Majestic Warrior's Progeny - Declan's Warrior

Majestic Warrior's Current Top Performers

Declan's Warrior ( 2013G3W )
Bay Shore S. |

Pedigree

Declan's Warrior

Majestic Warrior

A.P. Indy

Dream Supreme

Comanche Star

Saint Ballado

Deceit Princess

Sale History

Did Not Sell

Bay Shore S. Chart

BAY SHORE S. (gr. III ), Aqueduct , April 06, 2013 , $250,000 Guaranteed , value of race $250,000 , 3 yo , 7 furlongs , 1:22.09 Dirt FT .

DECLAN'S WARRIOR (Chestnut Colt , 3 yo, 116 lb) $150,000 Majestic Warrior —Comanche Star , by Saint Ballado B—Lucky Shamrock Escrow , KY ; O—Lucky Shamrock Stable ; T—Nicholas P. Zito Clearly Now (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 3 yo, 123 lb) $50,000 Horse Greeley —Bend , by Arch B—Claiborne Farm , KY ; O—Up Hill Stable ; T—Brian A. Lynch The Truth and K G (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 3 yo, 120 lb) $25,000 Successful Appeal —She's Roughin It , by Forest Camp B—Dreamfields, Inc., Don Brady & Kerry Cauthen , KY ; O—James A. Riccio ; T—Rudy R. Rodriguez

Margins: head, 3, 1¾ . Others: Salutos Amigos 116($12,500) , Honorable Dillon 123($7,500) , Maleeh 120($1,250) , Retreive 116($1,250) , Clawback 120($1,250) , Silver Morgan 116($1,250) . Winning Jockey, Jose Lezcano.

Bay Shore S. Recap

In the first stakes race of his career, Kimberly and Nick Zito’s Lucky Shamrock Stable homebred Declan’s Warrior, by Majestic Warrior, unleashed a furious stretch rally to edge this year’s Swale Stakes (gr. III) winner Clearly Now by a head in the $250,000 Bay Shore Stakes (gr. III) April 6 at Aqueduct.

The come-from-behind victory helped second-crop sire Majestic Warrior to a solid day at Aqueduct Racetrack as Princess of Sylmar earned her first graded stakes-placing when second to Close Hatches in the Gazelle Stakes (gr. II).

As 2-year-olds, Majestic Warrior’s first crop failed to register a stakes win, but they are hitting their stride this season. Besides Declan’s Warrior, Majestic Warrior boasts 2013 3-year-old stakes winners Princess of Sylmar, who has won a pair of stakes at Aqueduct; Ante Up Annie, a stakes winner at Fair Grounds; and Special Warrior, a stakes winner in Puerto Rico.

The success of Majestic Warrior’s 3-year-olds provides a counter point to his racing career, in which he failed to register a win in four stakes starts in his 3-year-old season after a spectacular juvenile year that included a 21/4-length victory in the 2007 Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course. Majestic Warrior raced for his breeder, George Steinbrenner’s Kinsman Stable, through that stakes win after which Coolmore-associated owners Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor, and Susan Magnier also bought into the A.P. Indy colt.

Nick Zito said a patient approach with Declan’s Warrior is paying dividends.

“I think he’s just a beautiful horse. He’s so consistent,” Zito said. “He could be a special horse. Honestly, he could be better than we think.”

Declan’s Warrior is the second winner out of the Saint Ballado mare Comanche Star, who also has produced stakes winner Canonize, by Aldebaran. Saint Ballado ranked 20th on the 2012 broodmare sire list. While she only registered one career victory, Comanche Star also proved consistent on the track, placing eight times from 13 starts.

Majestic Warrior boasts the aforementioned four stakes winners this season. He stands for $12,500 at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.—F.A

Chart

( ), Gulfstream Park , March 09, 2013 , $54,500 Added , value of race $54,500 , 3 yo , 7 1/2 furlongs , 1:29.74 Dirt FT .

NARVAEZ (Gray or Roan Colt , 3 yo, 118 lb) $17,835 Holy Bull —Miss Lulu , by Unbridled B—Hargus Sexton & Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm, LLC , KY ; O—Stipa Racing Stable, Inc. ; T—Agustin C. Bezara DECLAN'S WARRIOR (Chestnut Colt , 3 yo, 118 lb) $17,835 Majestic Warrior —Comanche Star , by Saint Ballado B—Lucky Shamrock Escrow , KY ; O—Lucky Shamrock Stable ; T—Nicholas P. Zito Acclaim (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 3 yo, 120 lb) $4,785 Tiz Wonderful —Miss Elusive , by Elusive Quality B—Michael W. Jester , PA ; O—Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H. ; T—Teresa M. Pompay

Margins: 4¼, 4¼, 5 . Others: Almost English 118($2,175) , Sayler's Creek 118($435) , County Lineman 118($435) . Winning Jockey, Javier Castellano.

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