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Sire profile

Vertical Speed (FR)

Best progeny: Quatre Heures (FR), Killahara Castle (IRE), Horizontal Speed (IRE)

Avg winning distance: NH 2m4f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 16.0f · NH 2m3f
Race record: 1 runs, 0 wins
By: Bering (GB)
As damsire: 25 winners from 46 runners
Country: FR

Winners (GB & IRE): 23 of 60 runners (38%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 56 from 655 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 2 (1 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £313,463 GB · €347,657 IRE
Best progeny: Quatre Heures (FR), Killahara Castle (IRE), Horizontal Speed (IRE)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2022/23	NH	1	0	5	0	0.0%	£10,585	-
2021/22	NH	7	1	24	2	8.3%	£26,450	-
2020/21	NH	7	1	28	2	7.1%	£16,489	€6,490
2019	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-
2019/20	NH	10	2	34	2	5.9%	£7,752	€9,505
2018/19	NH	17	2	59	2	3.4%	£18,738	€6,018
2017/18	NH	17	7	70	9	12.9%	£57,204	€30,013
2016/17	NH	24	6	75	9	12.0%	£44,968	€31,968
2015	Flat	1	0	3	0	0.0%	-	-
2015/16	NH	25	3	71	3	4.2%	£12,486	€9,230
2014/15	NH	16	1	50	1	2.0%	£22,788	€6,460
2013/14	NH	11	3	31	6	19.4%	£29,512	€9,370
2012/13	NH	6	3	27	4	14.8%	£19,473	€15,390
2011/12	NH	4	1	9	1	11.1%	£4,885	€3,820
2010/11	NH	5	1	11	1	9.1%	£9,239	€8,815
2009/10	NH	8	3	37	4	10.8%	£8,899	€60,740
2008/09	NH	11	4	50	5	10.0%	£10,056	€35,650
2007/08	NH	8	1	27	1	3.7%	£1,443	€22,936
2006/07	NH	4	0	8	0	0.0%	£883	€4,396
2005	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-
2005/06	NH	4	2	20	4	20.0%	£11,098	€86,857
2004/05	NH	2	0	13	0	0.0%	£515	-
2003/04	NH	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-

