Declarationofpeace (USA)
War Front - Serena's Cat (Storm Cat) bay, 2014 - height 16hh
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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, Time Thief (Redoute’s Choice); Querari (Oasis Dream); Declarationofpeace, Fire Away (War Front); Heavenly Blue, Real Gone Kid (Snitzel), Soqrat (Epaulette)
Pedigree
| War Front 2002 | Danzig 1977 | Northern Dancer | Nearctic - Nearco |
| Natalma - Native Dancer | |||
| Pas de Nom | Admirals Voyage - Crafty Admiral | ||
| Petitioner - Petition | |||
| Starry Dreamer 1994 | Rubiano | Fappiano - Mr Prospector | |
| Ruby Slippers - Nijinsky | |||
| Lara's Star | Forli - Aristophanes | ||
| True Reality - Round Table | |||
| Serena's Cat 2003 | Storm Cat 1983 | Storm Bird | Northern Dancer - Nearctic |
| South Ocean - New Providence | |||
| Terlingua | Secretariat - Bold Ruler | ||
| Crimson Saint - Crimson Satan | |||
| Serena's Tune 1998 | Mr Prospector | Raise A Native - Native Dancer | |
| Gold Digger - Nashua | |||
| Serena's Song | Rahy - 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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