Definite Article (horse)
Definite Article (20 March 1992 – 28 October 2014) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old in 1994 he won a maiden race on his debut and then won the Group 1 National Stakes on his second and final start of the year. In the following year he won the Silver Stakes and was narrowly beaten in a strongly contested edition of the Irish Derby. As a four-year-old he added victories in the Mooresbridge Stakes and the Tattersalls Gold Cup. After being retired from racing at the end of the 1996 he became a successful breeding stallion, enjoying particular success as a sire of National Hunt horses. Background Definite 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 Tattersalls and was sold for 16,000 guineas to the bloodstock agent Amanda Skiffington. As a yearling he returned to the sales ring at Tattersalls in October and was bought for 75,000 guineas by the Irish trainer Dermot Weld. He entered into the ownership of the Moyglare Stud and trained by Weld at the Curragh, County Kildare. He was ridden in all but