Arctic Tern (USA)

Best progeny: Beggarman Thief (USA), Love Of Silver (USA), Innishowen (USA)

Avg winning distance: Flat 11.5f · NH 2m1½f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 8.7f · NH 2m2f
As damsire: 120 winners from 247 runners
Country: USA

Winners (GB & IRE): 51 of 91 runners (56%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 151 from 1,365 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 4 (2 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £926,415 GB
Best progeny: Beggarman Thief (USA), Love Of Silver (USA), Innishowen (USA)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2005/06	NH	1	0	1	0	0.0%	£290
2004/05	NH	1	0	10	0	0.0%	£1,369
2003	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-
2003/04	NH	4	1	20	1	5.0%	£11,029
2002	Flat	1	1	8	1	12.5%	£6,711
2002/03	NH	4	1	14	1	7.1%	£10,753
2001	Flat	4	0	7	0	0.0%	-
2001/02	NH	3	0	10	0	0.0%	£8,839
2000	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-
2000/01	NH	4	2	20	2	10.0%	£7,614
1999	Flat	4	1	14	1	7.1%	£3,350
1999/00	NH	4	1	23	3	13.0%	£12,206
1998	Flat	5	3	33	4	12.1%	£26,986
1998/99	NH	5	2	23	3	13.0%	£21,773
1997	Flat	6	2	35	3	8.6%	£25,256
1997/98	NH	4	1	14	3	21.4%	£8,874
1996	Flat	11	5	68	12	17.6%	£60,091
1996/97	NH	12	3	37	4	10.8%	£11,487
1995	Flat	18	6	106	8	7.5%	£57,775
1995/96	NH	9	1	32	2	6.3%	£6,140
1994	Flat	27	10	120	12	10.0%	£121,975
1994/95	NH	11	2	39	2	5.1%	£3,885
1993	Flat	23	9	119	17	14.3%	£128,614
1993/94	NH	15	2	61	2	3.3%	£7,779
1992	Flat	32	10	117	17	14.5%	£108,313
1992/93	NH	11	3	63	6	9.5%	£11,275
1991	Flat	28	9	114	13	11.4%	£103,893
1991/92	NH	14	4	68	8	11.8%	£23,082
1990	Flat	24	11	115	19	16.5%	£111,913
1990/91	NH	11	2	47	2	4.3%	£9,568
1989/90	NH	8	4	25	5	20.0%	£15,579

Flat seasons are calendar years; NH seasons follow the official British and Irish dates.

