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Lightning Spear's First Foal is a Colt

Group 1 winner Lightning Spear (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) celebrated his first foal, a colt, born at Crimbourne Stud in Marlborough on Jan. 16, Tweenhills Stud announced on Tuesday. The chestnut is out of the winning Moonlight Rhapsody (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), herself a half-sister to G2 Queen Elizabeth S. hero Fantastic Love (Peintre Celebre). Under the second dam is champion sprinter and sire Last Tycoon (Ire) (Try My Best {Ire}). Tweenhills, in light of Lightning Spear's early sub-fertility issues, is offering 2020 seasons at £5,000, due Oct. 1. The first...

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Saxon Warrior Sires First Foal

MG1SW Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a winner of the G1 English 2000 Guineas, has sired his first foal, a colt, in France on Thursday, Coolmore announced. Out of the maiden mare Gloriously (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) herself a daughter of Irish listed-placed Queen of France (Danehill), the bay is "a correct colt with size, bone and quality," according to Guillaume Garcon of Haras de l'Hotellerie. His second dam is a half-sister to MGSW Jazz Club (Dixieland Band), while blue hen Up the Flagpole (Hoist the Flag) is farther back...

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