Simply Great (FR)

Best progeny: Simply Dashing (IRE), Bellator (GB), Balla Sola (IRE)

Avg winning distance: Flat 10.4f · NH 2m3½f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 8.3f · NH 2m3f
As damsire: 115 winners from 270 runners
Country: FR

Winners (GB & IRE): 115 of 285 runners (40%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 358 from 4,034 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 5 (3 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £1,901,363 GB · €736,476 IRE
Best progeny: Simply Dashing (IRE), Bellator (GB), Balla Sola (IRE)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2014/15	NH	1	0	2	0	0.0%	-	-
2013/14	NH	2	0	5	0	0.0%	-	-
2012/13	NH	6	2	31	4	12.9%	£8,129	€19,830
2011/12	NH	8	3	43	4	9.3%	£14,570	€600
2010	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-
2010/11	NH	18	4	64	6	9.4%	£27,946	€23,570
2009	Flat	2	0	4	0	0.0%	-	-
2009/10	NH	32	6	113	10	8.8%	£31,200	€53,165
2008	Flat	3	1	9	1	11.1%	£385	€8,638
2008/09	NH	39	4	149	5	3.4%	£47,068	€28,864
2007	Flat	6	0	18	0	0.0%	£787	€2,629
2007/08	NH	39	4	134	10	7.5%	£28,854	€82,430
2006	Flat	5	0	15	0	0.0%	-	€2,727
2006/07	NH	37	6	146	7	4.8%	£39,664	€83,462
2005	Flat	9	3	38	4	10.5%	£16,230	€36,407
2005/06	NH	35	9	134	14	10.4%	£45,642	€126,181
2004	Flat	7	3	35	4	11.4%	£8,334	€37,269
2004/05	NH	30	5	98	7	7.1%	£120,677	€36,415
2003	Flat	8	1	25	1	4.0%	-	€12,225
2003/04	NH	23	4	90	8	8.9%	£75,500	€31,374
2002	Flat	9	0	38	0	0.0%	-	€8,170
2002/03	NH	16	5	68	7	10.3%	£36,049	€10,360
2001	Flat	13	1	64	1	1.6%	£4,081	€21,988
2001/02	NH	27	7	91	9	9.9%	£21,659	€92,179
2000	Flat	11	1	35	1	2.9%	£5,008	-
2000/01	NH	15	5	83	7	8.4%	£105,941	€17,996
1999	Flat	16	3	80	7	8.8%	£7,509	-
1999/00	NH	22	3	63	5	7.9%	£54,948	-
1998	Flat	21	8	128	13	10.2%	£49,395	-
1998/99	NH	23	9	94	21	22.3%	£126,045	-
1997	Flat	25	7	117	12	10.3%	£47,481	-
1997/98	NH	20	3	63	4	6.3%	£76,323	-
1996	Flat	23	7	106	9	8.5%	£55,997	-
1996/97	NH	18	4	60	9	15.0%	£61,000	-
1995	Flat	33	7	152	12	7.9%	£87,255	-
1995/96	NH	22	8	84	20	23.8%	£66,964	-
1994	Flat	35	11	203	19	9.4%	£104,002	-
1994/95	NH	25	7	74	9	12.2%	£44,073	-
1993	Flat	36	11	192	16	8.3%	£122,868	-
1993/94	NH	22	5	90	6	6.7%	£22,314	-
1992	Flat	48	12	254	19	7.5%	£99,332	-
1992/93	NH	19	5	105	5	4.8%	£14,589	-
1991	Flat	49	12	228	22	9.6%	£118,769	-
1991/92	NH	19	5	74	9	12.2%	£25,309	-
1990	Flat	52	17	254	23	9.1%	£65,116	-
1990/91	NH	16	5	57	7	12.3%	£12,108	-
1989/90	NH	6	1	23	1	4.3%	£2,242	-

