LETHAL FORCE (IRE) - 2009 grey horse
The emergence of Dark Angel (by Acclamation) as a major European sire was something of a surprise given his lack of three-year-old form and his somewhat thin distaff line, but he repeatedly delivers the goods, his profile continues to rise, and he has a growing number of talented sons who are proving very popular with breeders.
Lethal Force is among the first of them and the dual Group 1 sprint star, a Cheveley Park Stud team member, has 99 known individuals in his first crop. He was the champion older sprinter in Europe in 2013, a Group 2 scorer over seven furlongs at the age of three, and although there are no wins on his two-year-old record, it would be a mistake to think that he did not show talent or precocity at that age. He was runner-up over five furlongs at Ascot on his debut in early May, was short-headed but relegated to third over a further farther at Goodwood three weeks later, and then finished fourth in both the Group 2 Coventry Stakes and Group 2 Vintage Stakes, the latter over seven furlongs. He skated in by nine lengths at Bath on his first start at three, was a neck runner-up to Swiss Spirit in a listed contest at Newbury a few weeks later, then finished third behind Slade Power in the Listed Sandy Lane Stakes, fourth behind Ishvana in the Group 3 Jersey Stakes, and later beat Strong Suit by a neck in the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes. The horse he beat in both the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes and Group 1 July Cup at four was Society Rock, the colt who had beaten him by a head in the Group 2 Duke of York Stakes earlier that year, and it was the brilliant Moonlight Cloud whom he chased home in the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville that August.
Lethal Force is out of Land Army (by Desert Style), who is an unraced full-sister to Ascot Family, the stakes-winning dam of Group 2 Prix Robert Papin winner and Group 1 Prix Morny runner-up Family One (by Dubai Destination).
Their half-sister Flanders (by Common Grounds), who won the Listed Scarborough Stakes and was runner-up in the Group 2 King's Stand Stakes, is the dam of Group 1 Sprint Cup star G Force (by Tamayuz) and of Louvain (by Sinndar), who is, in turn, the Grade 2-winning dam of champion and classic star Flotilla (by Mizzen Mast). There is a mile pattern scorer and the Group 1-placed middle-distance listed scorer, Gain (by Mississipian), under the fourth dam, the talented and prolific Miss Ribot (by Sir Ribot), but it is the first two generations of the family where all of the speed is evident. It is reasonable to presume that some of the Lethal Force runners will be talented juveniles and that, as time passes, his best will tend to be sprinters and/or milers. LETHAL FORCE (IRE) – gr.2009 – Dark Angel – Land Army, 4 wins inc July Cup (Gr1), Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr1), Hungerford Stakes (Gr2), 2nd Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr1), Duke of York Stakes (Gr2), Carnarvon Stakes (L), 3rd Park Stakes (Gr2), Sandy Lane Stakes (L). Sire in England. First foals in 2015.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
chf – Ainia (by Alhaarth) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn chf – Amitola (by Choisir) Goffs UK Aug £40,000 bf – Aromatherapy (by Oasis Dream) Goffs UK Aug £15,000 bf – Arte Viva (by Giant's Causeway) Tattersalls Oct 3,500gns chc – Bendis (by Danehill) Goffs UK Aug £15,000 bf – Black Belt Shopper (by Desert Prince) Tattersalls Oct not sold bf - Black Belt Shopper (by Desert Prince) Tattersalls Nov not sold bc – Border Minstral (by Sri Pekan) Tattersalls Oct 9,500gns chc – Cardrona (by Selkirk) Goffs UK Aug £44,000 bf – Cefira (by Distant View) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns grc – Chalet Girl (by Oasis Dream) Goffs UK Aug £42,000 grf – Clinking (by Giant's Causeway) Goffs UK Aug £24,000 chc – Cloghran (by Muhtathir) Arqana Aug €90,000 grc – Cool Catena (by One Cool Cat) Goffs Oct €55,000 bf – Craighall (by Dubawi) Tattersalls Oct 20,000gns brf – Crinkle (by Distant Relative) Goffs