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Opening Verse (USA)

Best progeny: Frank Sonata (GB), Rockazar (GB), Mowbray (USA)

Avg winning distance: Flat 8.6f · NH 2m1f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 8.5f · NH 2m2f
As damsire: 9 winners from 29 runners
Country: USA

Winners (GB & IRE): 16 of 33 runners (48%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 53 from 637 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 1
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £334,772 GB · €175,892 IRE
Best progeny: Frank Sonata (GB), Rockazar (GB), Mowbray (USA)

Stats

By distance


Flat career	Flat	5f to 6f	74	6	10	8.1%	3/11	£24,892	-
Flat career	Flat	7f to 1m	225	22	31	9.8%	13/30	£60,256	€97,013
Flat career	Flat	9f to 11f	169	14	28	8.3%	8/22	£55,818	€26,223
Flat career	Flat	12f to 13f	41	4	10	9.8%	2/13	£82,780	€35,805
Flat career	Flat	14f and over	26	2	6	7.7%	2/5	£87,887	€3,600

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Flat career	Flat	Good to firm or firmer	153	15	17	9.8%	10/25	£80,187	€41,522
Flat career	Flat	Good	106	8	13	7.5%	6/21	£61,690	€23,910
Flat career	Flat	Good to soft or yielding	65	5	13	7.7%	5/19	£45,817	€26,233
Flat career	Flat	Soft	44	4	7	9.1%	2/15	£59,542	€35,805
Flat career	Flat	Heavy	16	1	4	6.3%	1/10	£19,000	€5,141

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By age


Flat career	Flat	2	64	5	6	7.8%	4/18	£24,774	€1,190
Flat career	Flat	3	172	18	21	10.5%	13/24	£109,512	€14,122
Flat career	Flat	4	125	12	20	9.6%	8/16	£102,677	€31,694
Flat career	Flat	5	87	9	24	10.3%	6/13	£65,730	€72,151
Flat career	Flat	6	45	1	9	2.2%	1/8	£6,868	€7,432

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By race type


Flat career	Flat	Turf handicap	229	20	28	8.7%	9/22	£117,741	€81,084
Flat career	Flat	AW handicap	90	8	19	8.9%	4/10	£25,354	€29,392
Flat career	Flat	Turf conditions/stakes	88	8	13	9.1%	5/19	£123,246	€39,405
Flat career	Flat	Turf maiden/novice	68	5	13	7.4%	5/23	£25,249	€12,121
Flat career	Flat	AW conditions/stakes	33	5	8	15.2%	3/12	£12,643	€639

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Flat career	Flat	Turf	385	33	54	8.6%	13/27	£266,236	€132,610
Flat career	Flat	All-Weather	150	15	31	10.0%	5/21	£45,396	€30,031
NH career	NH	Turf	102	5	15	4.9%	3/15	£23,140	€13,251

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By class


Flat career	Flat	Group 1	3	0	0	0.0%	0/2	-	€3,600
Flat career	Flat	Group 2	2	0	0	0.0%	0/1	-	-
Flat career	Flat	Group 3	6	0	2	0.0%	0/1	£25,350	-
Flat career	Flat	Listed	18	3	5	16.7%	1/4	£65,831	€35,805
Flat career	Flat	Class 2	20	3	3	15.0%	2/6	£81,868	-

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Debutants and first-time out


Flat career	Flat	Debut	30	0	4	0.0%	0/30	£5,626	€2,565
Flat career	Flat	2nd career run	28	3	1	10.7%	3/28	£9,821	€6,193
Flat career	Flat	3rd career run	26	1	6	3.8%	1/26	£9,411	€1,190
NH career	NH	Debut	3	0	0	0.0%	0/3	-	-
NH career	NH	2nd career run	3	0	0	0.0%	0/3	-	-

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By course (top 15)


Flat career	Flat	Lingfield (AW)	54	7	10	13.0%	2/10	£21,413	-
Flat career	Flat	Wolverhampton (AW)	49	3	16	6.1%	2/14	£16,745	-
Flat career	Flat	Curragh (IRE)	30	2	1	6.7%	2/6	-	€44,605
Flat career	Flat	Hamilton	21	1	2	4.8%	1/2	£4,795	-
Flat career	Flat	Gowran Park (IRE)	17	3	5	17.6%	1/1	-	€43,576

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Quick answers

How many winners has Opening Verse sired?: Opening Verse (USA) has sired 16 winners from 33 runners in Britain and Ireland since 1995 (48%), with 53 wins from 637 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Opening Verse sired?: Opening Verse (USA) has sired 1 black-type winner in Britain and Ireland since 1995.
Who is the best offspring of Opening Verse?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Opening Verse (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Frank Sonata (GB), a Listed winner with 3 black-type wins from 30 runs.
What is the average winning distance of Opening Verse's progeny?: The average winning distance of Opening Verse (USA)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 8.6 furlongs on the Flat.
How much prize money have Opening Verse's progeny won?: Opening Verse (USA)'s progeny have earned £334,772 in Britain and €175,892 in Ireland since 1995.
How has Opening Verse done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Opening Verse (USA)'s daughters include 9 winners from 29 runners in Britain and Ireland, 1 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2012-12-21

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