Declaration of War Colt Blows Them Away at Woodbine

[Wandering Eyes]

ARMISTICE DAY (c, 2, Declaration of War–Harmony Lodge {GISW, $851,120}, by Hennessy) rallied from well off the pace and showed a sharp turn of foot in the stretch to take his debut going away Sunday at Woodbine. Bought for $245,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, the chestnut showed an above-average local worktab for this debut, including a half-mile from the gate in :48 2/5 (15/63) June 9, but drifted up to 33-5 by post off a 3-1 morning line quote. Away a bit awkwardly from his inside draw, Armistice Day sat third-last early as favored firster Tricky Magician (Magician {Ire}) dueled with longshot The Newfie Express (Victor’s Cry) through a :22.82 quarter. Those two continued to spar into the lane, but Armistice Day quickly appeared on the scene three deep and blew past the leaders an eighth of a mile from home, leveling off nicely from there to score by five lengths in :57.78. The Newfie Express nosed out his pace foe for second. The winner’s dam, who hammered for $1.65 million at the 2000 Fasig-Tipton February sale, captured the GI Ballerina H. in 2003 as one of five graded stakes victories in her career. Selling to Hunter Valley Farm for $280,000 at Fasig-Tipton July in 2014, she is responsible for a yearling American Pharoah colt and foaled a filly by Uncle Mo Apr. 29. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $37,200. O-Bruce Lunsford & Lansdon Robbins; B-Glenvale Stud (KY); T-Barbara J. Minshall.

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