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Sire profile
Definite Article (GB)
- Avg winning distance
- Flat 10.8f · NH 2m3½f
- Damsire avg winning distance
- Flat 8.8f · NH 2m3½f
- Race record
- 8 runs, 5 wins
- As damsire
- 253 winners from 541 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)
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As damsire
Record as a damsire (runners out of his daughters)
| National Hunt | 469 | 212 | 18 | 4,756 | 607 | £5,521,254 | €3,315,726 | 3 | 2m3½f | ||
| Flat | 105 | 49 | 1 | 1,345 | 132 | £1,044,943 | €273,685 | 0 | 8.8f | ||
| All runs | 541 | 253 | 19 | 6,101 | 739 | £6,566,197 | €3,589,411 | 3 | - |
Horses out of mares by this stallion, all British and Irish runs since 1990. Black type = Group/Grade 1-3 or Listed winner.
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Best runners out of his daughters
Top 25 by best win level, then black-type wins, then wins.
Stallions that worked best with his daughters
| Westerner (GB) | 19 | 11 | 1 | 267 | 35 | £451,761 | €43,737 | ||
| King's Theatre (IRE) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 279 | 48 | £612,435 | €441,313 | ||
| Flemensfirth (USA) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 13 | £80,775 | €54,370 | ||
| Presenting (GB) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 191 | 24 | £231,876 | €88,910 | ||
| Yeats (IRE) | 19 | 8 | 1 | 157 | 26 | £73,340 | €348,260 | ||
| Kayf Tara (GB) | 12 | 8 | 0 | 168 | 25 | £405,434 | €0 | ||
| Fame And Glory (GB) | 12 | 7 | 1 | 153 | 26 | £350,449 | €31,040 | ||
| Sholokhov (IRE) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 120 | 26 | £256,334 | €0 | ||
| Shantou (USA) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 18 | £139,398 | €8,940 | ||
| Court Cave (IRE) | 16 | 6 | 1 | 181 | 19 | £237,549 | €57,735 | ||
| Scorpion (IRE) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 103 | 21 | £134,119 | €1,407 | ||
| Shirocco (GER) | 11 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 9 | £49,299 | €36,052 | ||
| Mahler (GB) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 10 | £59,667 | €38,525 | ||
| Oscar (IRE) | 9 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 9 | £41,357 | €38,537 | ||
| Doyen (IRE) | 10 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 9 | £31,731 | €51,467 | ||
| Getaway (GER) | 11 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 14 | £110,850 | €9,430 | ||
| Milan (GB) | 14 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 12 | £60,726 | €47,142 | ||
| Ocovango (GB) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 4 | £23,531 | €32,280 | ||
| Jeremy (USA) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 7 | £86,821 | €8,930 | ||
| Robin Des Champs (FR) | 8 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 11 | £58,349 | €54,590 |
Stallions with 5+ runners out of his daughters; top 20 by winners.
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- 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 541 runners in Britain and Ireland, 19 of them black-type winners.
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