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 one of his races by Mick Kinane. His sire Indian Ridge was a top-class sprinter whose wins included the King's Stand Stakes in 1989. He later became a very successful breeding stallion whose other progeny included Ridgewood Pearl, Domedriver, Compton Place and Indian Ink. Indian Ridge was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Definite Article's dam Summer Fashion finished second on her only race as a juvenile, but went on to win six minor races from twenty-one starts over the next two seasons. As a broodmare she also produced the Dante Stakes winner Salford Express. She was a descendant of the British broodmare Indiscretion (foaled 1932),making her a distant relative of several major winners including Rakti, Bakharoff and Holding Court. Racing career 1994: two-year-old season On his racecourse debut, Definite Article started the 4/6 favourite for a maiden race over eight and a half furlongs at Galway Races on 6 September and won by a length from Metastasio. Eleven days later the colt was dropped back in distance and moved up sharply in class to contest the Group 1 National Stakes over seven furlongs