350:). The other three runners were Manashar, Elegant Victor and Suga Hawk and with no previous Group race winners on show, the field appeared to be a substandard one. In a closely contested finish Definite Article prevailed by half a length from Manashar, with Desert Style and Elegant Victor close behind in third and fourth.
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Mohaajir. After being held up by Kinane in the early running he took the lead entering the last quarter mile and won by three-quarters of a length from Al Mohaajir, with I'm Supposin a length away in third. A Month later, over the same course and distance, the colt started 15/8 favourite
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Article was tried over ten furlongs in the Listed Silver Stakes at the Curragh on 27 May and started at odds of 4/1 in an eight-runner field. He won the race by two lengths from the odds-on favourite Shemaran (runner-up in the
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Article began his third campaign in the Listed Mooresbridge Stakes over ten furlongs at the Curragh on 27 April and started the 4/9 favourite against five opponents headed by the
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Salford Express. She was a descendant of the British broodmare Indiscretion (foaled 1932),making her a distant relative of several major winners including
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Definite
Article was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion in Ireland, spending much of his stud career at the Morristown Lattin Stud near
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over 2000 metres at Munich. He raced in third place for most of the way but was unable to quicken in the straight and finished fourth behind the filly
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Article was a bay horse bred in the United Kingdom by Dr D Davis. In November 1992, the foal was put up for auction at
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Metastasio. Eleven days later the colt was dropped back in distance and moved up sharply in class to contest the
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Germany and matched against older horses for the first time in the Group 1
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Watch Why They Won: Vintage Vinnie Flies To Record-Setting Win In Maryland Hunt Cup
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stallion, with his offspring including Definitly Red (
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On his racecourse debut, Definite Article started the
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1054:"Tattersalls Gold Cup result"
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984:"Long Walk EBF Maiden result"
963:"Grand Duchess - Family 22-d"
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1068:"Definite Article - Progeny"
1040:"Mooresbridge Stakes result"
516:Grand National Hurdle Stakes
361:Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial
330:on 6 September and won by a
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1028:. Racing Post. 2 July 1995.
1014:. Racing Post. 27 May 1995.
811:"Definite Article pedigree"
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354:1995: three-year-old season
242:and trained by Weld at the
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998:"National Stakes result"
865:"Indian Ridge - Progeny"
786:3S x 3D to the stallion
226:and was sold for 16,000
1103:Bay Middleton Sire Line
920:Timeform staff (1988).
498:) and La Vita E Bella (
448:Grosser Preis von Baden
396:Leopardstown Racecourse
388:Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
1190:Byerley Turk sire line
1012:"Silver Stakes result"
782:* Definite Article is
322:over eight and a half
1170:2014 racehorse deaths
1165:1992 racehorse births
514:), Black Jack Blues (
510:), The Real Article (
496:Geoffrey Freer Stakes
490:included Grammarian (
438:over ten furlongs at
1026:"Irish Derby result"
492:San Gabriel Handicap
208:Tattersalls Gold Cup
164:Tattersalls Gold Cup
879:"Byerley Turk Line"
699:Summer Fashion (GB)
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532:Top Novices' Hurdle
524:Grabel Mares Hurdle
259:King's Stand Stakes
204:Mooresbridge Stakes
159:Mooresbridge Stakes
922:Racehorses of 1987
737:Star of Bethlehem
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528:Grand Annual Chase
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328:Galway Races
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287:Dante Stakes
279:Byerley Turk
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850:Racing Post
830:Racing Post
788:Lorenzaccio
766:Candy Gift
671:Swing Easy
629:Lorenzaccio
530:), Thesis (
518:), Non So (
488:on the flat
474:Stud record
408:Freedom Cry
369:Winged Love
320:maiden race
252:Mick Kinane
236:Dermot Weld
224:Tattersalls
200:Irish Derby
185:maiden race
121:Dermot Weld
1159:Categories
969:2013-08-26
906:2011-09-05
885:2011-09-05
794:References
705:Moorestyle
692:West Shaw
687:Skymaster
562:Vinnie Roe
549:Grammarian
512:WKD Hurdle
484:Vinnie Roe
429:Aral-Pokal
275:Indian Ink
267:Domedriver
218:Background
143:Major wins
102:Dr D Davis
59:Moorestyle
760:Phoenissa
716:Sing Sing
645:Phoenissa
552:Greenhope
452:Pilsudski
446:. In the
295:Bakharoff
130:11: 5-1-0
37:Grandsire
731:Reliance
712:Manacle
620:Ahonoora
599:Pedigree
591:Pingshou
579:Lochbuie
456:Sunshack
425:Timarida
404:Hernando
324:furlongs
232:yearling
214:horses.
206:and the
138:£261,472
135:Earnings
68:Stallion
41:Ahonoora
753:Klairon
655:Martial
637:Klairon
462:in the
444:Halling
400:Pentire
392:Germany
340:Curragh
336:Group 1
244:Curragh
228:guineas
189:Group 1
117:Trainer
99:Breeder
81:Country
55:Damsire
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784:inbred
558:Thesis
555:Non So
332:length
166:(1996)
161:(1996)
156:(1995)
151:(1994)
127:Record
89:Colour
73:Foaled
744:1973
709:1977
701:1985
668:1975
624:1975
616:1985
614:(IRE)
291:Rakti
107:Owner
926:ISBN
707:(GB)
622:(GB)
609:Sire
402:and
379:and
297:and
273:and
181:sire
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