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Sire profile

Definite Article (GB)

Best progeny: Vinnie Roe (IRE), Pingshou (IRE), Definitly Red (IRE)

Avg winning distance: Flat 10.8f · NH 2m3½f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 8.8f · NH 2m3½f
Race record: 8 runs, 5 wins
By: Indian Ridge (IRE)
As damsire: 253 winners from 540 runners
Country: GB

Flat 2026 (GB & IRE): 1 winner from 1 runner
Winners (GB & IRE): 292 of 660 runners (44%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 872 from 8,344 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 15 (7 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £4,739,636 GB · €5,719,041 IRE
Best progeny: Vinnie Roe (IRE), Pingshou (IRE), Definitly Red (IRE)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2026	Flat	1	1	5	1	20.0%	£6,798	-
2024/25	NH	2	0	4	0	0.0%	£642	-
2023/24	NH	3	0	9	0	0.0%	£29,228	€4,500
2022/23	NH	7	3	25	6	24.0%	£30,356	€90,440
2021/22	NH	16	6	57	7	12.3%	£78,680	€41,745
2020	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-
2020/21	NH	27	7	108	8	7.4%	£66,107	€38,050
2019	Flat	1	0	4	0	0.0%	£300	-
2019/20	NH	38	12	152	19	12.5%	£160,664	€63,526
2018	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-
2018/19	NH	69	18	271	28	10.3%	£292,837	€128,810
2017	Flat	7	0	14	0	0.0%	£385	€832
2017/18	NH	76	20	286	30	10.5%	£263,412	€166,126
2016	Flat	9	2	43	3	7.0%	£6,220	€15,019
2016/17	NH	107	31	457	45	9.8%	£332,154	€242,254
2015	Flat	5	2	24	2	8.3%	£3,611	€29,260
2015/16	NH	114	27	453	41	9.1%	£205,962	€320,513
2014	Flat	5	0	12	0	0.0%	£1,154	€3,925
2014/15	NH	128	44	512	65	12.7%	£237,722	€434,150
2013	Flat	6	2	13	3	23.1%	£8,550	€4,830
2013/14	NH	166	42	596	57	9.6%	£219,292	€309,434
2012	Flat	10	2	27	2	7.4%	£613	€13,420
2012/13	NH	155	38	467	51	10.9%	£189,798	€222,675
2011	Flat	8	2	22	2	9.1%	£2,216	€9,535
2011/12	NH	160	42	573	63	11.0%	£234,229	€426,450
2010	Flat	11	1	67	4	6.0%	£6,447	€60,615
2010/11	NH	137	37	483	55	11.4%	£139,396	€355,550
2009	Flat	15	5	76	8	10.5%	£8,766	€34,946
2009/10	NH	113	28	336	35	10.4%	£143,548	€132,804
2008	Flat	16	1	68	2	2.9%	£6,432	€99,582
2008/09	NH	91	25	318	38	11.9%	£151,682	€247,122
2007	Flat	29	8	106	9	8.5%	£31,379	€108,172
2007/08	NH	70	16	239	23	9.6%	£72,034	€130,532
2006	Flat	35	10	177	18	10.2%	£51,863	€120,423
2006/07	NH	56	12	188	16	8.5%	£78,513	€106,769
2005	Flat	49	13	191	19	9.9%	£212,362	€164,393
2005/06	NH	47	12	145	14	9.7%	£158,273	€31,471
2004	Flat	60	15	282	28	9.9%	£238,335	€278,593
2004/05	NH	44	13	156	20	12.8%	£75,886	€124,568
2003	Flat	61	17	365	29	7.9%	£202,388	€380,440
2003/04	NH	39	13	156	20	12.8%	£171,963	€54,173
2002	Flat	58	22	338	38	11.2%	£258,305	€356,255
2002/03	NH	24	6	83	13	15.7%	£105,871	€14,710
2001	Flat	54	19	300	33	11.0%	£165,941	€352,435
2001/02	NH	8	2	18	5	27.8%	£27,044	-
2000	Flat	32	9	116	12	10.3%	£62,276	-

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Current season runners and winners


Damascus Steel (IRE)	Flat	6	gelding	Diamarouna (FR)	Gihan Arnolda	5	1	0	20.0%	£6,798	27 Sep 26	77

