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But Runhappy’s sire, Super Saver, won the 2010 Derby, and So Happy’s grandsire on his mother’s side is Blame, who captured the Breeders’ Cup Classic later that year at Churchill Downs.

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

And second, female cats can actually carry litters fathered by multiple males, so more partners means more chance of having a strong, healthy sire for at least some of the kittens.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024

He didn’t know he would never sire cubs, never have the ferocity and energy that he was born to.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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

You need look no further than their sires to see the thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

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

Whatever their sires or their grandsires might have been back in Westeros before their exile, the men of the Golden Company were sellswords now, and no sellsword could be trusted.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Robusta, a Calumet Farm homebred sired by Accelerate, has only a maiden victory from five career starts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

On his deathbed, however, he had a change of heart and left his fortune to the creation of a refuge for children like the one he sired and abandoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Otto sired six calves, including Dara - its most recent offspring - who was born in January 2023.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 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

“One was sired by Harle the Huntsman, t’other by Harle the Handsome, both on the same woman. Fathers hate each other. I was you, I’d send one to Eastwatch and t’other to your Shadow Tower.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

There would likely still have been a sectarian power struggle over a weakened state, siring a civil war and brewing regional tensions.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018

When Tom swaps Rachel for Anna as queen of Westchester, siring infant Evie but a year later, such rancor becomes even more understandable given the protagonist’s battle with infertility.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2016

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 Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)