Declarationofpeace (USA)

War Front - Serena's Cat (Storm Cat) bay, 2014 - height 16hh

  • McRath Stud - KZN
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  • 2024 FEE: R12.000 +VAT Live Foal 

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Race Record

$2.6m weanling (Keeneland, to MV Magnier)

3 wins, 1000m, in USA and Ireland

Contested 5 Gr1 sprints for Aidan O’Brien at 2 and at 3, in UK, Ireland and France

Rated RPR 108

At 2   WON   Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (L) (1000m, turf)

         3rd      Mercury S. (L) (1000m, A/W)

At 3   4th      Gr2 Sapphire S. (1000m, turf)

Sire Line

WAR FRONT – G2 winner in USA (2x G1 2nd); Timeform 119; sire of Gr1 winners of both sexes; sire-of-sires. Fee for 2023 US$100.000.

Notable progeny includes Air Force Blue (13c – Maria’s Mon, Seeking The Gold) – champion 2yo colt; Declaration of War (09c – Rahy, Gone West) - champion;  US Navy Flag (15c – Galileo, Storm Cat) – champion 2yo colt & full sister Roly Poly (14f – Galileo, Storm Cat); Omaha Beach (16c – Seeking The Gold, Dehere); Lancaster Bomber (14c – Indian Ridge, Warning); War Command (11c – Red Ransom, His Majesty); Data Link (08c – Known Fact, Deputy Minister); Royal Artillery (13c – Dynaformer, Mr Prospector); Sweet Orange (08c – Unbridled’s Song, Jade Hunter); Due Diligence (11c – Pulpit, Icecapade) – champion 3yo colt; Summer Front (09c – El Prado, Cherokee Colony); Fog of War (16c – Galileo, Dynaformer); Avenge (12f – Woodman, Nijinsky); Hit It A Bomb (13c – Sadler’s Wells, Danehill Dancer) & full sister Brave Anna (14f – Sadler’s Wells, Danehill Dancer) – champion 2yo filly; Jack Milton (10c – Forty Niner, Believe It); Homesman (14c – Red Ransom, His Majesty); American Patriot (13c – Tiznow, Notebook); The Factor (08c – Miswaki, Icecapade); Peace And War (12f – Smart Strike, Gilded Time); War Flag (13f – Arch, His Majesty) & full brother Lines of Battle (10c – Arch, His Majesty) – champion in HK & UAE; Spirit of Valor (14c – Grindstone, Known Fact); Fire Away (12c – Unbridled, Private Account); Fleet Review (15c - Galileo, Stravinsky); Munitions (16c - Tapit, Wild Again); War Decree (14c - Street Cry, Royal Applause); War Of Will (16c - Sadler’s Wells, Riverman); Annapolis (19c, Unbridled’s Song, Langfuhr); etc.  

KIN-BREEDING: War Front’s SigAnc (Significant female line Ancestor) appears to be Sunny Vale, SigAnc also of Dynaformer and two sisters, who appear in several of War Front’s best runners. Sunny Vale is close kin to Lady Lawless, SigAnc in the female line of Missy Baba (Lassie Dear). Kin-links with female line descendants of Sunny Vale include Change Water (dam of Fall Aspen), Con Game (in Seeking The Gold), etc.

DANZIG-line sires in South Africa include: Buffalo Bill Cody, Rafeef (Redoute’s Choice); Master Archie, Thunderstruck (Rafeef); Digital Age (Invincible Spirit); Querari (Oasis Dream); Declarationofpeace, Fire Away (War Front); Heavenly Blue, Real Gone Kid (Snitzel); Soqrat (Epaulette)

Pedigree

War Front
2002
Danzig
1977
Northern DancerNearctic - Nearco
Natalma - Native Dancer
Pas de NomAdmirals Voyage - Crafty Admiral
Petitioner - Petition
Starry Dreamer
1994
RubianoFappiano - Mr Prospector
Ruby Slippers - Nijinsky
Lara's StarForli - Aristophanes
True Reality - Round Table
Serena's Cat
2003
Storm Cat
1983
Storm BirdNorthern Dancer - Nearctic
South Ocean - New Providence
TerlinguaSecretariat - Bold Ruler
Crimson Saint - Crimson Satan
Serena's Tune
1998
Mr ProspectorRaise A Native - Native Dancer
Gold Digger - Nashua
Serena's SongRahy - Blushing Groom
Imagining - Northfields

Pedigree

War Front’s SigAnc (Significant female line Ancestor) appears to be Sunny Vale, SigAnc also of Dynaformer and two sisters, who appear in several of War Front’s best runners. Sunny Vale is close kin to Lady Lawless, SigAnc in the female line of Missy Baba (Lassie Dear). Kin-links with female line descendants of Sunny Vale include Change Water (dam of Fall Aspen), Con Game (in Seeking The Gold), etc.

The essence of the female line is represented by the third dam, champion filly Serena’s Song. Her sire Blushing Groom, with her third dam Pat’s Irish. Her dam being by Dancer’s Image, out of a mare by Northfields – whose grandam is full sister to the one of Dancer’s Image. The female line has a strong Gr1-record with matings to Habitat, who is half brother to Northfields.

Suitable Lines

Suitable Lines for DECLARATIONOFPEACE could include

Sunny Vale female line descendants, incl Dynaformer (Admiral Kitten, Rock Of Rochelle), Albert Hall;

Sunny Vale kin-links, incl Missy Baba/Lassie Dear (Sportsworld, Al Mufti, Captain Al, Duke Of Marmalade, etc.), Change Water (Fall Aspen, Fort Wood, Cozzene (Jackson, Noordhoek Flyer), Laramie Trail), Con Game (Seeking The Gold (Windrush, Lecture, Willow Magic, Erupt), Burgoo Maid (Jungle Cove), Bold Reason (Sadler’s Wells (notably Fort Wood, Vision Of Clarity (Pathfork), etc.

Descendants from his own female line, both close up and remote, notably King Of Kings, Caesour; Habitat (Tara’s Halls, Count duBois, Doowaley, King Of Kings, etc.), Northfields (Atso, Pathfork), Dancer’s Image (Spectrum); Abernant, Tudor Minstrel, Challenger (all widespread) - and kin-related Mixed Marriage (Gone West, Known Fact, Zafonic, Sharpen Up, etc.) and Court Martial who belongs in the same kin-camp (notably in Lyphard, but widespread); Dalmary female line descendants, incl Sadler’s Wells (notably King Of Kings), Nureyev (notably Caesour), Fairy King (notably Tara’s Halls, with damsire Habitat), Golden Thatch (esp combined with Royal Prerogative), Waterville Lake;  Blushing Groom (Rahy/Giant’s Causeway, Jallad, Spectrum, etc); Royal Charger, notably Turn To (Hail to Reason, Sir Gaylord); etc.

(posted June 2022)

 

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