Try My Best (USA)

Best progeny: Try For Ever II (IRE), My Best Valentine (GB), Idle Affair (USA)

Avg winning distance: Flat 7.8f · NH 2m2f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 7.2f · NH 2m1½f
As damsire: 102 winners from 232 runners
Country: USA

Winners (GB & IRE): 51 of 82 runners (62%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 185 from 2,035 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 3
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £803,520 GB
Best progeny: Try For Ever II (IRE), My Best Valentine (GB), Idle Affair (USA)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2003	Flat	1	0	5	0	0.0%	-
2002	Flat	2	0	9	0	0.0%	-
2002/03	NH	1	0	4	0	0.0%	£312
2001	Flat	2	1	25	2	8.0%	£6,159
2001/02	NH	1	0	8	0	0.0%	£1,213
2000	Flat	3	1	26	3	11.5%	£1,984
2000/01	NH	3	1	13	1	7.7%	£6,750
1999	Flat	7	3	69	3	4.3%	£12,660
1999/00	NH	6	3	27	5	18.5%	£26,498
1998	Flat	8	4	78	7	9.0%	£48,048
1998/99	NH	7	1	32	1	3.1%	£15,106
1997	Flat	12	7	117	13	11.1%	£92,873
1997/98	NH	10	6	64	10	15.6%	£33,567
1996	Flat	15	6	136	13	9.6%	£41,503
1996/97	NH	14	4	54	5	9.3%	£14,718
1995	Flat	15	7	98	11	11.2%	£29,447
1995/96	NH	15	6	82	16	19.5%	£80,579
1994	Flat	21	7	120	8	6.7%	£56,345
1994/95	NH	14	2	62	3	4.8%	£16,853
1993	Flat	22	9	156	16	10.3%	£74,337
1993/94	NH	14	5	74	8	10.8%	£18,655
1992	Flat	27	9	185	13	7.0%	£53,593
1992/93	NH	14	3	73	4	5.5%	£16,088
1991	Flat	34	12	194	16	8.2%	£62,743
1991/92	NH	14	3	58	5	8.6%	£10,066
1990	Flat	39	10	195	14	7.2%	£62,847
1990/91	NH	14	4	45	5	11.1%	£15,491
1989/90	NH	7	1	26	3	11.5%	£5,084

