Winner of his only two juvenile outings in France, late-season events on the artificial tracks, Declaration Of War joined the Ballydoyle team and won two of his three starts as a three-year-old, notably the Group 3 Diamond Stakes over 10 and a half furlongs at Dundalk.
First time out at four he won a mile listed contest on soft ground at Leopardstown, and although a beaten favourite in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes the following month, he bounced back to beat Aljamaaheer by three-parts of a length in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. He then chased home Al Kazeem in the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes, was third behind Toronado and Dawn Approach in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes and fourth behind Moonlight Cloud in the Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Arqana. His final two starts were in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York and the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita, the former seeing him defeat the tragically ill-fated Irish Derby hero Trading Leather by one and a quarter lengths, and the latter defeat by a nose and a head, by Mucho Macho Man and Will Take Charge.
Declaration Of War is among the early stallion sons of Claiborne Farm sire War Front (by Danzig), others being Data Link, The Factor and War Command, and there is every reason to hope that at least some of the War Front horses will become Grade/Group 1 sires.
Out of three-times scorer Tempo West (by Rahy), he is a full-brother to the Grade 1-placed Grade 3 winner War Correspondent and a half-brother to the Grade 2-placed stakes winner Vertiformer (by Dynaformer), and his dam's siblings include Lane's End Farm stallion Union Rags (by Dixie Union). A leading juvenile who won the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes and Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes and was runner-up in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Union Rags went on to take the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes and Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes as a three-year-old. His yearlings have made up to $430,000, he had a breeze-up two-year-old make $975,000 in early March, and his first crop has produced a few winners from his early runners. The third dam of Declaration Of War is the Terpsichorist (by Nijinsky), a Grade 2-winning full-sister to the unfortunate Group 2 scorer Gorytus and daughter of 1968's 1000 Guineas heroine Glad Rags (by High Hat). There is a variety of stakes and graded winners who descend from Terpsichorist, and those who descend from other daughters of Glad Rags include Grade/Group 1 stars Colonial Affair (by Pleasant Colony), Prince Of Birds (by Storm Bird), Ball Dancing (by Exchange Rate), Sudan (by Peintre Celebre), Sheikhzayedroad (by Dubawi), and Dreams Gallore (by Silver Ghost), although the relationship of those horses to Declaration Of War is remote. He stood his first season at Coolmore Stud and then moved to their US division, Ashford Stud. He had 113 foals in his first crop, so should have plenty of representatives running in Europe in 2017 and 2018, and although some will be successful as two-year-olds and perhaps even pick up some blacktype at that age, his own racing profile suggests that his best results may come with three-year-olds and older horses, mostly at around a mile to 10 furlongs. DECLARATION OF WAR (USA) – b.2009 – War Front - Tempo West, 7 wins inc Juddmonte International Stakes (Gr1), Queen Anne Stakes (Gr1), Diamond Stakes (Gr3), Heritage Stakes (L), 2nd Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Gr1), 3rd Breeders' Cup Classic (Gr1), Sussex Stakes (Gr1). Sire in Ireland & USA. First foals in 2015.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
bc – Acts of Grace (by Bahri) Tattersalls Oct 65,000gns bc – Another Storm (by Gone West) Tattersalls Oct 250,000gns bc – Athenian Way (by Barathea) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Athenian Way (by Barathea) Tattersalls Nov 30,000gns chc – Autumn Leaves (by Muhtathir) Tattersalls Oct 70,000gns bf - Banderille (by Red Ransom) Arqana Oct not sold bc – Blast Furnace (by Sadler's Wells) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns bf – Bunood (by Sadler's Wells) Tattersalls Oct 130,000gns bc – Call This Cat (by One Cool Cat) Goffs Oct €165,000 bf – Caphene (by Sakhee) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns chc – Cedar Sea (by Persian Bold) Goffs Oct not sold bc - Circumstances (by Galileo) Keeneland Sept $80,000 bf – Cochabamba (by Hurricane Run) Goffs Oct €350,000 bf – Crystal Crossing (by Royal Academy) Goffs Oct €52,000 bf - Danehill Music (by Danehill Dancer) Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Aug withdrawn chc – Danetime Out (by Danetime) Tattersalls Oct 290,000gns chc – Dealbata (by Dubawi) Arqana Aug €100,000 bf – Deep Winter (by Pivotal) Goffs