Sure Blade (USA)

Best progeny: Needle Gun (IRE), Fantasy Believer (GB), Nibbs Point (IRE)

Avg winning distance: Flat 9.6f · NH 2m3f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 8.9f · NH 2m2½f
As damsire: 81 winners from 163 runners
Country: USA

Winners (GB & IRE): 64 of 157 runners (41%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 231 from 2,425 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 3 (1 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £1,654,340 GB · €1,262 IRE
Best progeny: Needle Gun (IRE), Fantasy Believer (GB), Nibbs Point (IRE)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2013	Flat	1	0	7	0	0.0%	£1,024	-
2012	Flat	2	0	15	0	0.0%	£1,321	-
2011	Flat	1	0	12	0	0.0%	£1,810	-
2011/12	NH	5	1	19	1	5.3%	£5,678	-
2010	Flat	1	1	10	2	20.0%	£4,063	-
2010/11	NH	4	2	17	2	11.8%	£6,153	-
2009	Flat	4	0	20	0	0.0%	£4,521	-
2009/10	NH	5	1	28	2	7.1%	£13,796	-
2008	Flat	5	0	26	0	0.0%	£2,633	-
2008/09	NH	3	2	12	4	33.3%	£45,023	-
2007	Flat	7	1	58	2	3.4%	£15,663	-
2007/08	NH	5	1	19	1	5.3%	£24,385	-
2006	Flat	8	4	64	11	17.2%	£110,715	-
2006/07	NH	9	1	30	4	13.3%	£28,977	-
2005	Flat	11	5	101	6	5.9%	£65,460	-
2005/06	NH	7	1	31	1	3.2%	£7,362	€852
2004	Flat	12	7	82	14	17.1%	£130,403	-
2004/05	NH	8	2	36	3	8.3%	£10,098	-
2003	Flat	12	4	63	12	19.0%	£76,177	-
2003/04	NH	10	0	25	0	0.0%	-	-
2002	Flat	10	2	46	2	4.3%	£11,940	-
2002/03	NH	11	1	26	1	3.8%	£3,560	-
2001	Flat	13	5	82	12	14.6%	£91,068	-
2001/02	NH	11	2	28	2	7.1%	£5,133	€410
2000	Flat	14	5	72	9	12.5%	£46,956	-
2000/01	NH	6	2	29	2	6.9%	£13,199	-
1999	Flat	14	3	68	4	5.9%	£20,459	-
1999/00	NH	12	2	24	3	12.5%	£13,395	-
1998	Flat	14	4	78	6	7.7%	£205,629	-
1998/99	NH	8	2	20	2	10.0%	£7,207	-
1997	Flat	14	2	58	5	8.6%	£48,370	-
1997/98	NH	7	2	23	3	13.0%	£13,793	-
1996	Flat	8	4	50	8	16.0%	£38,979	-
1996/97	NH	12	1	42	1	2.4%	£6,536	-
1995	Flat	21	8	123	16	13.0%	£98,397	-
1995/96	NH	16	5	61	6	9.8%	£21,872	-
1994	Flat	35	12	180	15	8.3%	£89,884	-
1994/95	NH	18	4	58	4	6.9%	£18,122	-
1993	Flat	37	12	189	17	9.0%	£131,110	-
1993/94	NH	14	5	66	6	9.1%	£19,376	-
1992	Flat	32	8	152	11	7.2%	£71,248	-
1992/93	NH	11	3	41	5	12.2%	£5,379	-
1991	Flat	38	14	160	18	11.3%	£105,349	-
1991/92	NH	7	3	28	4	14.3%	£2,908	-
1990	Flat	15	3	46	4	8.7%	£9,208	-

