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War Pass retired to Lane's End
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War Pass will always be remembered as an undefeated champion juvenile
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WAR PASS (Cherokee Run), the 2007 champion two-year-old colt who was injured
in April of this year, has been retired to stud and will stand at William S.
Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Kentucky, in 2009. War Pass sustained
a fractured sesamoid in his left front and was retired on the advice of
veterinarians.War Pass compiled a record 7-5-1-0 with earnings of $1,583,400. He was
undefeated in four starts at age two, winning his debut at Saratoga by 2 3/4
lengths and later notching an allowance/optional claimer at the same course by 5
1/2 lengths. He made his stakes debut in the Champagne S. (G1) at Belmont Park,
winning by 1 1/2 lengths, then concluded his championship campaign with a 4
/4-length score in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Monmouth Park.
High-weighted on the Experimental Free Handicap, War Pass made his
three-year-old debut in an allowance at Gulfstream Park on February 24. He won
for fun by 7 1/2 lengths, but met his first reversal when last of seven in the
Tampa Bay Derby (G3) at odds of 1-20. He fared better in what would be his final
career start in the April 5 Wood Memorial S. (G1) at Aqueduct, finishing a
half-length second to Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat).
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"War Pass is without a doubt the fastest two-year-old I've ever had," trainer
Nick Zito said following the colt's score in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. "He has
tremendous speed and is extremely talented."
Bred in Kentucky by Cherry Valley Farm, War Pass was sold for $180,000 as a
Keeneland September yearling. Raced by Robert V. LaPenta, War Pass is out of the
multiple stakes-placed Mr. Prospector mare Vue, making him a half-bother to 1996
Spinaway S. (G1) winner Oath (Known Fact), the dam of Philip H. Iselin S. (G3)
winner Honest Man (Unbridled's Song), and Grade 2-placed Vision of Beauty
(Danzig). War Pass's fourth dam is Bayou (Hill Prince), the champion
three-year-old filly of 1957 and a noted producer, whose illustrious descendants
include two-time champion and $3.5-million earner Slew O' Gold and multiple
Grade 1-winning millionaire Aptitude.
"We are very excited to have War Pass entering stud next year," Farish said.
"His exceptional conformation and his ability to extend his speed makes him an
excellent sire prospect. He will make a great addition to the Lane's End
stallion roster. He will stand as the property of a syndicate and a stud fee
will be announced shortly."
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