Touching Wood (USA)

Best progeny: Ashal (GB), Great Marquess (GB), Lucky Moon (GB)

Avg winning distance: Flat 12.2f · NH 2m3½f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 9.3f · NH 2m5f
As damsire: 58 winners from 119 runners
Country: USA

Winners (GB & IRE): 40 of 77 runners (52%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 174 from 1,503 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 3 (3 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £1,036,805 GB
Best progeny: Ashal (GB), Great Marquess (GB), Lucky Moon (GB)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2000	Flat	1	0	2	0	0.0%	-
1999/00	NH	4	1	9	1	11.1%	£1,725
1998/99	NH	5	1	19	2	10.5%	£7,137
1997	Flat	1	0	2	0	0.0%	£191
1997/98	NH	5	0	19	0	0.0%	£2,925
1996	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	£206
1996/97	NH	9	2	44	4	9.1%	£24,469
1995	Flat	5	0	14	0	0.0%	£5,873
1995/96	NH	10	3	59	5	8.5%	£37,940
1994	Flat	7	3	41	3	7.3%	£22,952
1994/95	NH	19	10	115	15	13.0%	£73,998
1993	Flat	6	4	51	6	11.8%	£37,806
1993/94	NH	21	9	131	22	16.8%	£117,270
1992	Flat	24	3	107	3	2.8%	£28,217
1992/93	NH	30	12	173	30	17.3%	£106,111
1991	Flat	36	12	180	16	8.9%	£139,401
1991/92	NH	31	12	167	24	14.4%	£65,147
1990	Flat	37	15	194	28	14.4%	£316,678
1990/91	NH	23	6	123	12	9.8%	£34,808
1989/90	NH	17	2	52	3	5.8%	£13,950

