# Not A Single Doubt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Not_A_Single_Doubt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Not_A_Single_Doubt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_A_Single_Doubt > Source revision: 1345130181 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Not A Single Doubt | image_name = Racing_silks_of_Arrowfield_Stud.png | caption = Racing silks of Arrowfield | sire = [Redoute's Choice](/source/Redoute's_Choice) | grandsire = [Danehill](/source/Danehill_(horse)) | dam = Singles Bar | damsire = [Rory's Jester](/source/Rory's_Jester) | sex = [Colt](/source/Colt_(horse)) | foaled = {{birth date|2001|10|01|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|06|27|2001|10|01|df=y}} | country = [Australia](/source/Australia) | colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse)) | breeder = Arrowleave Joint Venture | owner = Arrowfield Pastoral, R S & O Finemore, Planette Thoroughbreds, Belford Productions, Teeley Assets | trainer = Graeme Rogerson (2003-2004)
Tony Vasil (2005) | record = 10: 4–2–0 | earnings = [A$](/source/A%24) 392,000{{cite web |url= https://racingaustralia.horse/InteractiveForm/HorseFullForm.aspx?HorseCode=MjA3MzM3ODUyOA%3d%3d&src=horsesearch |title=Not A Single Doubt Horse Profile |publisher=racingaustralia.horse |accessdate=26 April 2020}} | race = [Canonbury Stakes](/source/Canonbury_Stakes) (2003)
[Zeditave Stakes](/source/Zeditave_Stakes) (2005) | awards= }} '''Not A Single Doubt''' (1 October 2001 – 27 June 2022) was an Australian thoroughbred racehorse and successful stallion, having sired over 70 individual stakes winners. ==Background== A first-crop son and the first stakes winner of champion sire [Redoute's Choice](/source/Redoute's_Choice), Not A Single Doubt was homebred at [Arrowfield Stud](/source/Arrowfield_Stud) and is by the mare, Singles Bar, a daughter of [Rory's Jester](/source/Rory's_Jester). ==Racing career== ===2003/04: two-year-old season=== Originally trained by Graeme Rogerson at [Randwick Racecourse](/source/Randwick_Racecourse), Not A Single Doubt won his first three starts by a combined 9 lengths including the [Canonbury Stakes](/source/Canonbury_Stakes) and the inaugural Strawberry Hill Slipper Stakes at Wyong where he set a new course record time. On the strength of these performances, Not A Single Doubt started a short priced favourite for the 2YO [Magic Millions Classic](/source/Magic_Millions_Classic) however ran second behind that seasons [Australian Champion Two Year Old](/source/Australian_Champion_Two_Year_Old), Dance Hero. Not A Single Doubt's campaign was cut short after the [Todman Stakes](/source/Todman_Stakes) due to a soft tissue injury in his off-fore leg and he would not race again for another ten months.{{cite web |url=https://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/News/Story/14749 |title=Not A Single Doubt moves to Vasil in Melbourne |publisher=thoroughbrednews.com.au |accessdate=26 April 2020}} ===2004/05: three-year old season=== Not A Single Doubt was transferred to Melbourne trainer Tony Vasil. Majority owner [John Messara](/source/John_Messara) explained, “We would like to make a stallion out of Not A Single Doubt, he is a speed horse, we believe Victoria offers an excellent suite of sprint races in the autumn." Not A Single Doubt only had one more victory before being retired to stud when successful in the [Zeditave Stakes](/source/Zeditave_Stakes) when ridden by [Kerrin McEvoy](/source/Kerrin_McEvoy).{{cite web |url=https://www.racingandsports.com/thoroughbred/feature-race/australia/zeditave-stakes/715 |title=Zeditave Stakes Past Winners |publisher=racingandsports.com |accessdate=26 April 2014}} ==Stud career== Not A Single Doubt commenced stud duties at [Arrowfield Stud](/source/Arrowfield_Stud) in 2005 for a service fee of [A$](/source/A%24)13,750.{{cite web |url=https://www.breednet.com.au/sire/not-a-single-doubt |title=Sire Not A Single Doubt |publisher=breednet.com.au |accessdate=26 April 2020}} In 2020 it was announced by [John Messara](/source/John_Messara) that Not A Single Doubt had been retired from active stud duty due to pulmonary disease. At the time of his retirement his service fee had increased to a career high [A$](/source/A%24)110,000. Messara stated, "Not A Single Doubt is a wonderful story for Arrowfield and for many breeders, owners, buyers and trainers, rising from the bottom of our roster to become one of Australia’s most popular and successful stallions. We are immensely grateful to him, and he will be loved and cared for at Arrowfield for the rest of his life."