sire

Those who doubt So Happy point to his breeding: His sire, Runhappy, was a champion sprinter not known for producing horses who can run more than a mile.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

Three years on, the Purosangue remains an astonishing presence on any street, a provocation, an outrage, a moral panic—indeed, sire, very like a Ferrari.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Green and gold colours of owner JP McManus look more likely to succeed elsewhere, although there is a breeding positive - Chantry House's sire Yeats was also dad to 2022 National winner Noble Yeats.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

The average breeding-purebred male dog, called a sire, will father more than 100 puppies.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2023

‘But, sire, they will arrive at Sparta by morning! If they manage to unleash the makhai - ‘Idiot!’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“I’ve had a lot of horses that were good horses but you just don’t know if they’re going to be sires or not,” Baffert said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025

As it turns out, golden retrievers have the highest proportion of popular sires of any dog breed.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2023

The mare was sired by Northern Dancer, the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby in 1964 who went on to become one of the sport’s greatest sires.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Rickard said this compared to recently frozen semen from 19 sires used to inseminate 1,048 ewes, of which 618 were successfully impregnated.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2019

He would run in two more minor races, winning both, then go on to become one of the breed’s great sires.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Commodus, now a teenager, had shown he had none of his father’s nature; he so preferred athletics to statecraft that some believed he’d been sired by a gladiator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

He was sired by Curlin with Mopotism as the mare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025

It was first top-level Group One winner to be sired by 2015 Derby winner Golden Horn.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025

Mouse pups sired by dysbiotic fathers showed significantly lower birth weights and an increased rate of postnatal mortality.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024

She yes, ma’amed and no, sired and ate all her vegetables and went to bed on time.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Paramount Global has created numerous spin-offs of its main cable channels, with Nickelodeon siring five programming offspring, Nick Jr., Nick at Nite, TeenNick, Nicktoons and Nick Music.

From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023

A Dutch court banned a man Friday from donating any more of his sperm after his donations led to the siring of 550 to 600 children.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

Tom, he said, had survived a poisoning attempt and spent years siring a generation of truffle dogs before dying in Mr. Tomassetti’s arms.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

"Females benefit by preventing these unwanted males from siring any of her young. That means her chosen partner gets most of the paternity, and therefore she gains the benefit through her offspring," says Dr Brennan.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2021

To me has been given the privilege of siring a man, and I shall not affront him with requests for further favors.

From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne