approve sired?: Approve (IRE) has sired 3 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 2014, 1 of them at Group or Grade level.
Who is the best offspring of Approve?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Approve (IRE) in Britain and Ireland is Waady (IRE) (out of Anne Bonney (GB)), a Group 3 winner with 2 black-type wins from 17 runs.
Who is Approve's sire?: Approve (IRE) is by Oasis Dream (GB), and won 3 of 8 races in Britain and Ireland as a racehorse.
What is the average winning distance of Approve's progeny?: The average winning distance of Approve (IRE)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 6.7 furlongs on the Flat.
How are Approve's progeny doing this season?: Approve (IRE) has had no winners from 2 runners in the 2026 Flat season in Britain and Ireland.
How much prize money have Approve's progeny won?: Approve (IRE)'s progeny have earned £1,625,006 in Britain and €636,636 in Ireland since 2014.
How has Approve done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Approve (IRE)'s daughters include 17 winners from 39 runners in Britain and Ireland.

Updated 2026-10-05

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