Declaration Of War - dual Group 1 winner by War Front

DECLARATION OF WAR (USA) - 2009 bay horse

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