Runners campaigned by Coolmore and partners—Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith—took three championships: Legatissimo; Minding, 2-year-old filly; and Air Force Blue, 2-year-old colt; the latter two are trained by Aidan O’Brien.
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Air Force Blue Is Yet Another International Star For Breeder Stone Farm and Claiborne Sire War Front
Although one of several US 2-year-old colts will win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and likely be named champion of his division, there is no great uncertainty among the juvenile colts overseas. Air Force Blue (by War Front) is the top of the tree in England and Ireland after three
Early Leads at Keeneland
In other highlights during the early part of the session, agent Cecil Seaman bid $1.3m for ten-year-old Lacadena, by Fasliyev and out of a half-sister to American Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour, dam of Belmont Stakes winners Rags To Riches and Jazil.
Keeneland November: Lacadena Sells for $1.3 Million
Lacadena, the dam of recent graded stakes winner America, sold for $1.3 million to the Heider Family Stable, becoming the second broodmare to fetch a seven-figure price tag in the opening hours of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale’s second session.
My Breeders’ Cup: No Higher Stakes
There couldn’t have been more on the line for Arthur Hancock III heading into the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Bloodlines: Deep Bluegrass Roots For Air Force Blue
Although one of several US 2-year-old colts will win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and likely be named champion of his division, there is no great uncertainty among the juvenile colts overseas. Air Force Blue (by War Front) is the top of the tree in England and Ireland after three consecutive G1 victories, the most recent being the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes on Oct. 10 at Newmarket.
O’Brien Praises Air Force Blue BET365
Air Force Blue claimed a third Group One victory of the season when bounding clear of the field in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.
Air Force Blue Storms Home in the Dubai Dewhurst
AIR FORCE BLUE, held in the highest regard by his all-conquering connections, showed just why they think he is so special when powering to victory in Saturday’s Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, a race in which the previously unbeaten Emotionless, billed as Godolphin’s big blue hope, finished last of the seven runners.
Stone Farm Conserved for Generations
“If you take care of the land, the land will take care of you.” – Arthur Hancock
Air Force Blue Impressive in the National TDN
On a rain-compromised Irish Champions weekend which featured a couple of high-profile withdrawals from Ballydoyle, Aidan O’Brien’s decision to let Air Force Blue (War Front) take his chance in The Curragh’s G1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National S.