Claiborne Farm's resident stallion War Front continued to enhance his profile as a renowned international sire with a trio of stakes winners globally Saturday, including Annapolis, who took the Saranac (G3) at Saratoga.
The 20-year-old son of Danzig also had a pair stakes winners in Australia and France.
A 3-year-old colt out of My Miss Sophia, by Unbridled's Song, Annapolis romped gate to wire in the Saranac, notching a 5 ½ length triumph as the overwhelming favorite in the race for 3-year-olds.
A Bass Racing homebred trained by Todd Pletcher, Annapolis covered 1 1/16 miles in 1:52.47 on firm turf with Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, earning his second graded victory following the 2021 Pilgrim (G2) at Belmont Park. He improved his overall record to 4-2-0 from six starts, including his runner-up finish in the Saratoga Derby Invitational (G1) August 6 at the Spa.
War Front was represented in Australia on Saturday by Phoenix Thoroughbred's Cadre Du Noir, who won the Tattersalls Club Cup going about 1 ½ miles at Royal Randwick, also by more than five lengths.
A $1.1 million purchase by Kerri Radcliffe Bloodstock at the 2017 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Cadre Du Noir is out of the Rahy mare Dynamic Feature and thus a half brother to multiple graded stakes winner Parranda, who placed three times at the Grade 1 level. This is the family of Grade 1 winner Dixie Brass. A 6-year-old horse, Cadre Du Noir was bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock LLC, Denny Andrews, and Crockett Farm.
In France, War Front's 3-year-old filly Sippinsoda won the listed Prix Occitanie at La Teste de Buch.
Ridden by Cristian Demuro for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget, Sippinsoda won by a quarter length and finished 1,900 meters in 1:57.78 on good turf.
Owned by Ecurie Melanie who bred the filly in France with Ecurie Haras du Cadran, Sippinsoda was produced by Let's Misbehave, by Montjeu. She sold to Jean-Michel Lefebvre for $235,477 from Cadran's consignment at the 2020 Arqana Deauville September Yearling Sale.
War Front, sire of eight champions, 23 Grade 1 winners, and 105 stakes winners, stood in 2022 for an advertised fee of $100,000 at the Hancock family's Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky.
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