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

Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Vinnie Roe (IRE)	-	-	D K Weld	2000-2005	22	12	8	54.5%	11	Group 1	£73,150	€958,272
Pingshou (IRE)	gelding	Quest Of Passion (FR)	Colin Tizzard	2014-2021	19	3	3	15.8%	1	Grade 1	£82,384	€9,000
Definitly Red (IRE)	gelding	The Red Wench (IRE)	Brian Ellison	2013-2021	38	14	8	36.8%	8	Grade 2	£424,553	€6,000
The Real Article (IRE)	-	-	E J O'Grady	2010-2013	30	11	7	36.7%	2	Grade 2	-	€198,400
Cailin Annamh (IRE)	-	-	Mrs J. Harrington	2012-2015	23	10	6	43.5%	2	Grade 2	£6,679	€136,880
Lochbuie (IRE)	-	-	G Wragg	2003-2005	18	4	4	22.2%	1	Group 2	£121,825	-
Pride Of The Artic (IRE)	-	-	Peter Fahey	2010-2016	30	6	5	20.0%	1	Grade 3	-	€71,940
Big Time Billy (IRE)	-	-	Alan Phillips	2010-2014	31	8	7	25.8%	2	Listed	£66,334	-
Defining (GB)	-	-	James Fanshawe	2001-2005	27	9	6	33.3%	1	Listed	£157,698	€2,250
Thesis (IRE)	-	-	Venetia Williams	2001-2005	28	6	12	21.4%	1	Listed	£103,190	-
Boynagh Joy (IRE)	-	-	James Halpin	2008-2011	27	5	7	18.5%	1	Listed	-	€61,357
Whoops A Daisy (GB)	-	-	Nicky Henderson	2010-2011	9	5	2	55.6%	1	Listed	£22,653	-
Fistral Beach I (IRE)	-	-	Paul Nicholls	2008-2013	21	4	10	19.0%	1	Listed	£58,873	-
Candy Creek (IRE)	-	-	Nicky Henderson	2008-2010	6	4	1	66.7%	1	Listed	£29,461	€9,377
La Vita E Bella (IRE)	-	-	Chris Wall	2000	4	2	1	50.0%	1	Listed	£17,683	-
Doeslessthanme (IRE)	gelding	Damemill (IRE)	Mike Hammond	2008-2017	34	11	11	32.4%	0	-	£99,951	-
Finnegan's Garden (IRE)	gelding	Tri Folene (FR)	Andy Irvine	2015-2022	48	10	18	20.8%	0	-	£65,445	-
Positive Profile (IRE)	-	-	John Quinn	2001-2007	50	10	9	20.0%	0	-	£58,330	-
Jake Black (IRE)	-	-	John Quinn	2002-2006	42	10	4	23.8%	0	-	£49,080	-
Majestic Concorde (IRE)	-	-	D K Weld	2005-2013	39	9	8	23.1%	0	-	£5,604	€292,867
Emotional Article (IRE)	-	-	Belinda Clarke	2004-2011	56	9	19	16.1%	0	-	£5,818	€160,659
Sir Haydn (GB)	-	-	J. R. Jenkins	2002-2011	93	9	18	9.7%	0	-	£41,517	-
Smoothie (IRE)	-	-	Edward Bevan	2000-2008	67	9	6	13.4%	0	-	£40,196	-
Bermeo (IRE)	gelding	Miss Blueyes (IRE)	Harry Fry	2015-2023	53	8	12	15.1%	0	-	£73,228	-
Santisima Trinidad (IRE)	-	-	Tim Easterby	2000-2003	42	8	6	19.0%	0	-	£63,613	-
It's Definite (IRE)	-	-	Peter Bowen	2002-2008	51	8	7	15.7%	0	-	£50,748	-
Black Jack Blues (IRE)	-	-	Rebecca Curtis	2009-2011	20	8	5	40.0%	0	-	£49,727	-
Nathans Pride (IRE)	gelding	Tricias Pride (IRE)	Tim Vaughan	2013-2019	27	8	2	29.6%	0	-	£36,393	€11,730
Non So (FR)	-	-	Nicky Henderson	2001-2006	23	7	5	30.4%	0	-	£139,701	-
Greenhope (IRE)	-	-	Nicky Henderson	2000-2008	41	7	12	17.1%	0	-	£125,547	-
Prickly (IRE)	gelding	Connemara Rose (IRE)	E J O'Grady	2014-2017	31	7	10	22.6%	0	-	-	€69,388
Sun Tzu (IRE)	-	-	John Flint	2008-2014	38	7	6	18.4%	0	-	£23,537	€6,380
Cruise In Style (IRE)	mare	Henrietta Street (IRE)	Kevin Bishop	2010-2017	59	7	11	11.9%	0	-	£29,685	-
Sunridge Fairy (IRE)	-	-	Lee James	2001-2005	39	7	6	17.9%	0	-	£20,089	-
Sizing Platinum (IRE)	gelding	Quest Of Passion (FR)	Colin Tizzard	2013-2020	35	6	10	17.1%	0	-	£71,706	€46,505
Definite Best (IRE)	-	-	Anthony Mullins	2000-2003	30	6	6	20.0%	0	-	-	€107,485
Thewhirlingdervish (IRE)	-	-	Tim Easterby	2000-2008	71	6	25	8.5%	0	-	£100,267	-
Zeroberto (IRE)	-	-	J H Culloty	2004-2009	26	6	4	23.1%	0	-	-	€98,224
Tisamystery (IRE)	gelding	Fayafi (GB)	Henry de Bromhead	2013-2019	42	6	11	14.3%	0	-	-	€95,756
Shanroe Santos (IRE)	gelding	Jane Hall (IRE)	Lucy Wadham	2014-2021	42	6	10	14.3%	0	-	£92,591	€340
Definite Class (IRE)	-	-	D T Hughes	2010-2013	26	6	10	23.1%	0	-	-	€68,485
Harry The Ear (IRE)	-	-	M Halford	2002-2003	22	6	5	27.3%	0	-	-	€65,690
Mountain King (GB)	gelding	Belle Magello (FR)	Gordon Elliott	2013-2017	27	6	5	22.2%	0	-	£59,012	-
Nayodabayo (IRE)	-	-	Graham Smith	2002-2009	58	6	12	10.3%	0	-	£39,609	€12,805
Minella Definitely (IRE)	-	-	Neil Mulholland	2012-2016	28	6	2	21.4%	0	-	£39,067	-
Definite Future (IRE)	gelding	Miss Marilyn (IRE)	Kerry Lee	2013-2017	29	6	6	20.7%	0	-	£35,905	-
Programme Girl (IRE)	-	-	Alan Swinbank	2005-2008	11	6	3	54.5%	0	-	£21,016	-
Definite Ruby (IRE)	mare	Sunset Queen (IRE)	Gordon Elliott	2012-2017	33	5	14	15.2%	0	-	£14,895	€114,800
Tasman (IRE)	-	-	Liam McAteer	2002-2011	43	5	12	11.6%	0	-	-	€109,654
Rock Road (IRE)	gelding	Sweet Kiln (IRE)	Willie Mullins	2016-2022	32	5	6	15.6%	0	-	-	€108,395

