WAR COMMAND (USA) - 2011 bay horse
Danzig (by Northern Dancer) was one of the world's greatest stallions and there are two major branches of his line dominant in Europe, those forged by Danehill and Green Desert.
It is too early yet to know a third one might develop from among his final sons to go to stud, but with an ever-growing list of pattern winners on both sides of the Atlantic, and with his initial stallion sons including notable second-crop sire The Factor (Grade 1 winner in his first crop) and freshman Declaration Of War (sire of Group 3 winner Actress), there is a chance that War Front could achieve that feat. War Command was among his early racing stars in Europe and the Timeform 120p-rated juvenile star was one of the most popular new stallions of 2015, covering 152 mares at Coolmore Stud. His first foals made up to 100,000gns. He made a winning debut over seven furlongs at Leopardstown in early June, took the Group 2 Coventry Stakes by six lengths, added a three-length score in the Group 2 Futurity Stakes and rounded off the year with defeat of Cable Bay in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes. His only defeat that year was a shock third-place finish to Sudirman in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes.
War Command ran only three times as a three-year-old, earning a Timeform rating of 119 despite not making the frame in any of those appearances. His best placing was fourth behind Kingman in the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot, in which he was beaten by three and three-quarter lengths.
A half-brother to the Group 3 Prix de Conde scorer Naval Officer (by Tale of The Cat), War Command is the best of nine winners out of the Grade 2 E P Taylor Stakes scorer Wandering Star (by Red Ransom), a full-sister to the dam of New Zealand's 2011/12 juvenile champion and subsequent classic star Rollout The Carpet (by Holy Roman Emperor). His grandam, Beautiful Bedouin (by His Majesty), was an unraced daughter of the Prix Jacques le Marois heroine Gris Vitesse (by Americo) and that made her a half-sister to the dual Derby-placed pattern scorer and leading sire Silver Hawk (by Roberto). Having a successful stallion in the family augurs well for War Command's prospects – especially when that classic sire is somewhat closely related to his dam, Wandering Star – and, of course, this is added to the attraction of him being a Group 1-winner by a leading son of Danzig. War Command looks like a leading candidate for 2018's champion freshman sire title race and, if he lives up to the promise of his pedigree, he could become a source of classic and other top performers at around eight to 10 furlongs. WAR COMMAND (USA) – b.2011 – War Front – Wandering Star, 4 wins inc Dewhurst Stakes (Gr1), Futurity Stakes (Gr2), Coventry Stakes (Gr2), 3rd Phoenix Stakes (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
bf - Abama Lady (by Mr Greeley) Goffs Feb €1,500 bf - Abama Lady (by Mr Greeley) Goffs Oct €30,000 bf - Acts Out Loud (by Mr Greeley) Tattersalls IRE Sept €7,500 bc - Aguinaga (by Machiavellian) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Aguinaga (by Machiavellian) Tattersalls Nov 6,000gns bc - Alland (by Teofilo) Goffs Sept €50,000 bc - Amor Fatal (by Kheleyf) Goffs UK Aug not sold bc - Amzara (by Montjeu) Goffs Feb withdrawn bc - Archina (by Arch) Goffs UK Aug £26,000 bf - Areeda (by Refuse To Bend) Tattersalls Oct 140,000gns bf - Art Fair (by Alzao) Goffs Oct withdrawn bc - Asgardella (by Duke Of Marmalade) Goffs UK Aug not sold bc - Asgardella (by Duke Of Marmalade) BBAG Oct €15,000 bf - Attracted To You (by Hurricane Run) Tattersalls IRE Sept €50,000 bc - Aurelia (by Rainbow Quest) Tattersalls Oct 33,000gns bf - Boundless Joy (by Montjeu) Goffs Feb withdrawn bf - Boundless Joy (by Montjeu) Goffs Oct €8,500 bf - Causeway Queen (by Giant's Causeway) Tattersalls IRE Sept €35,000 bc - Celestial Dream (by Oasis Dream) Goffs UK Aug £26,000 bc - Chantry (by Galileo) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Chatham Islands (by Elusive Quality) Goffs Sept €60,000 grf - China In My Hands (by Dark Angel) Tattersalls IRE Sept €35,000 bc - Dandia (by Teofilo) Goffs Feb not sold bf - Darsan (by Iffraaj) Goffs Oct €5,500 bf - Deora De (by Night Shift) Tattersalls Oct 14,000gns bc - Divine Grace (by Definite Article) Tattersalls Nov 10,000gns bc - Divisme (by Elusive Quality) Tattersalls Oct 52,000gns bf - Doctors Nurse (by Kingmambo) Arqana Aug €55,000 bf - Drifting Mist (by Muhtathir) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns bf - Dundel's Spirit (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls IRE Sept €42,000 bc - Emeralds Spirit (by Rock of Gibraltar) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Fabulouslyspirited (by Selkirk) Osarus Sept €30,000 bc - Fikrah (by Medicean) Goffs UK Aug £40,000 bc - Final Opinion (by King's Theatre) Goffs Sept €14,000 bf - Flying Finish (by Priolo) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Foreplay (by Lujain) Goffs UK Aug £92,000 grc - Glowing Star (by Clodovil) Tattersalls Oct 32,000gns bc - Glympse (by Spectrum) Tattersalls IRE Sept €11,000 bc - Gold Bubbles (by Street Cry) Goffs Sept €100,000 bf - Hairicin (by Hurricane Run) Tattersalls IRE Sept €16,000 bc - Hi Katriona (by Second Empire) Goffs Sept €26,000 bf - Highindi (by Montjeu) Goffs Feb not sold bf - Highlindi (by Montjeu) Goffs Sept €40,000 bc - Histoire De Jouer (by Kaldounevees) Arqana Aug €35,000 bf - Holy Alliance (by Holy Roman Emperor) Goffs Oct withdrawn bc - Icing (by Polar Falcon) Tattersalls IRE Sept €19,000 bf - Intapeace (by Intikhab) Goffs Sept not sold bc - Kotdiji (by Mtoto) Goffs Sept €62,000 bc - Laka (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls IRE Sept €27,000 bc - Lana Girl (by Arch) Arqana Aug €135,000 bc - Lesotho (by Excellent Art) Goffs Sept not sold bf - Lisselan Diva (by Barathea) Tattersalls IRE Sept €18,000 bc - Lumiere Noire (by Dashing Blade) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bc - Lumiere Noire (by Dashing Blade) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn bc - Mackenzie's Friend (by Selkirk) Goffs UK Aug £30,000 (p/s) bf - Mad About The Girl (by Excellent Art) Tattersalls IRE Sept €10,500 (p/s) bf - Madhulika (by Marchand De Sable) Arqana Aug not sold bc - Means Of Assent (by Empire Maker) Arqana Aug not sold bf - Megaspiel (by Singspiel) Tattersalls IRE Sept withdrawn bf - Megaspiel (by Singspiel) Tattersalls Nov 14,000gns bf - Minnie Hazel (by Excellent Art) Goffs UK Aug £3,500 (p/s) bc - Miss Crystal (by Montjeu) Goffs UK Aug £22,000 bc - Monzza (by Montjeu) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Mooching Along (by Mujahid) Goffs UK Aug £95,000 grf - Morning Jewel (by Dalakhani) Goffs Sept not sold bc - Natural Choice (by Teofilo) Goffs UK Aug £26,000 bc - New Plays (by Oratorio) Goffs Sept withdrawn bf - Nizhoni (by Mineshaft) Tattersalls Oct 33,000gns bf - Nouvelle Lune (by Fantastic Light) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Olvia (by Giant's Causeway) Arqana Aug €60,000 bc - Paradise Place (by Compton Place) Goffs UK Aug £18,000 bc - Parsley (by Zebedee) Goffs UK Aug £75,000 bc - Pearl Magic (by Speightstown) Tattersalls Oct 42,000gns bf - Pina Colada (by Sabrehill) Goffs Sept €16,000 bc - Ponte Sanangelo (by Authorized) Arqana Aug €42,000 bf - Portrait of A Lady (by Peintre Celebre) Goffs Sept not sold bf - Princess Patsky (by Mr Greeley) Goffs UK Aug £42,000 bf - Regatta (by Layman) Arqana Oct not sold bf - Regency Girl (by Pivotal) Goffs UK Aug £95,000 bc - Retiens La Nuit (by Grand Slam) Arqana Oct not sold bf - Samya (by Invincible Spirit) SGA Sept €70,000 bf - Silkenveil (by Indian Ridge) Tattersalls Oct 16,000gns (p/s) bf - Skysweeper (by Hurricane Run) Arqana Aug €30,000 grc - Sopran Enery (by Montjeu) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn bf - Star of Gibraltar (by Rock of Gibraltar) Goffs UK Aug £40,000 bf - Starchy (by Cadeaux Genereux) Goffs Sept €3,000 bf - Starlight Princess (by Mastercraftsman) Tattersalls Oct 4,000gns (p/s) bf - Strawberry Fledge (by Kingmambo) Goffs Sept €300,000 brc - Summer Bliss (by Green Desert) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc - Tina Donizetti (by Monsun) Tattersalls Oct 38,000gns bc - Todber (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls Oct 52,000gns bf - Tohaveandtohold (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns bc - Xarzee (by Xaar) Goffs Sept €12,000 bc - Zeyran (by Galileo) Goffs UK Aug £32,000 Comments are closed.
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