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Sire profile

The Gurkha (IRE)

Best progeny: Luccia (GB), Miramis (IRE), Invite (IRE)

Avg winning distance: Flat 8.9f · NH 2m1f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 7.3f
Race record: 5 runs, 2 wins
By: Galileo (IRE)
As damsire: 4 winners from 11 runners
Country: IRE

Flat 2026 (GB & IRE): 5 winners from 14 runners
Jumps 2026/27 (GB & IRE): 2 winners from 3 runners
Winners (GB & IRE): 66 of 111 runners (59%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 187 from 1,875 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 3
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £1,565,710 GB · €807,500 IRE
Best progeny: Luccia (GB), Miramis (IRE), Invite (IRE)

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Progeny

Progeny record by season


2026	Flat	14	5	91	9	9.9%	£57,901	€70,450
2026/27	NH	3	2	14	3	21.4%	£5,343	€13,668
2025	Flat	15	7	130	10	7.7%	£53,840	€41,163
2025/26	NH	14	8	70	11	15.7%	£70,950	€37,295
2024	Flat	31	11	233	20	8.6%	£132,114	€59,500
2024/25	NH	16	4	78	4	5.1%	£41,242	€24,620
2023	Flat	44	12	267	16	6.0%	£107,303	€102,284
2023/24	NH	19	3	72	4	5.6%	£219,749	€28,310
2022	Flat	62	24	369	41	11.1%	£327,157	€170,630
2022/23	NH	16	4	59	7	11.9%	£86,608	€15,375
2021	Flat	71	30	329	44	13.4%	£378,975	€147,630
2021/22	NH	9	5	33	7	21.2%	£46,470	€19,855
2020	Flat	39	11	130	11	8.5%	£38,057	€76,720

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Current season runners and winners


Pride Of Nepal (GB)	Flat	8	gelding	Best Regards (IRE)	Archie Watson	14	4	1	28.6%	£17,981	-	12 Oct 26	66
Small Bucks (IRE)	NH	5	mare	Quaich (GB)	P E Collins	8	2	0	25.0%	-	€13,668	3 Sep 26	107
Thapa VC (IRE)	Flat	8	gelding	Merritt Island (GB)	Mark Rimell	13	2	3	15.4%	£12,378	-	2 Oct 26	70
Fiver Friday (IRE)	Flat/NH	6	mare	Wild Storm (GB)	Gavin Cromwell	5	1	0	20.0%	-	€60,850	25 Sep 26	126
Lady Delila (IRE)	Flat	6	mare	The Night Lady (GB)	Patrick Morris	10	1	3	10.0%	£9,050	-	13 Oct 26	43
Gegenpressing (GB)	Flat	8	gelding	Bouyrin (IRE)	Eddie & Patrick Harty	3	1	0	33.3%	-	€6,100	3 Jun 26	53
Evenwood Sonofagun (IRE)	NH	8	gelding	Ravish (GB)	Lizzie Quinlan	4	1	1	25.0%	£5,343	-	18 Jul 26	104
Harry The Rogue (IRE)	Flat	5	gelding	Madeira Moon (IRE)	Stephen Hanlon	9	0	2	0.0%	£10,438	€900	13 Oct 26	70
The Bay Warrior (IRE)	Flat	8	gelding	Fraulein (GB)	Mark Usher	9	0	3	0.0%	£4,433	-	23 Sep 26	59
Fighting Poet (IRE)	Flat	8	gelding	Inkling (USA)	Richard Phillips	8	0	2	0.0%	£2,738	-	26 Aug 26	50
Imperial Fighter (IRE)	Flat	7	gelding	Endure (IRE)	Patrick J McKenna	8	0	1	0.0%	-	€2,600	26 May 26	53
Baileys Warrior (GB)	Flat	8	mare	Missisipi Star (IRE)	Thomas Faulkner	3	0	1	0.0%	£883	-	28 Sep 26	48
Mr Mercury (IRE)	Flat	3	gelding	Mymoonlightdancer (IRE)	J A Nash	4	0	0	0.0%	-	-	12 Oct 26	-
Dubai Immo (IRE)	Flat	7	gelding	Bright Glow (GB)	Paddy Butler	4	0	0	0.0%	-	-	11 Aug 26	44
Boxwood Hill (IRE)	Flat	2	gelding	Hidden Sapphire (IRE)	Gavin Cromwell	2	0	0	0.0%	-	-	4 Oct 26	-
Krystyna (GB)	Flat	6	mare	Skarbek (GB)	Tony Newcombe	1	0	0	0.0%	-	-	14 May 26	-

Flat 2026 and NH 2026/27; up to 100 runners, winners first.

Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Luccia (GB)	mare	Earth Amber (GB)	Nicky Henderson	2022-2024	12	5	4	41.7%	3	Listed	£230,320	-
Miramis (IRE)	mare	Chronicle (GB)	Joseph Patrick O'Brien	2020-2023	22	3	3	13.6%	1	Listed	-	€68,975
Invite (IRE)	mare	Katiyra (IRE)	Andrew Balding	2020-2022	8	3	2	37.5%	1	Listed	£60,346	-
Thapa VC (IRE)	gelding	Merritt Island (GB)	Mark Rimell	2020-2026	83	15	15	18.1%	0	-	£95,385	-
Pride Of Nepal (GB)	gelding	Best Regards (IRE)	Archie Watson	2020-2026	65	9	14	13.8%	0	-	£66,388	-
Fiver Friday (IRE)	mare	Wild Storm (GB)	Gavin Cromwell	2023-2026	37	7	8	18.9%	0	-	£34,965	€112,205
Sanitiser (GB)	gelding	Spicy Dal (GB)	Gary & Josh Moore	2021-2026	42	7	15	16.7%	0	-	£88,112	-
The Bay Warrior (IRE)	gelding	Fraulein (GB)	Mark Usher	2020-2026	65	7	18	10.8%	0	-	£58,187	-
Addosh (GB)	mare	Wild Storm (GB)	Brian Ellison	2020-2025	59	6	16	10.2%	0	-	£57,108	-
Gegenpressing (GB)	gelding	Bouyrin (IRE)	Eddie & Patrick Harty	2021-2026	61	6	5	9.8%	0	-	-	€52,960
Old Port (IRE)	gelding	Misty Lane (IRE)	C Byrnes	2021-2024	23	6	4	26.1%	0	-	£50,218	€2,125
Hansard (IRE)	gelding	Quiet Down (USA)	Gary & Josh Moore	2022-2026	21	5	4	23.8%	0	-	£96,926	€7,660
Aurora Princess (IRE)	mare	Rub A Dub Dub (GB)	Leanne Breen	2020-2025	35	5	4	14.3%	0	-	-	€49,744
Feature This (IRE)	mare	Water Feature (GB)	Ian Patrick Donoghue	2022-2025	42	5	6	11.9%	0	-	-	€46,260
Cicely (IRE)	mare	Wingspan (USA)	Kevin Philippart de Foy	2021-2023	21	5	1	23.8%	0	-	£21,727	-
Nell Quickly (IRE)	mare	Burke's Rock (GB)	Denis Coakley	2020-2022	10	4	3	40.0%	0	-	£66,159	-
Danni California (IRE)	mare	Satwa Ruby (FR)	Richard Spencer	2021-2023	26	4	9	15.4%	0	-	£48,326	-
Evenwood Sonofagun (IRE)	gelding	Ravish (GB)	Lizzie Quinlan	2021-2026	46	4	11	8.7%	0	-	£28,351	€9,055
Sonning (IRE)	gelding	Moon Empress (FR)	Mark Walford	2020-2025	37	4	7	10.8%	0	-	£30,164	-
Libby Ami (IRE)	mare	Moore's Melody (IRE)	Ivan Furtado	2020-2022	27	4	6	14.8%	0	-	£27,816	-
Miss Gherkin (IRE)	mare	Hasanza (USA)	Eoin Griffin	2023-2025	20	3	3	15.0%	0	-	-	€35,810
Dubai Immo (IRE)	gelding	Bright Glow (GB)	Paddy Butler	2021-2026	44	3	14	6.8%	0	-	£33,644	-
Ciao Adios (IRE)	mare	Couragetocontinue (IRE)	Adrian Murray	2022-2025	43	3	5	7.0%	0	-	£12,534	€10,510
Fighting Poet (IRE)	gelding	Inkling (USA)	Richard Phillips	2021-2026	43	3	7	7.0%	0	-	£21,733	-
Small Bucks (IRE)	mare	Quaich (GB)	P E Collins	2023-2026	24	3	1	12.5%	0	-	-	€20,678
Dejame Paso (IRE)	horse	Bergamot Orange (USA)	Andrew Balding	2020-2021	10	3	1	30.0%	0	-	£18,737	-
Imperial Fighter (IRE)	gelding	Endure (IRE)	Patrick J McKenna	2021-2026	38	2	5	5.3%	0	-	£71,678	€48,278
Harry The Rogue (IRE)	gelding	Madeira Moon (IRE)	Stephen Hanlon	2023-2026	40	2	15	5.0%	0	-	£10,438	€40,585
Mr Ascendency (IRE)	gelding	Dietrich (USA)	John & Thady Gosden	2020-2021	7	2	3	28.6%	0	-	£47,691	-
Tosen Lydia (IRE)	mare	Early Addition (IRE)	Joseph Patrick O'Brien	2021-2022	3	2	1	66.7%	0	-	-	€30,630
Malayan (IRE)	mare	Malayan Mist (IRE)	D K Weld	2021-2022	10	2	1	20.0%	0	-	-	€30,025
Baileys Warrior (GB)	mare	Missisipi Star (IRE)	Thomas Faulkner	2021-2026	40	2	12	5.0%	0	-	£28,632	-
Fly Girl (IRE)	mare	Katchy Lady (GB)	James McAuley	2020-2021	12	2	1	16.7%	0	-	-	€26,840
Himalayan Beauty (IRE)	mare	Praskovia (IRE)	Mrs J. Harrington	2020-2022	22	2	3	9.1%	0	-	-	€23,750
Champion Green (IRE)	gelding	Back On Top (IRE)	Padraig Roche	2020-2024	13	2	3	15.4%	0	-	-	€21,630
No Guarantee (GB)	gelding	Tropical Rock (GB)	Alexander Gibbons	2023-2026	30	2	5	6.7%	0	-	£14,794	-
Gurkha Girl (IRE)	mare	Freddie's Girl (USA)	Michael Patrick Fenton	2020-2024	18	2	4	11.1%	0	-	£10,395	€3,620
The Conqueror (GER)	gelding	Tiziana (FR)	Jim Boyle	2023-2024	25	2	2	8.0%	0	-	£11,639	-
Invincible Soldier (IRE)	gelding	Guessing (USA)	Clive Cox	2020-2022	17	2	5	11.8%	0	-	£11,149	-
Wadacre Gogo (GB)	mare	Glenreef (GB)	Charlie & Mark Johnston	2020-2022	19	2	5	10.5%	0	-	£10,655	€110
Sugauli (IRE)	gelding	Wood Chorus (GB)	Tom Clover	2020-2022	9	2	2	22.2%	0	-	£10,221	-
San Martino (IRE)	gelding	Euphrasia (IRE)	S Michael Millar	2020-2024	42	1	6	2.4%	0	-	-	€38,780
Morning Soldier (IRE)	gelding	Morning Line (FR)	Thomas Mullins	2021-2024	31	1	5	3.2%	0	-	-	€28,080
Taravara (IRE)	gelding	Red Blossom (GB)	Simon Pearce	2020-2024	28	1	9	3.6%	0	-	£23,555	-
Rita Rana (IRE)	mare	Tureyth (USA)	Adrian Wintle	2021-2024	35	1	8	2.9%	0	-	£17,586	-
Lady Labelle (IRE)	mare	Duchess Of Marmite (IRE)	Andrew Balding	2021-2023	6	1	4	16.7%	0	-	£16,303	-
Penguin Island (GB)	mare	In Secret (GB)	Robert Widger	2021-2024	21	1	7	4.8%	0	-	£15,505	-
Female Soldier (IRE)	mare	Albaraaha (IRE)	Thomas Mullins	2022-2023	17	1	0	5.9%	0	-	-	€15,070
Shackleton Hero (IRE)	gelding	Blue Cloud (IRE)	Michael Attwater	2020-2021	13	1	4	7.7%	0	-	£1,361	€12,800
Chocolat Blu (IRE)	mare	Deyaar (USA)	Andrew Slattery	2022-2023	11	1	1	9.1%	0	-	-	€11,540