UK Aug £42,000 bc – Deora De (by Night Shift) Goffs UK Aug £40,000 ch/grc – Dusty Red (by Teofilo) Tattersalls Oct 52,000gns bc – Elidore (by Danetime) Goffs UK Aug £16,000 chc – Entitled (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 7,000gns brf – Fascination (by Galileo) Goffs Feb (p/s) €12,000 brf - Fascination (by Galileo) Tattersalls Nov 37,000gns brc – Fearless Flyer (by Brave Act) Tattersalls Oct not sold grf – Flame Of Ireland (by Fasliyev) Goffs Oct (p/s) €9,000 bf – Focal (by Pivotal) Baden-Baden Sept €26,000 chc – Furbelow (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 100,000gns bl/grc – Ha'penny Beacon (by Erhaab) Tattersalls Oct 120,000gns bc – Highland Starlight (by Dixieland Band) Goffs UK Aug £7,500 bf – Hip (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 31,000gns bf – Honky Tonk Sally (by Dansili) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn chf – Hope Island (by Titus Livius) Tattersalls Oct 8,000gns grf – Hulcote Rose (by Rock of Gibraltar) Goffs Oct withdrawn grc – If So (by Iffraaj) Tattersalls Oct 38,000gns chf – Indian Angel (by Indian Ridge) Goffs UK Aug £33,000 bc – Kickingthelily (by Byron) Arqana Aug withdrawn chf - Lady In The Bath (by Forzando) Goffs UK Oct not sold grf – Lisiere (by Excellent Art) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn grf - Lisiere (by Excellent Art) Tattersalls Nov 43,000gns grc – Madam Valentine (by Primo Valentino) Goffs UK Aug £41,000 grc – Mayaar (by Grand Slam) Tattersalls Oct not sold grf – Meddle (by Diktat) Tattersalls Oct not sold bc – Midnight Fantasy (by Oasis Dream) Goffs Feb €42,000 bc – Midnight Fantasy (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns bf – Millsini (by Rossini) Tattersalls Oct 15,000gns grc – Miss Dutee (by Dubawi) Goffs Feb €38,000 grc – Miss Dutee (by Dubawi) Tattersalls IRE Sept €42,000 grf – Miss Legal Eagle (by Authorized) Goffs Oct (p/s) €9,000 chc – Molly Brown (by Rudimentary) Tattersalls Oct 50,000gns bf – Mythicism (by Oasis Dream) Goffs UK Aug £70,000 bc – Native Picture (by Kodiac) Goffs UK Aug £74,000 bc – Never Lose (by Diktat) Tattersalls Oct 40,000gns grc – Nutkin (by Act One) Tattersalls Oct 160,000gns bf – Otrooha (by Oasis Dream) Goffs UK Aug £24,000 brc – Pin Cushion (by Pivotal) Goffs UK Aug £62,000 chc – Pivotal Era (by Pivotal) Tattersalls Oct 26,000gns chc – Poetic Dancer (by Byron) Goffs UK Aug £28,000 bf – Pretty Girl (by Polish Precedent) Tattersalls Oct 6,200gns chf – Pretty Primo (by Kyllachy) Tattersalls Oct 38,000gns b/brc – Princess Luna (by Grand Lodge) Tattersalls Oct 42,000gns bc – Raggle Taggle (by Tagula) Goffs UK Aug withdrawn bc - Raggle Taggle (by Tagula) Goffs UK Oct £20,000 bf – Razzle (by Green Desert) Goffs UK Aug £8,000 blc – Red Sovereign (by Danzig Connection) Goffs UK Aug £102,000 brc – Riccoche (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls Oct 28,000gns grf – Ring of Love (by Magic Ring) Tattersalls Oct 70,000gns bc – Ronja (by El Corredor) Goffs Oct €130,000 chc – Russian Dance (by Nureyev) Goffs UK Aug £21,000 b/grc – Rustam (by Dansili) Tattersalls IRE Sept €32,000 grc – Saddlers Bend (by Refuse To Bend) Tattersalls Oct 7,000gns chf – Shena's Dream (by Oasis Dream) Goffs Oct €7,500 bc – Smart Coco (by Smarty Jones) Goffs Oct €42,000 b/grc – Soar (by Danzero) Tattersalls Oct 125,000gns blc – Spontaneity (by Holy Roman Emperor) Goffs UK Aug £2,500 bf – Spritzeria (by Bigstone) Tattersalls Oct 24,000gns chc – Starfleet (by Inchinor) Tattersalls Oct 7,500gns grf – Steal The Curtain (by Royal Applause) Tattersalls Oct withdrawn grf - Steal The Curtain (by Royal Applause) Goffs UK Oct £11,500 b/grc – Tanda Tula (by Alhaarth) Tattersalls Oct not sold chc – Tussah (by Daylami) Tattersalls Oct 11,000gns blc – Western Eyes (by Rock of Gibraltar) Goffs UK Aug withdrawn blc - Western Eyes (by Rock of Gibraltar) Tattersalls Nov 45,000gns chc – Winifred Jo (by Bahamian Bounty) Tattersalls Oct 55,000gns bc – Zarkalia (by Red Ransom) Goffs Oct €50,000 ch/grf – Zubova (by Dubawi) Goffs UK Aug £8,000 Comments are closed.
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