War Command | |
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War Command at the 2014 2000 Guineas.
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Sire | War Front |
Grandsire | Danzig |
Dam | Wandering Star |
Damsire | Red Ransom |
Sex | Colt |
Foaled | 27 April 2011 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Joseph Allen |
Owner |
Joseph Allen Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor Derrick Smith |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Jockey |
Joseph O'Brien Seamie Heffernan Ryan Moore |
Record | 8: 4-0-1 |
Earnings | £389,364 |
Major wins | |
Coventry Stakes (2013) Futurity Stakes (2013) Dewhurst Stakes (2013) |
War Command (foaled 27 April 2011) is an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old he won the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot by six lengths and then won the Futurity Stakes, before going on to record his first Group 1 win in the Dewhurst Stakes. In his only run as a three-year-old he finished down the field in the 2000 Guineas. He is trained by Aidan O'Brien and owned by Joseph Allen, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith.
War Command is a bay colt with a white star bred by Joseph Allen and foaled on 27 April 2011. He was sired by War Front who won the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap in 2006. Since retiring he has also sired Queen Anne and International Stakes winner Declaration of War, Del Mar Oaks winner Summer Soiree and Malibu Stakes winner The Factor. War Command's dam is Wandering Star, a daughter of Red Ransom, who won the Atalanta Stakes and E. P. Taylor Stakes in 1996. The colt is trained by Aidan O'Brien.