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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)

Stats

By distance


Flat 2026	Flat	5f to 6f	7	0	1	0.0%	0/2	£1,501	€568
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	5f to 6f	60	5	10	8.3%	1/2	£54,821	€29,743
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	7f to 1m	27	2	9	7.4%	2/3	£875	€25,965
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	9f to 11f	7	0	1	0.0%	0/5	£2,220	-
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	12f to 13f	12	3	2	25.0%	1/2	£15,785	-

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Flat 2026	Flat	Good to firm or firmer	1	0	0	0.0%	0/1	-	-
Flat 2026	Flat	Soft	2	0	0	0.0%	0/1	-	€100
Flat 2026	Flat	AW	4	0	1	0.0%	0/2	£1,501	€468
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Good to firm or firmer	12	2	3	16.7%	1/5	£12,330	€2,280
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Good	43	7	9	16.3%	3/8	£55,730	€32,775

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By age


Flat 2022 to date	Flat	2	1	0	0	0.0%	0/1	-	-
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	3	1	0	1	0.0%	0/1	-	€2,280
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	4	3	0	1	0.0%	0/1	£1,501	-
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	6	8	1	4	12.5%	1/1	-	€12,830
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	7	11	1	4	9.1%	1/2	-	€13,135

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By race type


Flat 2026	Flat	AW handicap	3	0	0	0.0%	0/2	£233	€468
Flat 2026	Flat	Turf handicap	3	0	0	0.0%	0/2	-	€100
Flat 2026	Flat	AW maiden/novice	1	0	1	0.0%	0/1	£1,268	-
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Turf handicap	88	10	17	11.4%	4/8	£72,200	€47,895
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	AW handicap	16	0	2	0.0%	0/5	£233	€4,363

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Flat 2026	Flat	Turf	3	0	0	0.0%	0/2	-	€100
Flat 2026	Flat	All-Weather	4	0	1	0.0%	0/2	£1,501	€468
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Turf	90	10	18	11.1%	4/8	£72,200	€49,065
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	All-Weather	18	0	4	0.0%	0/5	£1,501	€6,643
NH 2021/22 to date	NH	Turf	15	1	4	6.7%	1/3	£7,607	€4,370

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By class


Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Class 2	2	0	1	0.0%	0/1	£7,857
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Class 3	3	2	0	66.7%	1/1	£20,028
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Class 4	7	2	1	28.6%	1/3	£27,200
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Class 5	6	2	2	33.3%	1/2	£11,944
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Class 6	19	1	2	5.3%	1/4	£6,671

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Debutants and first-time out


Flat 2026	Flat	3rd career run	1	0	1	0.0%	0/1	£1,268	-
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Debut	1	0	0	0.0%	0/1	-	-
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	2nd career run	1	0	1	0.0%	0/1	-	€2,280
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	3rd career run	1	0	1	0.0%	0/1	£1,268	-
Flat career	Flat	Debut	159	4	21	2.5%	4/159	£30,515	€20,698

Debut = first run in GB/IRE results.

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By course (top 15)


Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Navan (IRE)	14	1	1	7.1%	1/2	€14,535
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Bellewstown (IRE)	10	1	4	10.0%	1/3	€14,390
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Curragh (IRE)	9	0	1	0.0%	0/2	€2,375
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Dundalk (AW) (IRE)	8	0	3	0.0%	0/3	€6,643
Flat 2022 to date	Flat	Cork (IRE)	7	0	2	0.0%	0/3	€2,940

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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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