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

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Simply Dashing (IRE)	Tim Easterby	1995-2001	39	13	13	33.3%	1	Grade 2	£186,797	-
Bellator (GB)	Venetia Williams	1995-2002	48	9	9	18.8%	1	Grade 2	£165,660	-
Balla Sola (IRE)	Mrs J. Harrington	1997-2002	47	9	13	19.1%	1	Grade 3	£17,160	€38,660
General Cloney (IRE)	S Donohoe	1998-2006	51	5	13	9.8%	1	Listed	£9,843	€14,480
Seneca Reef (IRE)	I A Balding	1990-1992	14	2	2	14.3%	1	Listed	£428	-
Casual Water (IRE)	Christopher Kellett	1993-2001	57	11	10	19.3%	0	-	£59,024	-
Breaking Silence I (IRE)	Jonjo O'Neill	2006-2011	33	9	11	27.3%	0	-	£20,701	€84,949
Argyle Cavalier (IRE)	Brian Meehan	1992-1996	50	9	15	18.0%	0	-	£63,993	-
Going For Broke (GB)	Charlie Mann	1996-2001	37	9	17	24.3%	0	-	£40,708	-
Simply Gifted (GB)	Jonjo O'Neill	1997-2006	41	8	14	19.5%	0	-	£172,882	-
Baron De Feypo (IRE)	Patrick O Brady	2000-2011	86	8	17	9.3%	0	-	£18,126	€143,965
Star Player I (GB)	R J Baker	1990-1995	67	8	18	11.9%	0	-	£97,384	-
Silver Knight (GB)	Tim Easterby	2002-2008	40	8	17	20.0%	0	-	£84,456	-
Great Oration (IRE)	Fred Watson	1991-2002	64	7	16	10.9%	0	-	£37,777	-
Caromandoo (IRE)	A Barrow	1990-1995	38	7	4	18.4%	0	-	£37,001	-
Simply Smashing (IRE)	Mrs Philippa Kirby	2009-2013	25	7	3	28.0%	0	-	£30,082	-
Simply George (GB)	J White	1991-1997	36	7	11	19.4%	0	-	£29,762	-
Wild Ground (IRE)	Kevin Bishop	2006-2013	29	7	4	24.1%	0	-	£24,744	-
Great Mill (GB)	Kim Bailey	1990-1994	28	7	9	25.0%	0	-	£21,138	-
Angelica Park (GB)	J Wharton	1990-1993	40	6	14	15.0%	0	-	£22,475	-
Simply (IRE)	Zoe Davison	1991-2000	65	6	14	9.2%	0	-	£15,414	-
Dancing Hero (IRE)	Thomas Foley	2005-2011	28	5	11	17.9%	0	-	£1,072	€89,979
Dash Of Grey (IRE)	Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney	2001-2010	40	5	10	12.5%	0	-	£1,173	€62,040
Maralinga I (IRE)	Lady Herries	1994-1998	30	5	8	16.7%	0	-	£47,410	-
Master Foodbroker (IRE)	Willie Musson	1991-1997	25	5	5	20.0%	0	-	£21,396	-
Highland Park (GB)	Ray Craggs	1990-1998	31	5	9	16.1%	0	-	£20,121	-
Simply Swift (GB)	P Mullins	1990-1994	52	5	11	9.6%	0	-	-	-
Smarginato (IRE)	John Dunlop	1992-1993	8	4	2	50.0%	0	-	£62,648	-
Droim Toll (IRE)	Donal Hassett	2008-2013	32	4	6	12.5%	0	-	-	€54,779
Keaveney (IRE)	Willie Mullins	2004-2008	11	4	2	36.4%	0	-	-	€38,630
Simply Honest (IRE)	Mrs A Smith	2000-2007	32	4	0	12.5%	0	-	£164	€29,926
Simple Glory (IRE)	Robin Dickin	2005-2009	32	4	6	12.5%	0	-	£21,329	-
Special Risk (IRE)	R Akehurst	1992-1996	30	4	9	13.3%	0	-	£20,576	-
Simply-H (IRE)	Michael Bell	1991-1992	18	4	6	22.2%	0	-	£18,072	-
Simple Dolly (IRE)	Gerard Keane	1998-1999	14	4	2	28.6%	0	-	-	-
Clounties Hill (IRE)	Willie Mullins	2002-2004	18	3	2	16.7%	0	-	-	€37,520
Topkat (IRE)	M C Pipe	2004-2006	15	3	4	20.0%	0	-	£28,342	-
Heron's Ghyll (IRE)	Venetia Williams	2002-2006	18	3	6	16.7%	0	-	£25,834	-
Julies Jewel (IRE)	Michael Chapman	1997-2001	42	3	5	7.1%	0	-	£20,700	-
Great MaxI (IRE)	C Parker	1991-1995	32	3	13	9.4%	0	-	£16,937	-
Belleminette (IRE)	Derek Haydn Jones	1993-1995	23	3	4	13.0%	0	-	£13,360	-
Lucky Begonia (IRE)	Tony Carroll	1996-1999	28	3	6	10.7%	0	-	£12,411	-
Dazzle The Crowd I (IRE)	C A Cyzer	1990-1992	14	3	2	21.4%	0	-	£7,339	-
Simply Glorious (IRE)	Aytach Sadik	1991-1998	17	3	3	17.6%	0	-	-	-
Mr Boal (IRE)	J H Scott	1991-1996	30	3	6	10.0%	0	-	-	-
Simply Monarch (IRE)	Donal Hassett	1998-1999	24	3	4	12.5%	0	-	-	-
Simply Amber (IRE)	Patrick Prendergast	1990-1993	24	3	3	12.5%	0	-	-	-
Mudaffar (IRE)	R W Armstrong	1990-1992	21	2	9	9.5%	0	-	£57,701	-
Knockara Luck (IRE)	Nicky Richards	2005-2007	8	2	3	25.0%	0	-	£6,531	€26,040
Great Approach (IRE)	Nicky Richards	2005-2009	15	2	6	13.3%	0	-	£23,259	-

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 Simply Great sired?: Simply Great (FR) has sired 115 winners from 285 runners in Britain and Ireland since 1990 (40%), with 358 wins from 4,034 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Simply Great sired?: Simply Great (FR) has sired 5 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 1990, 3 of them at Group or Grade level.
Who is the best offspring of Simply Great?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Simply Great (FR) in Britain and Ireland is Simply Dashing (IRE), a Grade 2 winner with 1 black-type win from 39 runs.
What is the average winning distance of Simply Great's progeny?: The average winning distance of Simply Great (FR)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 10.4 furlongs on the Flat and 2m3½f over jumps.
How much prize money have Simply Great's progeny won?: Simply Great (FR)'s progeny have earned £1,901,363 in Britain and €736,476 in Ireland since 1990.
How has Simply Great done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Simply Great (FR)'s daughters include 115 winners from 270 runners in Britain and Ireland, 6 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2014-07-06