Lot 102 US Navy Flag - Asama Blue Filly

LOT 102 U S NAVY FLAG ex ASAMA BLUE FILLY

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YEARLING DETAILS

OWNER:

Barronstown Stud, J Magnier & Sir Peter Vela

BREEDER:

Barronstown Stud, J Magnier & Pencarrow Thoroughbreds Ltd

DOB:

29 October 2020

Lot 102

Account of PENCARROW STUD, Cambridge.

BAY FILLY

Foaled 29th October 2020

Branded :

Sire

War Front

2015

Misty for Me

Dam

Fastnet Rock

2013

Butterfly Blue

Danzig .................. Northern Dancer Starry Dreamer ............................. Rubiano Galileo ........................... Sadler's Wells Butterfly Cove ............................ Storm Cat Danehill ........................................ Danzig Piccadilly Circus ...............Royal Academy Sadler's Wells ... Northern Dancer Blush With Pride ..............Blushing Groom

U S Navy Flag (USA) PEDIGREE UPDATES

From the same family as CEZANNE (2017.c. by Curlin-Achieving, by Bernardini-Teeming).

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3rd Santa Anita Palos Verdes S. Gr.3

Closely related to FIRST CAPTAIN (2018.c. by Curlin-America, by A.P. Indy-Lacadena).

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1st Gulfstream Park Allowance Optional Claiming

From the same family as MUNDAYE CALL (2017.f. by Into Mischief-Reve d’Amour, by Warrior’s RewardSmolensk).

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4th Mahoning Valley Distaff S. L

From the same family as Soaring (2019.f. by Tapit-Streaming, by Smart Strike-Teeming).

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3rd Sunland Park Borderplex S. L

Closely related to Cousteau (2018.c.

by Into Mischief-Paris Bikini, by Bernardini-Lacadena).

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1st Churchill Downs Maiden Claiming

Box H 10

Asama Blue (IRE)

nr sh; 43 over 0 off sh

U S NAVY FLAG (USA) (Bay or Brown 2015-Stud in Ire. 2019, NZ 2019).

Leading 3YO Male on the 2018 WTR (Sprint). Champion 2YO in Europe in 2017. 5 wins-4 at 2-6f to 7f, Newmarket Middle Park S., Gr.1, Dewhurst S., Gr.1, July Cup, Gr.1, Curragh Round Tower S., Gr.3, 2d Irish Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1. Brother to SW Roly Poly (Newmarket Falmouth S., Gr.1).

Half-brother to SW Cover Song. His oldest SH-bred progeny are yearlings.

1st dam Asama Blue, by Fastnet Rock. 2 wins at 1550m, 1610m in GB and NZ, Manawatu RC McIntosh Farm Machinery H., 2d WRC Anniversary S., Gr.3.

Sister to The Blue Brilliant, half-sister to Sapphire Pendant (dam of ECRIVAIN), King George River, Lacadena (dam of AMERICA). This is her third foal. Her second foal is a 2YO. Her first foal is an unraced 3YO. 2nd dam BUTTERFLY BLUE, by Sadler's Wells. Winner at 9½f in Ireland. Sister to Maryinsky (dam of PEEPING FAWN, THEWAYYOUARE), threequarter-sister to CHIEF CONTENDER, half-sister to BETTER THAN HONOUR (dam of JAZIL, RAGS TO RICHES, CASINO DRIVE, MAN OF IRON), SMOLENSK (dam of CAN THE MAN, MARTHA'S MOON), TURNBERRY ISLE. Dam of 12 foals, all raced, 9 winners, inc:The Blue Brilliant (Fastnet Rock). 2 wins at 1¼m, 11¼f in 2021 in Ireland, 2d Deauville Prix de Psyche, Gr.3.

Asama Blue (Fastnet Rock). 2 wins. See above.

Sapphire Pendant (Danehill Dancer). Winner at 8½f, 2d Leopardstown Derrinstown Stud One Thousand Guineas Trial, Gr.3. Dam of 4 winnersECRIVAIN (Lope de Vega). 4 wins-2 at 2-at 1600m, 1900m, €176,060, to 2021, Chantilly Prix Bertrand du Breuil, Gr.3, ParisLongchamp Prix des Chenes, Gr.3, 2d ParisLongchamp Prix de Fontainebleau, Gr.3, Chantilly Prix Le Fabuleux, L, 3d Saint-Cloud Prix Exbury, Gr.3.