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Beggarman Thief (USA)	John Gosden	1992-1994	8	2	1	25.0%	1	Group 3	£31,607
Love Of Silver (USA)	Clive Brittain	1992-1993	6	2	0	33.3%	1	Group 3	£16,761
Innishowen (USA)	Richard Hannon Snr	1993-1994	11	2	2	18.2%	1	Listed	£24,377
Hundra (USA)	P A Kelleway	1990-1991	5	1	0	20.0%	1	Listed	£24,288
Canton Venture (GB)	Tony Carroll	1995-2001	67	15	15	22.4%	0	-	£60,003
Whitechapel (USA)	I A Balding	1991-1999	50	11	13	22.0%	0	-	£162,412
Arctic Fancy (USA)	Henrietta C Knight	1995-2004	60	9	22	15.0%	0	-	£71,639
Arctic Guest (IRE)	Charles Smith	1992-1995	44	9	11	20.5%	0	-	£35,607
Bay Tern (USA)	Thomas Dyer	1990-1994	46	8	17	17.4%	0	-	£25,378
Akdam (USA)	R F Johnson Houghton	1990	12	7	1	58.3%	0	-	£33,006
Ijtihaad (USA)	Major W R Hern	1990-1991	12	4	1	33.3%	0	-	£47,695
Ritto (GB)	J Neville	1993-1998	23	4	6	17.4%	0	-	£40,036
Sun Grebe (IRE)	John Dunlop	1992-1994	20	4	2	20.0%	0	-	£26,374
Truben (USA)	Mark Johnston	1991-1994	27	4	7	14.8%	0	-	£15,808
Arctic Park (IRE)	J S Bolger	1993-1995	16	4	3	25.0%	0	-	-
Banour (USA)	Nigel Twiston-Davies	1991-1993	29	4	6	13.8%	0	-	-
Ternimus (USA)	B Preece	1990-1993	31	3	6	9.7%	0	-	£15,687
Norquay I (USA)	Nigel Tinkler	1990-1991	41	3	14	7.3%	0	-	£14,824
Freewheel (USA)	Luca Cumani	1991-1992	3	3	0	100.0%	0	-	£14,018
Major Yaasi (USA)	Jeremy Glover	1992-1997	23	3	3	13.0%	0	-	£11,401
Pollock (FR)	Miss L J Wonnacott	1990-1995	20	3	9	15.0%	0	-	£10,000
Ecossais Danseur (USA)	John O'Shea	1990-1994	24	3	2	12.5%	0	-	£5,796
Brief Reunion (USA)	S E Kettlewell	1994-1996	21	3	3	14.3%	0	-	£1,225
Garden Of Heaven (USA)	Clive Brittain	1992-1995	22	2	5	9.1%	0	-	£23,171
Domitia (USA)	Michael Bell	1994-1996	23	2	8	8.7%	0	-	£16,432
Snow Partridge (USA)	Mrs L C Taylor	1996-2003	36	2	12	5.6%	0	-	£16,429
Toy Princess (USA)	Clive Brittain	1994-1996	21	2	7	9.5%	0	-	£12,675
Eastern Whisper (USA)	A Moore	1990-1992	23	2	9	8.7%	0	-	£9,610
Malamute Saloon (USA)	C D Broad	1990-1994	26	2	7	7.7%	0	-	£8,556
Arctic Splendour (USA)	Peter Chapple-Hyam	1991-1992	11	2	2	18.2%	0	-	£8,167
Caspian Tern (USA)	Henry Candy	1992-1993	7	2	2	28.6%	0	-	£7,590
Legal Win (USA)	F Jordan	1990-1995	39	2	6	5.1%	0	-	£7,494
Adaloaldo (USA)	J Parkes	1995-1996	17	2	2	11.8%	0	-	£6,679
Tartique Twist (USA)	John Dunlop	1990	4	2	0	50.0%	0	-	£5,091
Tarrock (GB)	Merrita Jones	1993-1996	7	2	0	28.6%	0	-	£4,228
Web Master I (FR)	Mrs Sandra Smith	2003-2006	21	1	4	4.8%	0	-	£9,115
Sieve Of Time (USA)	Clive Brittain	1994-1995	9	1	3	11.1%	0	-	£8,707
Hawkley (GB)	Paul D'Arcy	2001-2003	13	1	2	7.7%	0	-	£6,711
Verdeuse (FR)	B W Hills	1990	9	1	4	11.1%	0	-	£4,170
Arctic Heights (USA)	G Lewis	1990	10	1	2	10.0%	0	-	£4,158
Julfaar (USA)	Jeff Pearce	1990-1994	24	1	1	4.2%	0	-	£3,937
Spring Tern (USA)	Ronald O'Leary	1990-1992	17	1	2	5.9%	0	-	£3,842
Hasty Shuffle (USA)	C R Nelson	1991	8	1	1	12.5%	0	-	£3,417
Kosciosko (USA)	Nigel Tinkler	1990	6	1	3	16.7%	0	-	£2,782
Secretern (FR)	M C Pipe	1999-2000	4	1	1	25.0%	0	-	£2,377
Acrobate (USA)	Nicky Henderson	1991-1996	19	1	2	5.3%	0	-	£1,361
Bombe Suprise (USA)	John Gosden	1990-1991	3	1	0	33.3%	0	-	£730
Abstract View (USA)	P Cluskey	1996-1999	10	1	0	10.0%	0	-	-
Tadjik (USA)	John M Oxx	1993	1	1	0	100.0%	0	-	-
Madaraka (USA)	Peadar Henley	1994-1996	22	1	5	4.5%	0	-	-

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 Arctic Tern sired?: Arctic Tern (USA) has sired 51 winners from 91 runners in Britain and Ireland since 1990 (56%), with 151 wins from 1,365 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Arctic Tern sired?: Arctic Tern (USA) has sired 4 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 1990, 2 of them at Group or Grade level.
Who is the best offspring of Arctic Tern?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Arctic Tern (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Beggarman Thief (USA), a Group 3 winner with 1 black-type win from 8 runs.
What is the average winning distance of Arctic Tern's progeny?: The average winning distance of Arctic Tern (USA)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 11.5 furlongs on the Flat and 2m1½f over jumps.
How much prize money have Arctic Tern's progeny won?: Arctic Tern (USA)'s progeny have earned £926,415 in Britain since 1990.
How has Arctic Tern done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Arctic Tern (USA)'s daughters include 120 winners from 247 runners in Britain and Ireland, 10 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2006-04-27

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