Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted September 20, 2019 Journalists Share Posted September 20, 2019 4th-BEL, $75K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, post time: 2:39 p.m. ET U S DELTA FLAG (War Front) gets his career underway for owner/breeder Joe Allen and trainer Shug McGaughey. A May 15 foal, the gray is a full-brother to War Dispatch, a Group 3 winner in France, third in the 2015 G1 Prix du Jockey Club and a recent winner at Happy Valley in Hong Kong; and to GSP runners George Patton and U S S Michigan. The colt’s unraced dam Photograph (Unbridled’s Song) is a half-sister to War Front’s HK G1SW and G2 UAE Derby hero Lines of Battle (i.e. Helene Super Star); GI Flower Bowl S. winner War Flag (War Front); and French GSW Homebound (Dixie Union). Dynaformer appears under his third dam, as does Australian G1SW Homesman (War Front). Tiesto (Tiznow), a half-brother to Grade I-winning sprinter Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford) and MSW/GSP Marquee Miss (Cowboy Cal), fetched $100K as a weanling at Fasig-Tipton November in 2017, but was a $285K buyback at Keeneland last September. He was hammered down to Solis/Litt for $600K at OBS April after breezing a quarter-mile in :21 2/5. TJCIS PPs ‘Front’ and Center In Fillies’ Maiden…7th-BEL, $75K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, post time: 4:18 p.m. ET DATTT Stable’s IN FRONT is another immaculately bred offspring of War Front, as her dam Wonderful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-sister to 2013 G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and GI Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Magician (Ire), GSW Apple Betty (Ire) and SW & GISP Outstanding (Ire). Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm acquired In Front’s yearling full-sister for $400K in Book 1 at KEESEP last week. The cross of War Front over Galileo is responsible for G1SWs Roly Poly and U S Navy Flag. TJCIS PPs Asmussen Unveils Tapit Filly on the Lawn…11th-CD, $95K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1mT, post time: 5:57 p.m. ET SEATTLE SLANG (Tapit), a $325K purchase out of last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, made her next sales appearance in the Gulfstream Park paddock this past March, hammering for $600K at FTFMAR after breezing two furlongs in :21 3/5. The filly’s dam Seattle Smooth (Quiet American) annexed the 2008 GII Cotillion S. and added the GI Ogden Phipps H. the following season. TJCIS PPs The post Saturday Insights: Well-Related War Front Homebred Debuts at Belmont appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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