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 The Gurkha sired?: The Gurkha (IRE) has sired 66 winners from 111 runners in Britain and Ireland since 2020 (59%), with 187 wins from 1,875 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has The Gurkha sired?: The Gurkha (IRE) has sired 3 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 2020.
Who is the best offspring of The Gurkha?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by The Gurkha (IRE) in Britain and Ireland is Luccia (GB) (out of Earth Amber (GB)), a Listed winner with 3 black-type wins from 12 runs.
Who is The Gurkha's sire?: The Gurkha (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE), and won 2 of 5 races in Britain and Ireland as a racehorse.
What is the average winning distance of The Gurkha's progeny?: The average winning distance of The Gurkha (IRE)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 8.9 furlongs on the Flat and 2m1f over jumps.
How are The Gurkha's progeny doing this season?: The Gurkha (IRE) has had 5 winners from 14 runners in the 2026 Flat season and 2 winners from 3 runners in the 2026/27 jumps season in Britain and Ireland.
How much prize money have The Gurkha's progeny won?: The Gurkha (IRE)'s progeny have earned £1,565,710 in Britain and €807,500 in Ireland since 2020.
Are any of The Gurkha's progeny running soon?: 2 runners by The Gurkha (IRE) are entered or declared in Britain and Ireland in the next 7 days.
How has The Gurkha done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of The Gurkha (IRE)'s daughters include 4 winners from 11 runners in Britain and Ireland.

Updated 2026-10-18

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