{{cite web |url=https://horsebetting.com.au/not-a-single-doubt-retired-from-stud/131804/ |title=Not A Single Doubt retired from stud |date=21 January 2020 |publisher=horsebetting.com.au |accessdate=26 April 2020}} ===Death=== Not A Single Doubt was euthanised on June 27, 2022, due to a progressive lung disease.{{Cite web |title=Champion stallion Not A Single Doubt dies - Racenet |url=https://racenet.com.au/news/arrowfield-stud-announce-not-a-single-doubt-has-died-20220627 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=racenet.com.au}} ===Notable progeny=== Not A Single Doubt has sired 15 individual Group 1 winners: ''c = [colt](/source/colt_(horse)), f = [filly](/source/filly), g = [gelding](/source/gelding)'' {| border="1" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:90%" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" | width="35px" | '''Foaled''' | width="120px" | '''Name''' | width="35px" | '''Sex''' | width="510px" | '''Major wins''' |- | 2010 | Miracles Of Life | f | [Blue Diamond Stakes](/source/Blue_Diamond_Stakes), [Robert Sangster Stakes](/source/Robert_Sangster_Stakes) |- | 2011 | Clearly Innocent | g | [Kingsford-Smith Cup](/source/Kingsford-Smith_Cup) |- | 2011 | Good Project | c | [Railway Stakes](/source/Railway_Stakes_(Perth_racing)) |- | 2012 | Scales Of Justice | g | [Railway Stakes](/source/Railway_Stakes_(Perth_racing)), [Memsie Stakes](/source/Memsie_Stakes) |- | 2012 | Secret Agenda | f | [Robert Sangster Stakes](/source/Robert_Sangster_Stakes) |- | 2012 | Single Gaze | f | [Vinery Stud Stakes](/source/Vinery_Stud_Stakes) |- | 2012 | Southern Legend | g | [Champions Mile](/source/Champions_Mile) |- | 2013 | [Extreme Choice](/source/Extreme_Choice) | c | [Blue Diamond Stakes](/source/Blue_Diamond_Stakes), [A J Moir Stakes](/source/A_J_Moir_Stakes) |- | 2013 | Kenedna | f | [Queen of the Turf Stakes](/source/Queen_of_the_Turf_Stakes), [Doomben Cup](/source/Doomben_Cup) |- | 2013 | Samadoubt | g | [Winx Stakes](/source/Winx_Stakes), |- | 2014 | Mighty Boss | c | [Caulfield Guineas](/source/Caulfield_Guineas) |- | 2015 | Qafila | f | [South Australian Derby](/source/South_Australian_Derby) |- | 2016 | Shout The Bar | f | [Vinery Stud Stakes](/source/Vinery_Stud_Stakes), [Empire Rose Stakes](/source/Empire_Rose_Stakes) |- | 2016 | Stronger | c | [Centenary Sprint Cup](/source/Centenary_Sprint_Cup) |- | 2017 | [Farnan](/source/Farnan_(horse)) | c | [Golden Slipper](/source/Golden_Slipper) |- | 2017 | Instant Celebrity | f | [Robert Sangster Stakes](/source/Robert_Sangster_Stakes) |- |} ==Pedigree== {{ Pedigree | name = Not A Single Doubt (AUS) 2001 | f = [Redoute's Choice](/source/Redoute's_Choice) (AUS)
1996 | m = Singles Bar (AUS)
1991 | ff = [Danehill](/source/Danehill_(horse)) (USA)
1986 | fm = Shantha's Choice (AUS)
1992 | mf = [Rory's Jester](/source/Rory's_Jester) (AUS)
1982 | mm = Easy Date (AUS)
1977 | fff = [Danzig](/source/Danzig_(horse)) (USA)
1977 | ffm = Razyana (USA)
1981 | fmf = Canny Lad (AUS)
1987 | fmm = Dancing Show (USA)
1983 | mff = Crown Jester (AUS)
1978 | mfm = Rory's Rocket (ENG)
1973 | mmf = Grand Chaudiere (USA)
1968 | mmm = Scampering (AUS)
1971 | ffff = [Northern Dancer](/source/Northern_Dancer) (CAN)
1961 | fffm = Pas de Nom (USA)
1967 | ffmf = [His Majesty](/source/His_Majesty_(horse)) (USA)
1968 | ffmm = Spring Adieu (CAN)
1974 | fmff = [Bletchingly](/source/Bletchingly) (AUS)
1970 | fmfm = Jesmond Lass (AUS)
1975 | fmmf = [Nijinsky II](/source/Nijinsky_II) (CAN)
1967 | fmmm = Show Lady (USA)
1976 | mfff = [Baguette](/source/Baguette_(horse)) (AUS)
1967 | mffm = Anjudy (AUS)
1969 | mfmf = Roan Rocket (GB)
1961 | mfmm = Cantadora (ENG)
1964 | mmff = [Northern Dancer](/source/Northern_Dancer) (CAN)
1971 | mmfm = Lachine II (GB)
1960 | mmmf = Misty Day (USA)
1958 | mmmm = Scamper Away (USA)
1966 |}} ==References == {{reflist}} Category:Racehorses bred in Australia Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:2001 racehorse births Category:2022 racehorse deaths Category:Thoroughbred family 20-a --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Not A Single Doubt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_A_Single_Doubt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_A_Single_Doubt?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.