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Summer Front

War Front - Rose of Summer

2009 - Bay - 16.1 Hands

2023 Fee: $7,500 S&N

5% discount on all stud fees paid by Nov 1

Exciting & Versatile Son of War Front - Graded Stakes Winners on Dirt & Turf

3yo c SUMMER CAUSE was 3rd in the Federico Tesio S. at Laurel Park on April 15th. Trained by Christophe Clement for breeder and owner Waterford Stables.
CAMP HOPE ran 2nd in the Dust Commander S. at Turfway Park on February 18th. Trained by Kenny McPeek for Walking L Thoroughbreds, bred by Bret Jones.
3yo g. WOW WHATA SUMMER won the Grade 2 Penn Mile S. on June 3rd. Bred and owner by Jeremy Brooks Trainer by James L. Lawrence, II.
3yo g. FUERTEVENTURA won the Jersey Derby at Monmouth on May 29th. Trained by Jonathan Thomas for Robert La Penta and Brereton C Jones. Bred by Airdrie Stud.
3yo colt, SUMMER IS TOMORROW finished 2nd in the Grade 2 UAE Derby. Trained by Bhupat Seemar for owner Hilary, Michael and Burke, Negar. Bred by Airdrie Stud.
4yo colt CAMP HOPE started 2022 off with an Allowance win at Keeneland on April 20th. Trained by Kenny McPeek for owner Walking L Thoroughbreds, bred by Bret Jones
4yo filly SIERRA SUMMER won an Allowance at Remington Park on November 19th. Trained by Shawn Davis for owner Double Kee LLC, bred by Jay W. Bligh
3yo colt CAMP HOPE followed up his allowance win with a win in the $150,000 Bryan Station Stakes at Keeneland on October 30th. Camp Hope received a 95 Beyer and is aimed for the G1 Hollywood Derby. Trained by Kenny McPeek for owner Walking L Thoroughbreds, bred by Bret Jones
3yo colt CAMP HOPE won a deep allowance race at Keeneland on October 8th by 5+ lengths. Trained by Kenny McPeek for owner Walking L Thoroughbreds, LLC, bred by Bret Jones
2yo colt SUMMERY broke his maiden in a MSW at Parx on October 6th. Bred byJames E. Bassett III , owned by Ballybrit Stable, LLC and trained by Michael Dini
3yo filly Medalla Match won back to back Allowance races at Remington park on September 10th and October 6th. Bred by Jane Wiggins , owned by Twisted Chaps Racing Stables LLC and trained by Michael E. Biehler
3yo gelding GYPSY KING won a deep $145,000 Allowance race at Kentucky Downs on September 6th for trainer Wesley Ward, owner Rockingham Ranch and breeder Budget Stables
2yo filly BLAZING SUMMER broke her maiden at Ellis Park on September 4th for trainer John Ortiz for owner WSS Racing, LLC and bred by Mike Abraham
2yo filly BAKSHEESH romped in the $200,000 Muskoka Stakes at Woodbine on August 29th. Trained by Ralph Biamonte for Gary Barber and Eclipse Thoroughbreds, bred by Track West Racing Inc.
2yo colt RUN CURTIS RUN wires the field to win by 4 in the Rick Violette Stakes at Saratoga on July 21st. First time out at Belmont Park, the colt was able to overcome a slow start with a victory after a game stretch run. Both wins came on the main track for trainer Mike Maker, owners Michael Dubb and Michael Caruso and breeder Larry Goichman.
Another main-track SW for the 3yo filly, SHEA D SUMMER, her second stakes win of the summer with a win in the Azalea Stakes at Gulfstream Park on August 7th. On June 5th, she was the wire-to-wire winner of the Game Face S. at Gulfstream Park by a widening two-and-a-half lengths. At 2, she won the Juvenile Fillies' Sprint at GPW by 6 3/4 lengths
3 FIRST-CROP GSW, INCLUDING SPEAKTOMEOFSUMMER, WINNER OF THE G2 LAKE PLACID S. AT SARATOGA
First-crop 4yo WINTERS BACK did all the heavy lifting and was a game runner-up in the G3 Monmouth S. on 5th June, earning a career-high 97 Beyer for Waterford Stable and Todd Pletcher. Winters Back was bred by Tim Thornton and Quint Tatro and now has 3 wins and 3 seconds in his 9 lifetime starts
A 2yo colt from the Third Crop of Summer Front was purchased by Tadhg O'Shea & Michael Burke for $170,000 at the 2021 Arqana Breeze-Up Sale. Produced by Always Tomorrow, a full-sister to G1 millionaire, Bigger Picture, he was bred and raised at Airdrie Stud