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

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Quatre Heures (FR)	-	-	Willie Mullins	2005-2008	10	3	2	30.0%	1	Grade 1	-	€90,444
Killahara Castle (IRE)	mare	Tyone Legend (IRE)	John M Burke	2015-2018	22	1	4	4.5%	1	Listed	-	€27,703
Horizontal Speed (IRE)	-	-	David Dennis	2012-2016	26	6	8	23.1%	0	-	£47,024	-
Harouet (FR)	-	-	Peter Bowen	2009-2014	25	6	2	24.0%	0	-	£41,596	-
Indy Five (IRE)	gelding	Beesplease (IRE)	David Dennis	2016-2023	29	5	6	17.2%	0	-	£62,867	-
Cadspeed (FR)	-	-	Willie Mullins	2008-2014	28	5	12	17.9%	0	-	-	€58,051
Full Trottle (IRE)	gelding	Keerou Lady (IRE)	Miss L Thomas	2015-2022	13	5	3	38.5%	0	-	£14,398	-
Billy's Angel (IRE)	gelding	Lady Rockabilly (IRE)	Amy Murphy	2017-2021	45	4	8	8.9%	0	-	£9,348	€27,923
Deal Done (FR)	-	-	Richard Drake	2008-2015	33	3	10	9.1%	0	-	£5,448	€64,106
Only Gorgeous (IRE)	gelding	Pure Beautiful (IRE)	Susan Gardner	2015-2021	41	3	12	7.3%	0	-	£36,183	-
Moores Road (IRE)	gelding	Lady Quesada (IRE)	Richard Spencer	2014-2018	24	2	3	8.3%	0	-	£450	€31,350
Buckskin Boulta (IRE)	gelding	Ballymartin Trix (IRE)	Mark Michael McNiff	2013-2017	15	2	1	13.3%	0	-	£10,567	€360
Deal Maker (FR)	-	-	D T Hughes	2007-2008	15	1	6	6.7%	0	-	-	€23,662
Ornella Speed (FR)	-	-	John Weymes	2004-2006	17	1	5	5.9%	0	-	£11,613	-
Comedien (FR)	-	-	John Queally	2007-2009	9	1	1	11.1%	0	-	-	€10,185
Oriental Fixer (IRE)	gelding	Hannah Rose (IRE)	Michael Scudamore	2016-2018	18	1	3	5.6%	0	-	£9,891	€150
Speedalong (IRE)	gelding	Emily's Bracelet (IRE)	Jeremy Scott	2016-2018	11	1	2	9.1%	0	-	£9,730	-
Mentor (IRE)	-	-	Aidan O'Brien	2015	3	1	0	33.3%	0	-	-	€8,280
Dolly's Dot (IRE)	mare	Our Dot (IRE)	Victor Thompson	2016-2020	19	1	2	5.3%	0	-	£7,294	-
Noble Warrior (IRE)	gelding	Everdane (IRE)	James Moffatt	2018-2019	6	1	0	16.7%	0	-	£5,215	-
Falcons Fall (IRE)	gelding	Ellie Park (IRE)	Tom Symonds	2015-2018	12	1	1	8.3%	0	-	£5,084	-
Downbythestrand (IRE)	gelding	Fancyfacia (IRE)	F A Hutsby	2019-2021	6	1	0	16.7%	0	-	£4,255	-
Quillygham (FR)	-	-	R J Alford	2008-2013	11	1	2	9.1%	0	-	£3,285	-
Along Came Theo (IRE)	gelding	Kachina (IRE)	Andrew Crook	2014-2019	21	0	9	0.0%	0	-	£9,898	-
Speed Up (FR)	-	-	Ferdy Murphy	2006-2009	17	0	6	0.0%	0	-	£5,996	-
Quick N' Easy (IRE)	gelding	Tarmons Duchess (IRE)	David Brace	2014-2019	15	0	4	0.0%	0	-	£5,664	-
Outside The Ring (IRE)	gelding	My Bay Lady (GB)	Neil McKnight	2019-2021	7	0	1	0.0%	0	-	-	€3,436
Le Vert Galant (FR)	-	-	Ferdy Murphy	2007-2011	13	0	6	0.0%	0	-	£3,310	-
Whispering Speed (IRE)	-	-	Lucy Wadham	2014-2016	9	0	1	0.0%	0	-	£1,383	-
Polar Speed (FR)	-	-	C A Murphy	2008-2010	11	0	2	0.0%	0	-	-	€1,207
Fight Away Boys (IRE)	gelding	Say Ya Love Me (IRE)	N. W. Alexander	2014-2017	10	0	1	0.0%	0	-	£1,049	-
The Child (IRE)	gelding	Chancy Hall (IRE)	Anna Newton-Smith	2016-2017	6	0	1	0.0%	0	-	£668	-
Doo Wakka Doo (IRE)	gelding	I'll Decide (IRE)	Mrs Ann Mooney	2016-2021	14	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	€652
Peggyclare (IRE)	mare	Outdoor Heather (IRE)	Ben Lund	2018-2022	11	0	0	0.0%	0	-	£540	-
Prince Ducal (FR)	-	-	Helen Nelmes	2008-2009	10	0	1	0.0%	0	-	£463	-
Hardship (IRE)	-	-	Thomas Foley	2016	2	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	€150
U Me And Them (IRE)	gelding	Bodies Pride (IRE)	Miss Hannah Taylor	2016-2018	6	0	0	0.0%	0	-	£145	-
Native Pride (IRE)	-	-	Ms J Johnston	2015	1	0	0	0.0%	0	-	£97	-
Tedspeed (IRE)	gelding	Clare Hogan (IRE)	Richard Mitford-Slade	2016-2019	2	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Bellaney In Motion (IRE)	-	-	D M Christie	2014-2015	7	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Alldeangles (IRE)	-	-	R P O'Keeffe	2014	3	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Hawkeye Hero (IRE)	-	-	S G Walsh	2015-2016	4	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Bealach Abu (IRE)	-	-	Adrian Brendan Joyce	2014	3	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Vertical Venture (IRE)	-	-	Conor O'Dwyer	2015	5	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Suerua (IRE)	-	-	Moses McCabe	2014	2	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Scottsisland (IRE)	-	-	Denis Gerard Hogan	2016	1	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Ballyfore Cross (IRE)	-	-	Mrs Pauline Gavin	2015-2016	6	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Kates Brother (IRE)	-	-	David Richards	2013	3	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Guest On Request (IRE)	-	-	P J Colville	2015	1	0	0	0.0%	0	-	-	-
Tallyho (IRE)	-	-	Michael Winters	2016	1	0	0	0.0%	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 Vertical Speed sired?: Vertical Speed (FR) has sired 23 winners from 60 runners in Britain and Ireland since 2004 (38%), with 56 wins from 655 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Vertical Speed sired?: Vertical Speed (FR) has sired 2 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 2004, 1 of them at Group or Grade level.
How many Group 1 winners has Vertical Speed sired?: Vertical Speed (FR) has sired 1 Grade 1 winner (1 Grade 1 win) in Britain and Ireland since 2004.
Who is the best offspring of Vertical Speed?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Vertical Speed (FR) in Britain and Ireland is Quatre Heures (FR), a Grade 1 winner with 1 black-type win from 10 runs.
Who is the latest Group 1 winner by Vertical Speed?: The most recent Grade 1 winner by Vertical Speed (FR) in Britain and Ireland is Quatre Heures (FR), in the tote.ie Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1) at Punchestown (IRE) on 27 April 2006.
Who is Vertical Speed's sire?: Vertical Speed (FR) is by Bering (GB), and ran 1 time in Britain and Ireland as a racehorse without winning (runs abroad are not included).
What is the average winning distance of Vertical Speed's progeny?: The average winning distance of Vertical Speed (FR)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 2m4f over jumps.
How much prize money have Vertical Speed's progeny won?: Vertical Speed (FR)'s progeny have earned £313,463 in Britain and €347,657 in Ireland since 2004.
How has Vertical Speed done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Vertical Speed (FR)'s daughters include 25 winners from 46 runners in Britain and Ireland, 1 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2023-01-07

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