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Bob Back (USA)

Best progeny: Boston Bob (IRE), Dedigout (IRE), Bobs Worth (IRE)

Avg winning distance: Flat 11.7f · NH 2m3½f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 10.3f · NH 2m4f
As damsire: 392 winners from 823 runners
Country: USA

Winners (GB & IRE): 311 of 631 runners (49%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 953 from 8,393 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 32 (21 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £5,634,246 GB · €6,264,056 IRE
Best progeny: Boston Bob (IRE), Dedigout (IRE), Bobs Worth (IRE)

Stats

By distance


Flat career	Flat	5f to 6f	85	2	11	2.4%	2/30	£4,342	-
Flat career	Flat	7f to 1m	245	26	39	10.6%	19/77	£125,869	€11,502
Flat career	Flat	9f to 11f	324	34	64	10.5%	26/83	£164,889	€16,638
Flat career	Flat	12f to 13f	286	28	61	9.8%	19/72	£163,775	€28,332
Flat career	Flat	14f and over	291	41	56	14.1%	26/70	£231,853	€93,383

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Flat career	Flat	Good to firm or firmer	325	34	59	10.5%	21/91	£265,628	€30,642
Flat career	Flat	Good	449	51	91	11.4%	34/107	£94,046	€67,287
Flat career	Flat	Good to soft or yielding	217	20	40	9.2%	18/86	£94,283	€22,181
Flat career	Flat	Soft	119	16	18	13.4%	13/56	£217,342	€16,464
Flat career	Flat	Heavy	49	7	9	14.3%	7/34	£7,160	€2,906

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By age


Flat career	Flat	2	205	19	32	9.3%	14/57	£63,498	€10,350
Flat career	Flat	3	364	53	75	14.6%	32/67	£439,998	€9,704
Flat career	Flat	4	273	25	52	9.2%	18/62	£169,842	€9,143
Flat career	Flat	5	154	11	19	7.1%	8/41	£7,890	€3,038
Flat career	Flat	6	93	10	15	10.8%	8/29	£5,412	€33,717

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By race type


Flat career	Flat	Turf handicap	572	66	104	11.5%	31/71	£71,871	€65,576
Flat career	Flat	Turf maiden/novice	342	36	53	10.5%	35/118	£36,726	€59,069
Flat career	Flat	Turf conditions/stakes	247	26	60	10.5%	18/79	£569,861	€14,835
Flat career	Flat	AW handicap	33	1	6	3.0%	1/11	£3,136	€8,047
Flat career	Flat	AW conditions/stakes	24	1	3	4.2%	1/10	£3,746	-

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By surface


Flat career	Flat	Turf	1,161	128	217	11.0%	61/129	£678,458	€139,479
Flat career	Flat	All-Weather	70	3	14	4.3%	3/21	£12,271	€10,377
NH career	NH	Turf	7,162	822	1,470	11.5%	275/596	£4,943,517	€6,114,200

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By class


Flat career	Flat	Group 1	16	1	1	6.3%	1/8	£264,190
Flat career	Flat	Group 2	7	1	3	14.3%	1/6	£102,940
Flat career	Flat	Group 3	21	1	7	4.8%	1/9	£79,117
Flat career	Flat	Listed	39	4	8	10.3%	3/14	£60,770
Flat career	Flat	Class 2	9	2	1	22.2%	2/5	£20,258

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Debutants and first-time out


Flat career	Flat	Debut	91	3	8	3.3%	3/91	£17,883	€11,519
Flat career	Flat	2nd career run	88	11	17	12.5%	11/88	£14,335	€8,292
Flat career	Flat	3rd career run	87	7	8	8.0%	7/87	£20,460	-
NH career	NH	Debut	540	56	81	10.4%	56/540	£104,345	€262,379
NH career	NH	2nd career run	501	43	75	8.6%	43/501	£120,709	€187,174

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By course (top 15)


Flat career	Flat	Curragh (IRE)	138	7	17	5.1%	7/51	€10,950
Flat career	Flat	Leopardstown (IRE)	76	5	7	6.6%	5/38	€16,301
Flat career	Flat	Galway (IRE)	72	7	11	9.7%	6/41	€11,894
Flat career	Flat	Gowran Park (IRE)	49	3	12	6.1%	3/32	€1,050
Flat career	Flat	Wexford (RH) (IRE)	46	8	10	17.4%	7/22	€15,259

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Quick answers

How many winners has Bob Back sired?: Bob Back (USA) has sired 311 winners from 631 runners in Britain and Ireland since 1991 (49%), with 953 wins from 8,393 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Bob Back sired?: Bob Back (USA) has sired 32 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 1991, 21 of them at Group or Grade level.
How many Group 1 winners has Bob Back sired?: Bob Back (USA) has sired 8 Grade 1 winners (12 Grade 1 wins) and 1 Group 1 winner (1 Group 1 win) in Britain and Ireland since 1991.
Who is the best offspring of Bob Back?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Bob Back (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Boston Bob (IRE), a Grade 1 winner with 6 black-type wins from 25 runs.
Who is the latest Group 1 winner by Bob Back?: The most recent Grade 1 winner by Bob Back (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Boston Bob (IRE), in the Bibby Financial Services Ireland Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1) at Punchestown (IRE) on 30 April 2014.
What is the average winning distance of Bob Back's progeny?: The average winning distance of Bob Back (USA)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 11.7 furlongs on the Flat and 2m3½f over jumps.
How much prize money have Bob Back's progeny won?: Bob Back (USA)'s progeny have earned £5,634,246 in Britain and €6,264,056 in Ireland since 1991.
How has Bob Back done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Bob Back (USA)'s daughters include 392 winners from 823 runners in Britain and Ireland, 47 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2019-12-27

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