5th-BEL, $75,000, Msw, 9-23, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:45.55, fm.WARRIOR HALL (f, 2, War Front–Azzedine, by Mr. Greeley) failed to land a blow sprinting in the Saratoga slop July 31, but looked like a different horse when pressing the pace and checking in second behind subsequent GII Pocahontas S. fourth Dream Dancing (Tapit) in a spot similar to this one upstate Aug. 28. Installed as the public's pick at a tick under 2-1, the $1-million KEESEP acquisition saved all the ground tucked into the pocket behind a glacial pace. Splitting rivals in upper stretch, she out-kicked paternal sibling Wake Island (War Front) for a convincing one-length success. Warrior Hall was featured in a recent TDN article entitled Promising Juveniles with KEESEP Kin. Her Candy Ride (Arg) half-brother brought $190,000 from R.A. Hill Stable, Agent SGV at Keeneland September last week. Azzedine, whose dam is MGSW Atelier (Deputy Minister) and third dam is Courtly Dee, produced an Exchange Rate filly earlier this year and was bred back to War Front in the spring. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $62,152. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Robert S. Evans; B-Breffni Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement.[bullet ad=”lanes-end-sales-grad”]
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