Coolmore America Handbook 2019

AIR FORCE BLUE Dark Bay or Brown Horse; foaled 2013

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Rubiano Lara's Star Wavering Monarch Carlotta Maria Seeking the Gold Starlet Storm

Danzig ..................................

War Front ..............................

Starry Dreamer......................

AIR FORCE BLUE

Maria's Mon..........................

Chatham................................ (2004)

Circle of Gold........................

By WAR FRONT (2002). Black-type winner of $424,205, Alfred G. Vanderbilt Breeders' Cup H. [G2] (SAR, $124,920), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 9 crops of racing age, 652 foals, 497 starters, 76 black-type winners, 355 winners of 984 races and earning $54,899,723, 3 champions, includ- ing Lines of Battle [G1] ($1,286,753), U S Navy Flag [G1] (hwt., $1,128,302), Air Force Blue [G1] (hwt., $844,919), Declaration of War [G1] (hwt., $1,847,489), Fog Of War [G1] , War Command [G1] etc. 1st dam Chatham , by Maria's Mon. 3 wins at 2 and 3, $156,431, 2nd Esplanade S. [L] (FG, $20,000), 3rd Instant Racing Breeders' Cup S. [L] (OP, $10,000). Dam of 6 foals, 4 winners, including-- AIR FORCE BLUE (c. by War Front). Black-type winner, below. Soleil de Paris (c. by Lemon Drop Kid). 3 wins at 3 and 4, 2018, ¥33,658,- 000, in Japan. (Total: $302,764). 2nd dam CIRCLE OF GOLD, by Seeking the Gold. Unraced. Sister to FLANDERS . Dam of-- Chatham (f. by Maria's Mon). Black-type-placed winner, above. Starlight Tiara. Placed at 3, $9,750. Dam of 2 winners, including-- SURFSIDE TIARA (f. by Scat Daddy). 2 wins at 2, $109,125, Anoakia S. (SA, $44,100). Lost Gold. Unraced. Dam of 2 foals, both winners, including-- MISS DOUBLE D'ORO (f. by Medaglia d'Oro). 3 wins at 3 and 4, $219,242, Arboretum II S. (SA, $47,700), Wine Country S. (SR, $32,950), 2nd Sen- ator Ken Maddy S. [G3] (SA, $20,000), Mizdirection S. (SA, $15,800), 3rd Giant's Causeway S. [L] (KEE, $10,000), Wishing Well S. (SA, $9,252). 3rd dam STARLET STORM, by Storm Bird. 2 wins in 2 starts at 3, $35,200. Sister to STORM STAR [G3] , half-sister to SYOURINOMEGAMI (Total: $2,292,- 723), Choctaw Ridge [G3] ($87,651, sire). Dam of 8 winners, incl.-- FLANDERS . 4 wins in 5 starts at 2, $805,000, champion 2-year-old filly, Breed- ers' Cup Juvenile Fillies [G1] , etc. Dam of SURFSIDE [G1] (8 wins, $1,852,- 987, champion 3-year-old filly, Santa Anita Oaks [G1] ,dam of IRISH SURF [G3] , $278,945; Shark [L], $183,076, etc.; granddam of HIGH CELEBRITY [G3] ($134,330)), BATTLE PLAN [G2] ($373,143, sire), Flanders Fields ($135,631, sire). Granddam of OPEN WATER [G2] ($310,366, dam of RAUCOUS [L] ($113,260)), HOLY REINA (Total: $37,874), Island Warrior [G3] ($378,950), etc. Black-type-placed winners: Late Edition [G2] (sire), Cobb's Creek [L] (sire). RACE RECORD: In Ireland. At 2, hwt. colt at 2 on European and Irish Hand., 3 wins (Goffs Vincent O'Brien National S. [G1] , Keeneland Phoenix S. [G1] ) in 3 starts. Earned € 331,420. In England. At 2, one win (Dewhurst S. [G1] ), once 2nd (Coventry S. [G2] ) in 2 starts. Earned £309,350. (Total: $844,919).

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