Starifique (Sea the Stars). Winner at 2100m, ParisLongchamp Prix de la Barriere du Roule, 3d Toulouse Prix Occitanie, L. Producer.

King George River (Danehill Dancer). 3 wins-1 at 2-1m to 8¾f, 2d Newmarket Feilden S., L, 3d York Nationwide Accident Repair Services S. Lacadena (Fasliyev). Winner at 2 at 2f, 2d Woodbine Victoria S., L. Dam ofAMERICA (A.P. Indy). 5 wins-1 at 2 and 3 in succession-1m to 9f, Belmont Turnback the Alarm H., Gr.3, Aqueduct Affectionately S., L, 3d Belmont Mother Goose S., Gr.1, Delaware H., Gr.1, Gulfstream Oaks, Gr.2, 4th Saratoga Coaching Club American Oaks, Gr.1. Dam ofFIRST CAPTAIN (Curlin). 3 wins in succession at 7f, 1m, US$252,000, in 2021, Belmont Dwyer S., Gr.3, 3d Saratoga Curlin S., L. Paris Bikini. Winner at 2 at 6f in U.S.A. Dam ofPARIS LIGHTS (Curlin). 4 wins in succession 7f to 9f, US$403,842, to 2021, Saratoga Coaching Club American Oaks, Gr.1, Aqueduct Distaff H., Gr.3, 3d Churchill Downs Shawnee S., L. 3rd dam BLUSH WITH PRIDE, by Blushing Groom. 6 wins-1 at 2-1m to 11f, Santa Anita Santa Susana S., Gr.1, Kentucky Oaks, Gr.1, Keeneland Ashland S., Gr.2, 2d Keeneland Spinster S., Gr.1. Half-sister to GIELGUD, MALINOWSKI, MONROE. Dam of 15 foals, 11 to race, 9 winners.

LOT 102 C O N F O R M AT I O N

FIRST SEASON SIRE

S I R E : U S NAVY FLAG

EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2YO & GROUP 1 WINNING SPRINTER AT 3 Elite sprinter U S Navy Flag, who now stands at The Oaks Stud, is by the globally influential War Front, who has sired 100 stakes winners worldwide and is also making an impact as a sire of sires through the likes of Declaration Of War. The dam of U S Navy Flag is the 4-time Gr.1 winner Misty For Me (Galileo). A Champion two-year-old filly in France and Ireland in 2010, Misty For Me’s five wins included the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes (1400m), Prix Marcel Boussac (1600m), Irish 1000 Guineas (1600m) and Pretty Polly Stakes (2000m). She is the dam of three stakes winners, with U S Navy Flag joined by triple Group One winner Roly Poly (War Front) and the Group Three winner Cover Song (Fastnet Rock).

From 19 starts, U S Navy Flag recorded five wins, beginning with a two-year-old Group One double in the Middle Park Stakes (1200m) and Dewhurst Stakes (1400m). He backed that up as a three-year-old with the sire-making sprint, the Group One July Cup (1200m), along with a placing in the Irish 2000 Guineas (1600m).

RACE RECORD • European Champion 2YO (T.F: 123) • 1st Dewhurst Stakes Gr 1 - 7f, Newmarket (fastest Dewhurst winner ever) • 1st Middle Park Stakes Gr 1 - 6f, Newmarket • 1st Round Tower Stakes Gr 3 - 6f, Curragh • 2nd July Stakes Gr 2 - 6f, Newmarket • Champion 3YO Sprinter (T.F: 125) • 1st July Cup Gr 1 - 6f, Newmarket • 2nd Irish 2000 Guineas Gr 1 - 8f, Curragh

DAM: ASAMA BLUE

From a family full of black-type performers, this Fastnet Rock mare was herself a winner of two, including in Ireland on debut for Sir Peter Vela, Mrs John Magnier and Mrs David Nagle, before continuing her career in New Zealand.

Breeding Record Dam of four foals Missed in 2017.

2018 g. by Tavistock.

2019 f. by Savabeel.

2020 f. by U S Navy Flag.

2021 f. by Ten Sovereigns (pictured right) Covered by Circus Maximus

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