Airdrie-bred COMMUNITY ADJUSTED broke her maiden impressively at Belmont Park on May 20th for Robert Masiello and the Empire Racing Club and trainer, Christophe Clement
GSW FIGHTING SEABEE returned from a layoff to win an Allowance at Keeneland by a length and a quarter, under a rail-skimming ride by Brian Hernandez, earning an 89 Beyer. Winner of the G3 With Anticipation S. at 2, Fighting Seabee was bred by Gestut Zur Kuste AG, raised at Runnymede Farm and is owned by Walking L Thoroughbreds
THIRD-CROP YEARLINGS SOLD FOR UP TO $250,000, $190,000, etc.
Stakes-placed Valentines Day rallied from 11th to finish 2nd by a diminishing half length in the Miss Houston S. on April 3rd having been 3rd in the Jersey Lilly S. in her previous start
3yo filly QUEEN OF THE GREEN, beat colts in an Allowance at Tampa Bay Downs on 2/10 for NBS Stable holding off Shawdyshawdyshawdy (Summer Front) who closed well for second. Queen Of The Green was denied black-type by the narrowest of margins when 4th in the G2 Edgewood S. on Oaks Day
2yo colt CAMP HOPE was a most impressive 4 length winner on debut at Churchill Downs for Walking L Thoroughbreds and Kenny McPeek on 10/25. Purchased for $200,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale by Scott Leeds' Walking L Thoroughbreds, he is named for a Houston venue that provides help and housing for veterans suffering from PTSD.
SUMMER ASSAULT won the $100,000 Mystic Lake Derby [L] for Michele Boyce, setting a New Stakes Record
A leading 3yo of 2020, ETE INDIEN ran away with the G2 Fountain Of Youth S. by 8 1/2 lengths (97 Beyer), before being placed in the G1 Florida Derby
SPEAKTOMEOFSUMMER won the G2 Lake Placid S. at Saratoga for Waterford Stable and Christophe Clement. She had previously won the Chelsey Flower S. [L] at Aqueduct as a 2yo, and was 2nd despite significant traffic trouble last time out in the G2 Sands Point S.
IRISH FRONT was a most impressive 4 1/4 length MdSpWt winner at the Spa on 7/23 for Todd Pletcher and O/B Waterford Stable. Stalking the leader, he took over at the 1/4 pole and was geared down in the final 1/16th by Irad Ortiz Jr. stopping the clock in 1:09-3 earning an 87 Beyer
4 GSH to date from his First Crop including Saratoga's G3 With Anticipation S. winner, FIGHTING SEABEE, also a fast-finishing runner-up in the Street Sense S. on dirt
Summeronsevenhills was 3rd in the Lingfield Derby Trial [L] in the U.K. on June 5th on his 3yo debut following impressive victories in his final two starts at 2
Summer To Remember has placed in the G3 Kitten's Joy S. and the English Channel S. Other 2020 SHs include: 2yo filly Summer Brew was 2nd by a head in the $118,500 Lady Finger S. on 10/5 for Final Furlong & Maspeth Stables, and trainer, Jorge Abreu; Reconvene, twice an impressive winner at MTH, was 3rd in the James W. Murphy S. at Pimlico on Preakness Day (10/3) on his stakes debut. According to Equibase, he closed from last with a furious rally, making up ~13 lengths in the final quarter mile to be beaten just 1 1/4 lengths.
Other promising winners include: MY SASSY SARAH, SUMMERS HOPE, SUMMER LOVE, HURRICANE BREEZE, etc.
Second-crop 2yos in 2020 sold for $170,000, $150,000, etc.
Second-crop September Yearlings in 2019 sold for up to $280,000
Top-selling Second Crop yearlings at Fasig-Tipton July 2019: $200,000 (Summer Front), $150,000 (American Pharoah), $140,000 (Fast Anna), etc.
He bred at least 100 mares each of his first 3 years
Millionaire son of the great War Front
Undefeated multiple stakes winner at 2 and Graded stakes winner at 3, 4 and 5
GII winner and 5-times GI placed
$475,000 Steve Young purchase from War Front’s 2^nd Crop
Half-brother to the Grade I Hollywood Starlet victress Laragh
Exceptional miler with a renowned turn of foot
1:32 4 in the GI Shoemaker
1:33 in the GI Kilroe S.
1:33 in the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile
1:33 3 in the GIII Hill Prince S.
All the ingredients needed to follow in his special sire’s hoofprints.