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 Definite Article sired?: Definite Article (GB) has sired 292 winners from 660 runners in Britain and Ireland since 2000 (44%), with 872 wins from 8,344 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Definite Article sired?: Definite Article (GB) has sired 15 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 2000, 7 of them at Group or Grade level.
How many Group 1 winners has Definite Article sired?: Definite Article (GB) has sired 1 Grade 1 winner (1 Grade 1 win) and 1 Group 1 winner (4 Group 1 wins) in Britain and Ireland since 2000.
Who is the best offspring of Definite Article?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Definite Article (GB) in Britain and Ireland is Vinnie Roe (IRE), a Group 1 winner with 11 black-type wins from 22 runs.
Who is the latest Group 1 winner by Definite Article?: The most recent Grade 1 winner by Definite Article (GB) in Britain and Ireland is Pingshou (IRE), in the Crabbie's Top Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) at Aintree on 7 April 2017.
Who is Definite Article's sire?: Definite Article (GB) is by Indian Ridge (IRE), and won 5 of 8 races in Britain and Ireland as a racehorse.
What is the average winning distance of Definite Article's progeny?: The average winning distance of Definite Article (GB)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 10.8 furlongs on the Flat and 2m3½f over jumps.
How are Definite Article's progeny doing this season?: Definite Article (GB) has had 1 winner from 1 runner in the 2026 Flat season in Britain and Ireland.
How much prize money have Definite Article's progeny won?: Definite Article (GB)'s progeny have earned £4,739,636 in Britain and €5,719,041 in Ireland since 2000.
How has Definite Article done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Definite Article (GB)'s daughters include 253 winners from 540 runners in Britain and Ireland, 18 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2026-09-27

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