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

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Ashal (GB)	H Thomson Jones	1990	5	1	2	20.0%	1	Group 1	£89,130
Great Marquess (GB)	Nigel Twiston-Davies	1990-1995	24	9	7	37.5%	3	Group 3	£116,710
Lucky Moon (GB)	John Dunlop	1990-1991	9	5	0	55.6%	1	Group 3	£44,885
Gallateen (GB)	G Richards	1991-1995	41	11	17	26.8%	0	-	£67,803
Light Veneer (GB)	Merrita Jones	1991-1997	25	11	5	44.0%	0	-	£46,553
Touch Above (GB)	David Barron	1990-1995	78	10	25	12.8%	0	-	£54,158
Touching Star (GB)	Philip Hobbs	1990-1994	49	10	17	20.4%	0	-	£40,580
White WillowI (GB)	Roy Brotherton	1992-2000	67	9	22	13.4%	0	-	£48,511
Nikitas (GB)	Miss A J Whitfield	1990-1994	50	9	15	18.0%	0	-	£45,435
Integrity Boy (GB)	Miss A Armitage	1990-1999	54	8	19	14.8%	0	-	£29,907
Honest Word (GB)	S A Brookshaw	1990-1996	20	7	3	35.0%	0	-	£32,224
Polishing (GB)	Micky Hammond	1991-1995	39	7	7	17.9%	0	-	£23,614
Woodurather (GB)	M C Pipe	1990-1994	25	7	8	28.0%	0	-	£22,843
Jadidh (GB)	P C Ritchens	1991-1997	66	6	21	9.1%	0	-	£27,447
Bit Of A Touch (GB)	R G Frost	1990-1998	42	6	6	14.3%	0	-	£15,067
Annio Chilone (GB)	R W Champion	1991-1997	51	5	14	9.8%	0	-	£37,139
White Diamond I (GB)	Dr P Pritchard	1992-1999	55	4	17	7.3%	0	-	£21,419
Fingers Crossed (GB)	Micky Hammond	1990-1993	38	4	9	10.5%	0	-	£10,112
Miss Eurolink (GB)	P M J Doyle	1990-1993	15	4	2	26.7%	0	-	£8,016
Lucky Verdict (GB)	M C Pipe	1990-1991	11	3	5	27.3%	0	-	£23,261
Addicted To Love (GB)	Peter Makin	1992-1994	24	3	8	12.5%	0	-	£19,427
Trifolio (GB)	Nicky Henderson	1990-1992	9	3	2	33.3%	0	-	£16,538
Charden (GB)	Seamus Mullins	1990-2000	58	3	9	5.2%	0	-	£11,785
Touching Times (GB)	John Bridger	1990-1995	44	3	5	6.8%	0	-	£9,219
Dramatic Touch I (GB)	Liam Browne	1992-1993	3	3	0	100.0%	0	-	-
Retouch (GB)	Paul Cole	1990-1992	18	2	7	11.1%	0	-	£45,750
Regent's Folly (IRE)	William Jarvis	1990-1992	11	2	3	18.2%	0	-	£27,511
Tara's Girl (GB)	R T Juckes	1990-1992	30	2	6	6.7%	0	-	£16,205
Strike Fire (IRE)	Paul Cole	1990-1991	10	2	5	20.0%	0	-	£12,498
Apsimore (GB)	J C Tuck	1990-1995	25	2	7	8.0%	0	-	£8,287
Flamewood (GB)	E J O'Grady	1993-1996	14	2	4	14.3%	0	-	£6,808
Woodhoopoe (GB)	C J Bell	1990	2	2	0	100.0%	0	-	£5,204
Wood Louse (GB)	W Rock	1991-1993	17	2	2	11.8%	0	-	-
Loving Omen (GB)	Miss Z A Green	1991-1995	41	1	10	2.4%	0	-	£7,598
Ryewater Dream (GB)	Ron Hodges	1990-1992	18	1	2	5.6%	0	-	£3,718
Spider Woman (GB)	R D E Woodhouse	1990-1991	15	1	3	6.7%	0	-	£3,158
Dosha (GB)	Patrick G Kelly	1991-1992	15	1	2	6.7%	0	-	£2,740
Mehtab (GB)	Pam Sly	1990-1991	5	1	0	20.0%	0	-	£1,632
Call Me Sweetheart I (IRE)	Joseph M Canty	1991	8	1	1	12.5%	0	-	-
Riverstown Lad (GB)	J G Cromwell	1990-1999	63	1	11	1.6%	0	-	-
Flyaway I (FR)	R W Emery	1990-1994	25	0	10	0.0%	0	-	£5,998
Pertemps Network (GB)	John Spearing	1990-1992	12	0	4	0.0%	0	-	£4,129
Shining Wood (GB)	John Wainwright	1990-1992	20	0	7	0.0%	0	-	£3,141
Luzum (GB)	Jeremy Glover	1990-1992	16	0	2	0.0%	0	-	£3,103
Moufajah (IRE)	John O'Shea	1990-1991	10	0	4	0.0%	0	-	£2,781
Stratford Lady (GB)	Jeremy Glover	1991-1992	17	0	3	0.0%	0	-	£1,898
Bundle Of Luck (GB)	Kevin Bishop	1990-1993	18	0	3	0.0%	0	-	£1,598
Knight Of Honour (GB)	Michael Dods	1991-1992	11	0	2	0.0%	0	-	£1,521
Count My Blessings (GB)	Les Eyre	1990-1992	5	0	2	0.0%	0	-	£1,500
Jarras (GB)	C A Smith	1990-1992	13	0	2	0.0%	0	-	£1,023

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 Touching Wood sired?: Touching Wood (USA) has sired 40 winners from 77 runners in Britain and Ireland since 1990 (52%), with 174 wins from 1,503 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Touching Wood sired?: Touching Wood (USA) has sired 3 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 1990, 3 of them at Group or Grade level.
How many Group 1 winners has Touching Wood sired?: Touching Wood (USA) has sired 1 Group 1 winner (1 Group 1 win) in Britain and Ireland since 1990.
Who is the best offspring of Touching Wood?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Touching Wood (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Ashal (GB), a Group 1 winner with 1 black-type win from 5 runs.
Who is the latest Group 1 winner by Touching Wood?: The most recent Group 1 winner by Touching Wood (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Ashal (GB), in the Gold Cup (Group 1) at Ascot on 21 June 1990.
What is the average winning distance of Touching Wood's progeny?: The average winning distance of Touching Wood (USA)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 12.2 furlongs on the Flat and 2m3½f over jumps.
How much prize money have Touching Wood's progeny won?: Touching Wood (USA)'s progeny have earned £1,036,805 in Britain since 1990.
How has Touching Wood done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Touching Wood (USA)'s daughters include 58 winners from 119 runners in Britain and Ireland, 2 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2000-07-15

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