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 Comments are closed.
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