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In breeding news, well-pedigreed King Of Athens (War Front-Together Forever, by Galileo) is the latest addition to Western Australia’s sire ranks, at St Jude Farm in Serpentine, bringing another successful branch of the Danzig sireline to local breeders through War Front who has sired 97 Stakes winners from his Kentucky base at Claiborne Farm. He was runner-up to stablemate Arizona (No Nay Never) on debut in a nursery at the Curragh before having his colours lowered by the same colt in the Gr2 Coventry Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot. According to tbwa.net.au, trainer Aidan O’Brien sent him to Lingfield to break his maiden status in the Ladbrokes EBF Novice Stakes (1400m) where he dismissed Lexington Rebel (Dabirsim) by five lengths. King Of Athens returned the following summer and didn’t dodge a contest in the LR Irish 2000 Guineas Trial (1400m) at Leopardstown. He followed up with a fourth in the Gr3 Ballycorus Stakes at Fairyhouse before a stifle injury called a halt to a career that spanned just a dozen starts. He’s the first son of War Front to stand in WA and is bred on a Galileo cross which has delivered Group 1 stars U S Navy Flag (England), Roly Poly (France) and Fog Of War (Canada). King Of Athens will stand at St Jude Farm for an introductory fee of $3,300 (inc GST).
