Foal Gallery Star Wins Melbourne Cup

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday November 5

Boutique Hunter Valley nursery Kitchwin Hills have always been great supporters of the Breednet Foal Gallery and when they sent in this image back in 2015 of a colt by Declaration of War (USA) from Geblitzt it’s fairly safe to say nobody thought we had a Melbourne Cup winner in the making.

The Foal Gallery of 2015 was actually sponsored by Coolmore for Declaration of War, a dual Group I winning son of champion US sire War Front, that found his best form as a four year-old from 1600 to 2000m.

Foaled and raised at Kitchwin Hills is Melbourne Cup winner Vow and Declare A tough versatile horse, Declaration of War won the Group I Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot over 1m and the Group I York International at 10 1/2f and closed out his career with a third in the Breeders Cup Classic on dirt at a mile and a quarter.

There was nothing speedy or precocious about him, although he did win his only starts in France at two over 1500 and 1700m, but at the same time his pedigree hardly screams long distance stayer and yet these are the horses that are making this stallion, who is now standing in Japan, into a slow burn success at stud.

Vow and Declare is his third long distance Group I winner in Australia joining last Saturday’s Group I VRC Victoria Derby winner Warning and Winning Ways, who won the Queensland Oaks last season.

His success as a sire of stayers won’t be lost on the Japanese breeders, so while we may only have two crops of Declaration of War stock here, expect to see more of them in the future challenging for our Cups, but they may be Japanese bred, owned and trained.

Declaration of War has some impressive overall statistics with his oldest progeny worldwide just four year-olds. He has sired 24 stakes-winners, five of them Group I winners, and has a stakes-winner to runner ratio of 7.4% .

Read about Vow and Declare's Cup win here.






 

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Race Result - Lexus Melbourne Cup Gr1 3200m

Flemington Track: Soft(5) Time: 3:24.76
1
Vow And Declare
- 4g Declaration Of War (USA) x Geblitzt (AUS) (Testa Rossa (AUS))
Tnr: D T O'Brien Rdr: Craig Williams 52
2
0.2
Prince Of Arran
- 7g Shirocco (GER) x Storming Sioux (GB) (Storming Home (GB))
Tnr: Charlie Fellowes Rdr: M J Walker 54
3
0.3
Il Paradiso
- 4h Galileo (IRE) x Famous (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: A O'Brien Rdr: W M Lordan 52.5
4
0.4
Master Of Reality
- 5g Frankel (GB) x L'ancresse (IRE) (Darshaan (GB))
Tnr: Joseph O'Brien Rdr: L Dettori 55.5
5
0.9
Surprise Baby
- 5g Shocking (AUS) x Bula Baby (NZ) (Kaapstad (NZ))
Tnr: P A Preusker Rdr: Jordan Childs 53.5
6
1.2
Mer De Glace
- 5h Rulership (JPN) x Glacier Blue (JPN) (Sunday Silence (USA))
Tnr: H Shimizu Rdr: Damian Lane 56
7
1.4
Finche
- 6g Frankel (GB) x Binche (USA) (Woodman (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: K Mc Evoy 54
8
1.6
Cross Counter
- 5g Teofilo (IRE) x Waitress (USA) (Kingmambo (USA))
Tnr: Charlie Appleby Rdr: W Buick 57.5
9
2.1
Steel Prince
- 6g Nathaniel (IRE) x Steel Princess (IRE) (Danehill (USA))
Tnr: Anthony Freedman Rdr: B Prebble 52.5
10
3.6
Magic Wand
- 5m Galileo (IRE) x Prudenzia (IRE) (Dansili (GB))
Tnr: A O'Brien Rdr: Ryan Moore 53.5
11
3.8
Twilight Payment
- 7g Teofilo (IRE) x Dream On Buddy (IRE) (Oasis Dream (GB))
Tnr: Joseph O'Brien Rdr: J Bowman 55
12
3.9
Sound
- 7h Lando (GER) x Sky Dancing (IRE) (Exit To Nowhere (USA))
Tnr: M D Moroney Rdr: J Winks 53.5
13
4.1
Constantinople
- 4h Galileo (IRE) x One Moment In Time (IRE) (Danehill (USA))
Tnr: D & B Hayes & T Dabernig Rdr: J Moreira 52.5
14
4.3
Mirage Dancer
- 6h Frankel (GB) x Heat Haze (GB) (Green Desert (USA))
Tnr: T Busuttin & N Young Rdr: B Melham 55.5
15
4.5
Hunting Horn
- 5h Camelot (GB) x Mora Bai (IRE) (Indian Ridge (IRE))
Tnr: A O'Brien Rdr: J A Heffernan 55
16
5.0
Raymond Tusk
- 5h High Chaparral (IRE) x Dancing Shoes (IRE) (Danehill (USA))
Tnr: R Hannon Rdr: J P Spencer 54
17
5.2
The Chosen One
- 4h Savabeel (AUS) x The Glitzy One (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: M Baker & A Forsman Rdr: Tim Clark 52
18
6.5
Latrobe
- 5h Camelot (GB) x Question Times (GB) (Shamardal (USA))
Tnr: Joseph O'Brien Rdr: J B Mc Donald 55
19
6.6
Southern France
- 5h Galileo (IRE) x Alta Anna (FR) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: M Zahra 55.5
20
7.4
Youngstar
- 5m High Chaparral (IRE) x Starspangled (IRE) (Danehill (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tommy Berry 52
21
8.4
Neufbosc
- 5g Mastercraftsman (IRE) x Nonsuch Way (IRE) (Verglas (IRE))
Tnr: D & B Hayes & T Dabernig Rdr: L Nolen 53.5
22
8.7
Downdraft
- 5h Camelot (GB) x Cinnamon Rose (USA) (Trempolino (USA))
Tnr: Joseph O'Brien Rdr: John Allen 53.5
23
11.0
Mustajeer
- 7g Medicean (GB) x Qelaan (USA) (Dynaformer (USA))
Tnr: K A Lees Rdr: D Oliver 55
24
41.0
Rostropovich
- 5g Frankel (GB) x Tyranny (GB) (Machiavellian (USA))
Tnr: D & B Hayes & T Dabernig Rdr: D Dunn 55
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