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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)

Stats

By distance


Flat career	Flat	5f to 6f	376	37	66	9.8%	13/68	£609,094
Flat career	Flat	7f to 1m	556	40	111	7.2%	24/103	£258,696
Flat career	Flat	9f to 11f	366	37	78	10.1%	18/86	£203,291
Flat career	Flat	12f to 13f	303	42	69	13.9%	18/59	£227,071
Flat career	Flat	14f and over	161	18	21	11.2%	5/35	£84,237

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Flat career	Flat	Good to firm or firmer	546	48	111	8.8%	26/112	£399,330
Flat career	Flat	Good	444	39	82	8.8%	24/110	£484,478
Flat career	Flat	Good to soft or yielding	177	10	33	5.6%	8/73	£119,998
Flat career	Flat	Soft	140	13	16	9.3%	12/59	£107,484
Flat career	Flat	Heavy	28	1	9	3.6%	1/18	£23,717

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By age


Flat career	Flat	2	309	23	61	7.4%	18/89	£326,477
Flat career	Flat	3	539	49	108	9.1%	33/103	£335,242
Flat career	Flat	4	323	31	64	9.6%	18/47	£168,953
Flat career	Flat	5	202	30	46	14.9%	15/30	£207,428
Flat career	Flat	6	138	11	25	8.0%	6/22	£119,820

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By race type


Flat career	Flat	Turf handicap	791	63	139	8.0%	26/84	£602,167
Flat career	Flat	Turf maiden/novice	319	25	63	7.8%	23/121	£107,030
Flat career	Flat	AW handicap	254	34	62	13.4%	13/35	£151,072
Flat career	Flat	Turf conditions/stakes	227	23	49	10.1%	14/68	£425,810
Flat career	Flat	AW conditions/stakes	109	21	19	19.3%	10/28	£69,469

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By surface


Flat career	Flat	Turf	1,337	111	251	8.3%	47/132	£1,135,007	-
Flat career	Flat	All-Weather	425	63	94	14.8%	20/58	£247,382	-
NH career	NH	Turf	663	57	127	8.6%	24/75	£271,951	€1,262

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By class


Flat career	Flat	Group 1	6	0	1	0.0%	0/4	£54,454
Flat career	Flat	Group 2	12	1	2	8.3%	1/5	£32,469
Flat career	Flat	Group 3	15	1	2	6.7%	1/7	£19,765
Flat career	Flat	Listed	16	2	0	12.5%	2/10	£31,406
Flat career	Flat	Class 1	6	0	2	0.0%	0/2	£7,116

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Debutants and first-time out


Flat career	Flat	Debut	131	7	24	5.3%	7/131	£41,492
Flat career	Flat	2nd career run	122	9	23	7.4%	9/122	£50,627
Flat career	Flat	3rd career run	112	7	21	6.3%	7/112	£49,743
NH career	NH	Debut	26	0	2	0.0%	0/26	£616
NH career	NH	2nd career run	24	0	3	0.0%	0/24	£806

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By course (top 15)


Flat career	Flat	Southwell (AW)	171	29	35	17.0%	14/32	£105,178
Flat career	Flat	Wolverhampton (AW)	142	22	33	15.5%	10/27	£91,005
Flat career	Flat	Lingfield (AW)	103	12	23	11.7%	5/36	£49,321
Flat career	Flat	Windsor	77	7	17	9.1%	5/35	£36,389
Flat career	Flat	Newmarket	58	3	7	5.2%	3/30	£36,846

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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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