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Group 1 star War Command is related to a classic sire

7/8/2017

 
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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

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