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

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Try For Ever II (IRE)	Noel Meade	1996-1999	38	9	11	23.7%	1	Listed	-
My Best Valentine (GB)	V Soane	1992-1998	70	8	17	11.4%	1	Listed	£118,538
Idle Affair (USA)	T G Curtin	1990-1991	13	2	7	15.4%	1	Listed	-
Best Of All (IRE)	J Berry	1994-1999	66	12	11	18.2%	0	-	£55,567
Kibreet (GB)	Philip Hobbs	1990-1999	67	11	23	16.4%	0	-	£105,361
Impulsive Air (IRE)	John Weymes	1994-2003	108	10	14	9.3%	0	-	£59,697
Chicago's Best (GB)	John Coombe	1990-1999	51	9	11	17.6%	0	-	£27,222
Fraser Carey (IRE)	Declan Gillespie	1994-2000	59	9	16	15.3%	0	-	£7,491
Best Before Dawn (IRE)	Aidan O'Brien	1994-1998	50	9	10	18.0%	0	-	-
Last Try (IRE)	Brian Rothwell	1996-2002	59	7	21	11.9%	0	-	£52,148
Pallium (IRE)	Donal Nolan	1990-2002	157	7	27	4.5%	0	-	£46,477
Overpower (GB)	Mark H Tompkins	1990-1996	64	7	25	10.9%	0	-	£33,055
Kingfisher Bay (GB)	O A Little	1990-1997	33	6	8	18.2%	0	-	£12,883
Best Effort I (GB)	M P Naughton	1990-1993	50	5	7	10.0%	0	-	£16,360
Clifton Chase (GB)	J L Harris	1991-1993	22	5	4	22.7%	0	-	£12,267
Gabish (GB)	Bernard Scriven	1990-1998	83	4	14	4.8%	0	-	£16,594
Perjury (IRE)	D Eddy	1990-1992	15	4	1	26.7%	0	-	£8,698
Make An Effort (IRE)	Henry Cleary	1995-1997	26	4	4	15.4%	0	-	-
Dazzlingly Radiant (GB)	Richard Hannon Snr	1990-1991	16	3	5	18.8%	0	-	£15,786
Clear Idea (IRE)	R G Frost	1990-1996	37	3	8	8.1%	0	-	£13,774
Try Leguard (IRE)	J. S. Moore	1991-1993	32	3	9	9.4%	0	-	£13,551
Orvietto (GB)	D K Weld	1990-1992	17	3	2	17.6%	0	-	£11,057
Saryan (GB)	Barney Curley	1990-1991	10	3	2	30.0%	0	-	£10,019
Darcari Rose (IRE)	Patrick Martin	1991-1997	63	3	7	4.8%	0	-	-
Meglio Che Posso (IRE)	Willie Mullins	1993-1997	41	3	10	7.3%	0	-	-
Nashville Blues (IRE)	J W Hills	1991-1994	24	2	8	8.3%	0	-	£19,993
Muchtarak (IRE)	C J Benstead	1994-1995	9	2	2	22.2%	0	-	£14,997
Kimberley Park (GB)	David Arbuthnot	1990-1993	27	2	5	7.4%	0	-	£14,763
Justinianus (IRE)	Dai Williams	1996-1999	78	2	11	2.6%	0	-	£13,352
Try To Please (IRE)	Ed Dunlop	1994-1995	12	2	2	16.7%	0	-	£13,216
Dance Of The Swans (IRE)	John Harris	1993-1994	15	2	6	13.3%	0	-	£9,775
Best Appearance (IRE)	J G Fitzgerald	1992-1993	13	2	3	15.4%	0	-	£8,953
Noble Endeavour (GB)	A C Stewart	1990	7	2	1	28.6%	0	-	£8,411
Arif I (IRE)	Mrs H L Walton	1995-2000	35	2	2	5.7%	0	-	£5,994
Thin Ice I (IRE)	Kevin Prendergast	1990-1992	24	2	5	8.3%	0	-	-
Full Of Pluck (IRE)	B Hanbury	1990-1991	4	1	1	25.0%	0	-	£6,503
Try Me Now (GB)	Evelyn England	1990-1995	21	1	7	4.8%	0	-	£6,329
Campai (GB)	R W Armstrong	1990	12	1	6	8.3%	0	-	£6,119
Orujo (IRE)	Miss C Gordon	1990-1997	15	1	1	6.7%	0	-	£4,995
Jitterbugging (GB)	B W Hills	1991-1992	4	1	1	25.0%	0	-	£4,769
Best Finish (GB)	W A O'Gorman	1991	8	1	3	12.5%	0	-	£4,418
Sirmoor (IRE)	C L Popham	1991-1994	18	1	2	5.6%	0	-	£3,828
Futures Gift (IRE)	A W Potts	1991-1993	23	1	2	4.3%	0	-	£3,276
Flying Down To Rio I (IRE)	G Barnett	1990-1994	37	1	3	2.7%	0	-	£3,266
Don't Be Koi (IRE)	Mark Johnston	1993	4	1	0	25.0%	0	-	£2,865
Moose Malloy I (GB)	Cecil Mahon	1990-1991	22	1	2	4.5%	0	-	-
Gortlemon Star (IRE)	Kevin Prendergast	1990	8	1	2	12.5%	0	-	-
Joy St Clair (IRE)	Kevin Prendergast	1990-1992	24	1	9	4.2%	0	-	-
Labeste (IRE)	S F Maye	1990-1994	26	1	2	3.8%	0	-	-
Without DelayI (IRE)	C Collins	1991	2	1	0	50.0%	0	-	-

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 Try My Best sired?: Try My Best (USA) has sired 51 winners from 82 runners in Britain and Ireland since 1990 (62%), with 185 wins from 2,035 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Try My Best sired?: Try My Best (USA) has sired 3 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 1990.
Who is the best offspring of Try My Best?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Try My Best (USA) in Britain and Ireland is Try For Ever II (IRE), a Listed winner with 1 black-type win from 38 runs.
What is the average winning distance of Try My Best's progeny?: The average winning distance of Try My Best (USA)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 7.8 furlongs on the Flat and 2m2f over jumps.
How much prize money have Try My Best's progeny won?: Try My Best (USA)'s progeny have earned £803,520 in Britain since 1990.
How has Try My Best done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Try My Best (USA)'s daughters include 102 winners from 232 runners in Britain and Ireland, 8 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2003-06-15

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