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

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Needle Gun (IRE)	Clive Brittain	1992-1997	19	3	6	15.8%	2	Group 2	£98,755	-
Fantasy Believer (GB)	John Quinn	2000-2009	126	17	19	13.5%	1	Listed	£302,988	-
Nibbs Point (IRE)	Luca Cumani	1991-1992	9	2	3	22.2%	1	Listed	£47,550	-
Mi Odds (GB)	Mrs N MacAuley	2000-2008	104	15	18	14.4%	0	-	£72,201	-
Jaraab (GB)	J A Moore	1993-2001	48	14	7	29.2%	0	-	£44,517	-
Duello (GB)	M C Pipe	1993-2002	123	13	33	10.6%	0	-	£71,581	-
Kilbeggan Blade (GB)	Robin Dickin	2004-2011	43	8	8	18.6%	0	-	£98,081	€852
Aggravation (GB)	Chris Grant	2004-2012	91	8	23	8.8%	0	-	£43,600	-
Bella Pavlina (GB)	Ronald Harris	2000-2006	52	7	5	13.5%	0	-	£22,647	-
Denbrae (IRE)	Lydia Pearce	1994-2001	66	6	16	9.1%	0	-	£30,027	-
Anlace (GB)	Trevor Wall	1991-2000	61	6	8	9.8%	0	-	£19,987	-
Rising Waters (IRE)	Lindsay Woods	1990-1999	73	6	22	8.2%	0	-	-	-
Sure Quest (GB)	David Arbuthnot	1997-2003	47	5	13	10.6%	0	-	£32,215	-
Campaign (GB)	Micky Hammond	1994-2001	28	5	7	17.9%	0	-	£26,115	-
Island Blade (IRE)	R Akehurst	1991-1995	33	5	7	15.2%	0	-	£25,548	-
Dashing Fellow (IRE)	Mrs L Piggott	1990-1994	22	5	7	22.7%	0	-	£20,838	-
Certain Way (IRE)	Nick Littmoden	1992-1996	45	5	10	11.1%	0	-	£20,413	-
Tooka (GB)	Anthony Middleton	2005-2012	31	5	7	16.1%	0	-	£18,351	-
Iron Baron (IRE)	Mrs V A Aconley	1991-1994	44	5	11	11.4%	0	-	£15,873	-
Wheeler's Wonder (IRE)	Reg Hollinshead	1991-1994	39	5	4	12.8%	0	-	£13,333	-
Banningham Blade (GB)	K T Ivory	1997-1998	27	4	6	14.8%	0	-	£41,242	-
Proton (GB)	John Akehurst	1993-1998	38	4	9	10.5%	0	-	£35,662	-
Heneseys Leg (GB)	John Berry	2002-2004	16	4	3	25.0%	0	-	£22,619	-
Kaiserstolz (GER)	Ian Williams	1999-2002	19	4	3	21.1%	0	-	£16,901	-
Mustahil (IRE)	Ron Hodges	1991-1996	50	4	7	8.0%	0	-	£16,140	-
Assuring (IRE)	J S Bolger	1990-1993	27	4	3	14.8%	0	-	-	-
Boomerang Blade (GB)	Bryan Smart	1998-2000	25	3	5	12.0%	0	-	£196,352	-
Rimouski (GB)	B R Cambidge	1991-1999	61	3	15	4.9%	0	-	£18,400	-
Mutamarrid (GB)	H Thomson Jones	1990-1991	8	3	2	37.5%	0	-	£12,972	-
Elflaa (IRE)	D Nicholson	1993-1997	20	3	5	15.0%	0	-	£12,203	-
Tomos (GB)	Luke Comer	1992-1995	21	2	5	9.5%	0	-	£11,441	-
Sure Lord (IRE)	William Muir	1991-1993	21	2	7	9.5%	0	-	£11,175	-
Eight Sharp (IRE)	Micky Hammond	1994-1996	18	2	3	11.1%	0	-	£10,672	-
Execution Only (IRE)	Jackie Retter	1990-1993	24	2	5	8.3%	0	-	£9,442	-
Exopuntia (GB)	Julia Feilden	2008-2013	47	2	12	4.3%	0	-	£8,989	-
Espla (GB)	J. S. Moore	1994-1997	10	2	2	20.0%	0	-	£8,679	-
Esters Boy (GB)	David Underwood	2002-2009	20	2	3	10.0%	0	-	£8,647	-
Greenmeadow (GB)	Sylvester Kirk	2005-2007	24	2	4	8.3%	0	-	£8,401	-
Serious Danger (IRE)	Henrietta C Knight	1994-1995	12	2	2	16.7%	0	-	£8,377	-
Bold Blade (GB)	M J Polglase	2003-2005	25	2	3	8.0%	0	-	£8,190	-
Chimayo (IRE)	Peter Hedger	1990-1992	12	2	6	16.7%	0	-	£7,645	-
Hilltop Destiny (GB)	V Smith	2005-2006	7	2	1	28.6%	0	-	£7,340	-
Swordstick (GB)	B W Hills	1991	4	2	0	50.0%	0	-	£6,550	-
At The Double (GB)	Peter Winkworth	2001-2006	24	2	3	8.3%	0	-	£6,195	-
Quillon Rose (GB)	Chris Wall	1994-1995	9	2	0	22.2%	0	-	£5,870	-
Corradus (IRE)	D K Weld	1990-1992	14	2	7	14.3%	0	-	-	-
Pine Bay (GB)	Brian Gubby	2004-2005	18	1	5	5.6%	0	-	£10,826	-
Suntara (IRE)	Noel Meade	1992-1994	11	1	4	9.1%	0	-	£8,822	-
High Finale (GB)	Dean Ivory	2001-2003	12	1	3	8.3%	0	-	£7,921	-
Pish Kesh (GB)	William Muir	1993-1994	14	1	6	7.1%	0	-	£7,338	-

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 Sure Blade sired?: Sure Blade (USA) has sired 64 winners from 157 runners in Britain and Ireland since 1990 (41%), with 231 wins from 2,425 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Sure Blade sired?: Sure Blade (USA) has sired 3 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 1990, 1 of them at Group or Grade level.
Who is the best offspring of Sure Blade?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Sure Blade (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Needle Gun (IRE), a Group 2 winner with 2 black-type wins from 19 runs.
What is the average winning distance of Sure Blade's progeny?: The average winning distance of Sure Blade (USA)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 9.6 furlongs on the Flat and 2m3f over jumps.
How much prize money have Sure Blade's progeny won?: Sure Blade (USA)'s progeny have earned £1,654,340 in Britain and €1,262 in Ireland since 1990.
How has Sure Blade done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Sure Blade (USA)'s daughters include 81 winners from 163 runners in Britain and Ireland, 6 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2013-10-02

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