FIRE AWAY (USA)

War Front – Salute (Unbridled)

Fire Away (USA) | bay | 2011 | 16.1hh

Wilgerbosdrift Buffalo Bill Cody

2026 Fee: R20 000 + VAT live foal

Champion son of REDOUTE’S CHOICE

PEDIGREE INFORMATION

TRACK RECORD

7 wins, 1600-1700m in USA (Turf)

at 5 WON Artie Schiller Stakes (1600mT)

at 6 WON G3 Dixie Stakes (1700mD)
WON Danger’s Hour Stakes (1600mT)
3rd  G3 Tampa Bay Stakes (1700mT)
4th  G3 Poker Stakes (1600mT)

CHAMPIONSHIP SIRE

SIRE LINE


WAR FRONT – G2 winner in USA (2x G1 2nd); Timeform 119; sire of Gr1 winners of both sexes; sire-of-sires. Fee for 2019 US$250.000.

Notable progeny includes Air Force Blue (13c – Maria’s Mon, Seeking The Gold) – champion 2yo colt; Declaration of War (09c – Rahy, Gone West) – champion; US Navy Flag (15c – Galileo, Storm Cat) – champion 2yo colt & full sister Roly Poly (14f – Galileo, Storm Cat); Lancaster Bomber (14c – Indian Ridge, Warning) – Jt Champion Older Horse; War Command (11c – Red Ransom, His Majesty); Data Link (08c – Known Fact, Deputy Minister); Royal Artillery (13c – Dynaformer, Mr Prospector); Sweet Orange (08c – Unbridled’s Song, Jade Hunter); Due Diligence (11c – Pulpit, Icecapade) – champion 3yo colt; Summer Front (09c – El Prado, Cherokee Colony); Fog of War (16c – Galileo, Dynaformer); Avenge (12f – Woodman, Nijinsky); Hit It A Bomb (13c – Sadler’s Wells, Danehill Dancer) & full sister Brave Anna (14f – Sadler’s Wells, Danehill Dancer) – champion 2yo filly; Jack Milton (10c – Forty Niner, Believe It); Homesman (14c – Red Ransom, His Majesty); American Patriot (13c – Tiznow, Notebook); The Factor (08c – Miswaki, Icecapade); Peace And War (12f – Smart Strike, Gilded Time); War Flag (13f – Arch, His Majesty) & full brother Lines of Battle (10c – Arch, His Majesty) – champion in HK & UAE; Spirit of Valor (14c – Grindstone, Known Fact); Fire Away (12c – Unbridled, Private Account); Fleet Review (15c – Galileo, Stravinsky); Munitions (16c – Tapit, Wild Again); War Decree (14c – Street Cry, Royal Applause); etc. 

KIN-BREEDING: War Front’s SigAnc (Significant female line Ancestor) appears to be Sunny Vale, SigAnc also of Dynaformer and two sisters, who appear in several of War Front’s best runners. Sunny Vale is close kin to Lady Lawless, SigAnc in the female line of Missy Baba (Lassie Dear). Kin-links with female line descendants of Sunny Vale include Change Water (dam of Fall Aspen), Con Game (in Seeking The Gold), etc.

DANZIG-line sires in South Africa: Buffalo Bill Cody, Rafeef, (Redoute’s Choice); Master Archie, Thunderstruck (Rafeef); Digital Age (Invincible Spirit); Querari (Oasis Dream); Declarationofpeace, Fire Away (War Front); Heavenly Blue, Real Gone Kid (Snitzel); Soqrat (Epaulette)

FEMALE LINE

FEMALE LINE


1st dam

Salute (02f Unbridled): won in USA; placed 1600-1800m, 2nd G2 Demoiselle S., 3rd G3 Tempted S.; dam of

FIRE AWAY (12c War Front): – subject stallion

MR SPEAKER (11c Pulpit): 6 wins in USA, G1 Belmont Derby Invitational, G2 Commonwealth Cup, G3 Lexington S., G3 Dania Beach S.; 2nd G3 Palm Beach S.; 3rd G3 Knickerbocker S. Sire in Kentucky

Snap Decision (14c Hard Spun): 2 wins in USA; 3rd G3 Palm Beach S., Better Talk Now S. (L)

State Flag (09c Street Cry): 6 wins in USA & Canada

2nd dam

PERSONAL ENSIGN (84f Private Account): 13 wins (unbeaten), G1 Frizette S., G1 Beldame S. (2x), G1 Breeder’s Cup Distaff, G1 Whitney H., G1 Hempstead H., G1 Shuvee H., G1 Maskette S., G2 Rare Perfume S., G2 Molly Pitcher H.; Champion Handicap Mare; Broodmare Of The Year 1996; dam of

MINER’S MARK (90c Mr Prospector): 6 wins, G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, G2 Jim Dandy S., G3 Colin S.; 2nd G2 Dwyer S.; 3rd G1 Travers S., G2 Jim Beam S.; sire

MY FLAG (93f Easy Goer): 6 wins, G1 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Fillies, G1 CCA Oaks, G1 Ashland S., G1 Gazelle H., G2 Bonnie Miss S.; 2nd G1 Frizette S., G2 Davona Dale S.; 3rd G1 Matron S., G1 Belmont S., G1 Alabama S.; dam of

STORM FLAG FLYING (00f Storm Cat): 7 wins, G1 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Fillies, G1 Frizette S., G1 Matron S., G1 Personal Ensign H., G2 Shuvee S.; 2nd G1 Breeder’s Cup Distaff, Ogden Phipps H., G3 Comely S.; 3rd G1 Go For Wand H., Beldame S.

