6th-MLF, €25,000, Mdn, 4-13, 3yo, f, 9fT, 2:03.76, hy.
WAR FLAG (f, 3, War Front">War Front–Black Speck, by Arch), runner-up on debut over 7 1/2 furlongs on Deauville's Polytrack Mar. 4, was sent straight to the lead. Always comfortable in that position, the 2-1 favourite was gradually stoked up by Christophe Soumillon down the middle of the home straight and was never in any danger en route to a cosy length success from Sweet Charity (Fr) (Myboycharlie {Ire}). The winner is a full-sister to Lines of Battle, Champion Stayer & G1SW-HK, Hwt. 3yo-UAE at 9 1/2-11f, GSW-UAE, SW & GSP-Ire, $2,604,686; and also a half-sister to Battle Paint (Tale of the Cat), G1SP-Fr, $187,188; to Blue Exit (Pulpit), SW-Fr & SP-US, $178,178; and to Homebound (Dixie Union), GSW-Fr, $190,258. Black Speck is a half-sister to Dynaformer and to the dams of the high-class pair of Offlee Wild (Wild Again) and U S Ranger (Danzig), as well as the graded-stakes scorers Supremo (Gone West) and Sangrita (Mr. Greeley). Her unraced daughter Photograph (Unbridled's Song) has already excelled as the producer of last year's G3 Prix de Guiche winner and G1 Prix du Jockey Club third War Dispatch, also by War Front. War Flag may prove to be the last to come from Black Speck, who was barren when bred to War Front for the pasttwo years. Lifetime Record: 2 starts, 1 win, 1 place, €17,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Joseph Allen; T-Jean-Claude Rouget.
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