A New Heir to War Front's Throne at Claiborne

Dual-surface Grade I winner War of Will is set to begin his career at stud at Claiborne Farm alongside sire War Front. We speak with Bernie Sams on their new addition.

War Front is undoubtably heralded as one of America's top turf sirs, but Claiborne's Bernie Sams said he finds any stereotype that the stallion is solely a grass producer is unjustifiable.
“I think War Front has been labeled to some extent as a turf sire, but unfairly so because he got his start with dirt stakes winners,” he said. “Then a lot of people started breeding to him and taking a lot of them to Europe. He probably is equally as good on dirt as he is on turf, if we had as many of them here.”
Sams's theory on War Front's progeny comes to fruition in the ability of War of Will. The son of War Front is among an elite group of stallions that can claim Grade I wins on both dirt and turf, and is the first of War Front's progeny to snag a Classic victory.

Read more on the TDN: https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/a-new-heir-to-war-fronts-throne-at-claiborne/

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