Oct €30,000 bf - Delicieuse Lady (by Trempolino) Arqana Oct €55,000 chf – Desert Quiet (by Desert Story) Tattersalls Oct 3,000gns bc – Di Moi Oui (by Warning) Tattersalls Oct 38,000gns bc – Dowager (by Groom Dancer) Goffs Oct €200,000 bc – Dusty In Memphis (by Broken Vow) Arqana Aug €90,000 chc - Elusive Pearl (by Medaglia d'Oro) Keeneland Sept $150,000 chf – Emily Blake (by Lend A Hand) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc – Fashion Statement (by Rainbow Quest) Tattersalls Oct not sold chc – Flamingo Sea (by Woodman) Goffs Oct €140,000 bc - Floating Away (by Gone West) Keeneland Sept not sold bf – Foolish Act (by Sadler's Wells) Goffs Oct €240,000 chc - Golden Causeway (by Giant's Causeway) Keeneland Sept $60,000 chc - Golden Causeway (by Giant's Causeway) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct withdrawn chc – Greek Goddess (by Galileo) Tattersalls Oct 50,000gns bc – Guantanamera (by Sadler's Wells) Tattersalls Oct (p/s) 90,000gns bc - I'm in Love (by Zafonic) Keeneland Sept not sold bf - Impressionist Art (by Giant's Causeway) Keeneland Sept withdrawn bf - Inkling (by Seeking The Gold) Keeneland Sept not sold bf - Inkling (by Seeking The Gold) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $52,000 c – Invisible Ash (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs Oct €35,000 bf - Kimono (by Bernardini) Keeneland Sept not sold bf – La Conquerante (by Hurricane Run) Goffs Oct €90,000 bc - La Conseillante (by Exclusive Quality) Keeneland Sept $20,000 bf – Lady Aquitaine (by El Prado) Arqana Aug €90,000 bc – Mary's Daughter (by Royal Applause) Goffs Oct €28,000 bc – Means Of Assent (by Empire Maker) Arqana Aug €65,000 bc - Miss Childrey (by Dr Fong) Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Aug $200,000 chf – Miss Mediator (by Consolidator) Goffs UK Aug not sold bf – Mount Crystal (by Montjeu) Tattersalls Oct 100,000gns bf – Mubashera (by Medaglia d'Oro) Arqana Aug (p/s) €70,000 bf – Mysteriousness (by Beat Hollow) Goffs Oct €4,500 bc - Nabat Seif (by Street Sense) Keeneland Sept $170,000 bf - Nasty Storm (by Gulch) Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Aug $250,000 chc – Needles And Pins (by Fasliyev) Goffs Oct €105,000 bf - Never Busy (by Gone West) Arqana Oct €40,000 chc – Notable (by Zafonic) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn chc - Notable (by Zafonic) Tattersalls Nov 65,000gns chf - O' Bella Ballerina (by Fusaichi Pegasus) Keeneland Sept $150,000 bc - On Point (by Pulpit) Arqana Oct €8,000 bc - Phiz (by Galileo) Arqana Oct withdrawn bc – Prima Luce (by Galileo) Goffs Oct €60,000 bf – Princess Desire (by Danehill) Goffs Oct €200,000 chf – Quartz (by Muhtathir) Arqana Aug not sold bc - Quite Honestly (by Lion Heart) Keeneland Sept $130,000 bf - Rapid Ransom (by Red Ransom) Keeneland Sept $100,000 bf – Rare Tern (by Pivotal) Goffs Oct €25,000 chc - Red Carpet Miss (by Malibu Moon) Keeneland Sept $400,000 bc – Rochitta (by Arch) Tattersalls Oct 105,000gns bf – Sandglass (by Zafonic) Goffs Oct €50,000 chf - Scenica (by Interprete) Keeneland Sept not sold bc – Sea Paint (by Peintre Celebre) Tattersalls Oct 50,000gns chc – She's My Dandy (by Holy Roman Emperor) Tattersalls Oct 60,000gns chc – Shibina (by Kalanisi) Tattersalls Oct 60,000gns bc – Silver Star (by Zafonic) Tattersalls Oct 380,000gns bf – Sindjara (by Include) Goffs Oct withdrawn bc – Singing Diva (by Royal Academy) Goffs Oct (p/s) €32,000 bc - Sky Garden (by Acclamation) Keeneland Sept not sold bc – Sleeping Beauty (by Oasis Dream) Goffs Oct €475,000 bf – Slow Sand (by Dixieland Band) Tattersalls Oct 85,000gns chf – So Belle (by Singspiel) Tattersalls IRE Sept €8,000 chc – Solar Event (by Galileo) Tattersalls Oct 180,000gns b/brc – Special Assignment (by Lemon Drop Kid) Goffs Oct €70,000 bf - Spira (by Sadler's Wells) Arqana Oct €37,000 bc – Spirit Of Tara (by Sadler's Wells) Goffs Oct €50,000 bc – Sri Kandi (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 44,000gns bc - Strategy (by Machiavellian) Keeneland Sept $350,000 bc – Sugar Mint (by High Chaparral) Goffs Oct €100,000 bc – Super Pie (by Pivotal) Arqana Aug €100,000 chc - Sushi Tuna (by Halling) Arqana Oct €57,000 bc – Tarfshi (by Mtoto) Tattersalls Oct 150,000gns bc – T'as D'beaux Yeux (by Red Ransom) Arqana Aug (p/s) €100,000 bf – Thewaytosanjose (by Fasliyev) Goffs Oct €24,000 bc – Three Moons (by Montjeu) Tattersalls Oct (p/s) 8,000gns bc - Tibaldi (by Motivator) Keeneland Sept $15,000 bc – Titivation (by Montjeu) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns bc – Tobiano (by Mt Livermore) Tattersalls IRE Sept not sold bf – Top Crystal (by Sadler's Wells) Arqana Aug €17,000 bf - Vallee des Reves (by Kingmambo) Keeneland Sept not sold chc – Verbose (by Storm Bird) Tattersalls Oct 30,000gns grf – Warling (by Montjeu) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns Comments are closed.
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