Data Link is a Grade 1 winning son of War Front

DATA LINK (USA) - 2008 bay horse

Claiborne Farm stallion War Front (by Danzig) has established himself as a major sire in North America and in Europe and he is joined at that famous Kentucky base by his Grade 1-winning son Data Link. Having covered 121 mares in his first season and 122 in his second, this popular horse will not be short of representatives.

His stakes-winning dam Database (by Known Fact) won six times from three to five years of age and his stakes-placed sibling Wiki (by Arch) got eight wins at four and five. His dam's dual stakes-winning full-sister Vespers won six times from three to six years of age, getting her listed wins at eight and nine furlongs, and that mare's star son also showed his best later in life.

Hymn Book (by Arch), whose career earnings fell just marginally short of the $1 million mark, won eight of his 26 starts, he was a Grade 1-placed dual stakes winner at five, took the Grade 1 Donn Handicap over nine furlongs at Gulfstream Park at six and was multiple Grade 2-placed at seven.
 
Third dam Songlines (by Diesis), a multiple stakes winner who was placed in the Grade 2 Diana Handicap and Grade 2 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes, did all of her winning from three to five, and her high-class sprinting half-brother Binalong (by Known Fact), a Grade 2-placed multiple stakes winner, won eight times from two to five years of age.
 
Their sibling Badawi (by Diesis) was a stakes-placed sprinter in England and it is she who has provided the most notable two-year-old in the family. The lightly-raced Badminton (by Zieten) won the Listed October Stakes over seven furlongs as a three-year-old, but at two she was runner-up in the Group 2 Lowther Stakes at York and finished third in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket, both races won by Carry On Katie.
 
It seems likely that quite a few of Data Link's progeny will find their way to Europe, given how popular his sire is here, but although War Front is often associated with top juveniles, this stallion won just one of his four starts at that age, three from four at three, and his blacktype form came at four and five. This does not mean that he will fail to get some talented two-year-olds, but it may suggest that his progeny will be less precocious than those of his own sire.

DATA LINK (USA) – b.2008 – War Front – Database, 8 wins inc ​Maker's 46 Mile Stakes (Gr1), Citation Handicap (Gr2), Monmouth Stakes (Gr2), Canadian Turf Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Maker's 46 Mile Stakes (Gr1), Bernard Baruch Handicap (Gr2), 3rd Canadian Turf Stakes (Gr3). Sire in USA. First foals in 2015.

​YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
f – A Bit of Pressure (by High Yield)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Antinous (by Street Cry)     Keeneland     Sept    $3,000
c – Arch Enemy (by Arch)     Keeneland     Sept    $65,000
c – Archetype (by Arch)     Keeneland     Sept    $5,000
c – Auntie Boo (by Fusaichi Pegasus)     Keeneland     Sept    $18,000
c – Beautiful Affair (by Rock Hard Ten)     Keeneland     Sept    $18,000
c – Blazing Whip (by Street Boss)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Busy Listening (by Dehere)     Keeneland     Sept    $5,000
c – Caller Trust (by Trust N Luck)     Fasig-Tipton NY     Aug     $35,000
c – Celtic Gift (by Van Nistelrooy)     Keeneland     Sept    $9,000
c – Croon (by Indian Charlie)     Keeneland     Sept    $155,000
f - Desi Girl (by Silver Train)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    withdrawn
f - Devoted Gal (by Greeley's Galaxy)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $6,200
c – Dignified Air (by Grand Slam)     Keeneland     Sept    $50,000
c – Dixie Crisp (by Dixieland Band)     Keeneland     Sept    $6,000
f – Dynamite Dame (by El Prado)     Keeneland     Sept    $2,500
c – Elocution (by Mutakddim)     Barretts (Del Mar)     Aug     $22,000
c – Elusive Hope (by Elusive Quality)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
f - Fifth Avenue Doll (by Marquetry)     Tattersalls     Nov     23,000gns
f – Find The Humor (by Sharp Humor)     Keeneland     Sept    $200,000
f - Galileo's Star (by Lil E. Tee)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    ​not sold
f – Gingham And Lace (by Kris S)     Keeneland     Sept    $7,200
c – Gozen's Gold (by First Samurai)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
c – Informative Style (by Dayjur)     Keeneland     Sept    $57,000
f – Jinny Jump Up (by Jump Start)     Keeneland     Sept    $65,000
f – Katy Smiles (by Limit Out)     Keeneland     Sept    $14,000
c – La Laja (by El Prado)     Keeneland     Sept    $75,000
f – Lesseroftwoevils (by Dixie Union)     Keeneland     Sept    $20,000
f – Love Torch (by El Prado)     Keeneland     Sept    $3,200
f - Lovely Reward (by Gulch)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $14,000
c – Maggie d'Oro (by Medaglia d'Oro)     Keeneland     Sept    $13,000
c – Magical Kid (by Lemon Drop Kid)     Keeneland     Sept    $10,000
c – Malaysia (by Quiet American)     Keeneland     Sept    $20,000
f – Mankai Blossom (by First Samurai)     Keeneland     Sept    $1,200
f – Maria's Legend (by Maria's Mon)     Keeneland     Sept    $20,000
f – Mirjah (by Elusive Quality)     Ocala Breeders' Sales Co     Aug     withdrawn
f – Miss Clare (by Johannesburg)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Miss Patchouli (by Bernardini)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     $90,000
c – Miz Topgallant (by Mizzen Mast)     Keeneland     Sept    $42,000
f – Nicer Then Ever (by Pulpit)     Keeneland     Sept    $1,500
c – Nippy (by Pulpit)     Keeneland     Sept    $180,000
c – Nite In Rome (by Harlan's Holiday)     Keeneland     Sept    $75,000
f – On The Map (by Eddington)     Keeneland     Sept    $77,000
f – Patronus Charm (by Lear Fan)     Ocala Breeders' Sales Co     Aug     $10,000
c – Pilamaya (by Grand Slam)     Fasig-Tipton NY     Aug     $100,000
f – Pizza Lady (by Dance With Ravens)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     not sold
f - Pizza Lady (by Dance With Ravens)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    $33,000
c – Pleasant Aspect (by Pleasantly Perfect)     Keeneland     Sept    $27,000
c – Pleasant Lyrics (by Pleasant Tap)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
c – Pun (by Pulpit)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Redverse (by Menifee)     Keeneland     Sept    $3,500
c – Remoulade (by Lemon Drop Kid)     Keeneland     Sept    $1,200
c – Robust (by Conquistador Cielo)     Ocala Breeders' Sales Co     Aug     not sold
f – Rule One (by Street Cry)     Keeneland     Sept    $10,000
f – Runaway Eleanor (by Runaway Groom)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
c – Safe Haven (by A.P. Indy)     Keeneland     Sept    $10,000
c – Sally Slew (by Slew City Slew)     Keeneland     Sept    $35,000
c – Seeking Silence (by Seeking The Gold)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f - Silvertonguediva (by Arch)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    not sold
c – Simsational (by Johannesburg)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Smart Catomine (by Smart Strike)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     $60,000
f - Smokin' Greida (by Smoke Glacken)     Fasig-Tipton KY    Oct    not sold
c – Sobinka (by Sadler's Wells)     Keeneland     Sept    $2,000
c – Soleil Rouge (by E Dubai)     Keeneland     Sept    $90,000
f – Starship Cruiser (by Golden Missile)     Keeneland     Sept    $7,000
f – Starship Serena (by Put It Back)     Ocala Breeders' Sales Co     Aug     withdrawn
f – Stroll By (by Stroll)     Keeneland     Sept    withdrawn
c – Stunning Image (by Kris S)     Keeneland     Sept    $27,000
f – Successful Year (by Successful Appeal)     Keeneland     Sept    $2,500
f - Sunset Cocktail (by Precise End)     CTHS Ontario     Sept     ​CAN$75,000
c – Surf City Susie (by Old Trieste)     Fasig-Tipton NY     Aug     $60,000
c – Swingaway (by Tapit)     Ocala Breeders' Sales Co     Aug     $30,000
f – Thine (by Pulpit)     Keeneland     Sept    $4,500
c - Tremendous One (by Point Given)     Barretts Sales Del Mar     Oct    ​$1,200
f – Trophy Wife (by Giant's Causeway)     Keeneland     Sept    $62,000
f – Ultimata (by Tale Of The Cat)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Undo (by Flatter)     Keeneland     Sept    $40,000
c – Vivo Per Lei (by Empire Maker)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
c – Waverly Place (by Awesome Again)     Goffs UK     Aug     withdrawn
f – Well Revered (by Red Ransom)     Keeneland     Sept    $6,000
c – Wildcat Melody (by Unbridled's Song)     Keeneland     Sept    not sold
f – Winter Trek (by Northern Spur)     Keeneland     Sept     $3,500