WITH FLYING COLORS (05f AP Indy): 2 wins, Heatherten S.; dam of

TERESA Z (14f Smart Strike): 5 wins, G3 Monmouth Oaks, G3 Turn Back The Alarm H.; 3rd G2 Delaware H.

On Parade (99f Storm Cat): won; 3rd G3 Valley Stream S.; dam of

PARADING (03c Pulpit): 7 wins, G2 Dixie S., G3 Ben Ali S.; 2nd G2 Fayette S.

Leading The Parade (01c AP Indy): 2 wins; 3rd Wadsworth Mem. (L); sire

Our Emblem (91c Mr Prospector): 5 wins; 2nd G1 Carter H., G2 Tom Fool S., G2 Forego H.; 3rd G1 Metropolitan H., G1 Vosburgh S., G3 Weschester H.; G3 BC Sprint Ch’ship

Pennant Champion (92f Mr Prospector): 2 wins; dam of

ANIMAL SPIRITS (09c Arch): won, G3 Bourbon S.

Proud And True (94c Mr Prospector): 3 wins; 3rd G3 Baltimore BC H.

Salute (02f Unbridled): won; – see above

TRADITIONALLY (97c Mr Prospector): 5 wins, G1 Oaklawn H.; sire

Title Seeker (03f Monarchos): did not race; sold as broodmare in 2006 for $1.7 million, when carrying:

SEEKING THE TITLE (07f Seeking The Gold): 2 wins, G3 Iowa Oaks; 2nd G3 Monmouth Oaks; 3rd G1 Gazelle S., G2 Fair Ground Oaks; dam of

SEEKING THE SOUL (13c Perfect Soul): 6 wins, G1 Clark H., G3 Smarty Jones S., G3 Ack Ack S.; 2nd G1 Breeder’s Cup Mile, G1 Pegasus World Cup; 3rd G1 Clark H.

3rd dam

Grecian Banner (74f Hoist The Flag): won; Broodmare Of The Year 1988; dam of

PERSONAL ENSIGN (84f Private Account): Champion – see above

PERSONAL FLAG (83c Private Account): 8 wins, G1 Widener H., G1 Suburban H., G2 Nassau County S., G3 Queen’s County S.; 2nd G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, G1 Brooklyn H., G1 Haskell Inv H., G2 Excelsior H.; 3rd G1 Woodward S., G1 Travers S., G1 Dwyer S.; sire

4th dam

DORINE (58f Aristophanes): 12 wins in Argentina, Pr Arturo R. Bullrich (2x), Pr Enrique Acebal, Pr Gilberto Lerena (2x), Pr Criadores, Pr Palermo, Pr America, GP 25 de Mayo; 2nd Cl. Pr Polla de Potrancas, GP Nacional, Pr Seleccion, GP 25 de Mayo; 3rd Pr General Luis Maria Campos, Pr Caballerizas Argentinas.; Champion 3yo; Champion Older Mare; dam of

Grecian Banner (74f Hoist The Flag): won – see above

5th dam

DORIA (49f Advocate): 18 wins in Argentina, GP Maipú, Cl. Ecuador (2x), Cl. General Alvear, Cl. Ramon Blaus, Cl. Primavera; ‘the fastest mare of the last 20 years in Argentina’; dam of

DORINE (58f Aristophanes): multiple Champion – see above

DORILEO (64c Aristophanes): 5 wins in Arg & USA, Christmas H., William Penn H.; 2nd Cl. Polla de Potrillos, Tropical Park H.; 3rd Clark H., Trenton Park H. Tropical Park H.; sire of sires (incl Gr1 sire Propicio)

DORETTA (60f Aristophanes): 7 wins in Argentina, GP 25 de Mayo, Cl, Otono, Cl. Apertura

Tabulated Pedigree
War Front
2002
Danzig
1977
Northern Dancer Nearctic – Nearco
Natalma – Native Dancer
Pas de Nom Admirals Voyage – Crafty Admiral
Petitioner – Petition
Starry Dreamer
1994
Rubiano Fappiano – Mr Prospector
Ruby Slippers – Nijinsky
Lara’s Star Forli – Aristophanes
True Reality – Round Table
Salute
2002
Unbridled
1987
Fappiano Mr Prospector – Raise A Native
Killaloe – Dr Fager
Gana Facil Le Fabuleux – Wild Risk
Charedi – In Reality
Personal Ensign
1984
Private Account Damascus – Sword Dancer
Numbered Account – Buckpasser
Grecian Banner Hoist the Flag – Tom Rolfe
Dorine – Aristophanes

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