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Race Record

Year	Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Earnings
2015	2	0	1	0	$83,000
2014	6	1	3	0	$410,000
2013	5	2	1	1	$178,340
2012	7	2	1	2	$279,800
2011	3	3	0	0	$126,800
Totals	23	8	6	3	$1,077,832

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Summer Front

Pedigree: 5-Cross

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WAR FRONT (USA) b. 2002	DANZIG (USA) b. 1977 [IC]	NORTHERN DANCER (CAN) b. 1961 [BC]	NEARCTIC (CAN)	br. 1954
			NATALMA (USA)	b. 1957 *
		PAS DE NOM (USA) br. 1968	ADMIRALS VOYAGE (USA)	dkb/br. 1959
			PETITIONER (GB)	b. 1952 *
	STARRY DREAMER (USA) gr/r. 1994	RUBIANO (USA) gr. 1987	FAPPIANO (USA)	b. 1977 [IC]
			RUBY SLIPPERS (USA)	gr. 1982 *
		LARA'S STAR (USA) b. 1981	FORLI (ARG)	ch. 1963 [C]
			TRUE REALITY (USA)	b. 1973
ROSE OF SUMMER (USA) gr/r. 2001	EL PRADO (IRE) gr. 1989 [BI]	SADLERS WELLS (USA) b. 1981 [CS]	NORTHERN DANCER (CAN)	b. 1961 [BC]
			FAIRY BRIDGE (USA)	b. 1975 *
		LADY CAPULET (USA) ro. 1974	SIR IVOR (USA)	b. 1965 [IC]
			CAP AND BELLS (USA)	gr. 1958
	CHEROKEE CROSSING (USA) b. 1991	CHEROKEE COLONY (USA) b. 1985	PLEASANT COLONY (USA)	br. 1978 [I]
			CHEROKEE PHOENIX (USA)	b. 1976
		SKY MEADOWS (USA) b. 1986	CONQUISTADOR CIELO (USA)	b. 1979
			PRIDE'S CROSSING (USA)	b. 1980

Top Performers

ETE INDIEN, 17, c (Mizzen Mast, Salt Lake) $408,406, 3 wins, 1st Fountain of Youth S. [G2], 2nd Holy Bull S. [G3], 3rd Florida Derby [G1]

WOW WHATA SUMMER, 19, g (Malibu Moon, Comic Strip) $305,000, 2 wins, Penn Mile S [G2]

SPEAKTOMEOFSUMMER, 17, f (Harlan's Holiday, Silver Hawk) $266,185, 3 wins, 2 at 2, 1st Lake Placid S. [G2], 1st Chelsey Flower S., 2nd Sands Point S. [G2], 3rd Tropical Park Oaks

FIGHTING SEABEE, 17, c (Broken Vow, Dixie Union) $246,275, 3 wins, 2 at 2, 1st With Anticipation S. [G3], 2nd Street Sense S.

CAMP HOPE, 18, c (Pulpit, Quiet American) $331,937, 4 wins, Bryan Station S., 2nd Dust Commander S.

RUN CURTIS RUN, 19, c (Forest Wildcat, Cozzene) $251,300, 2 wins, Rick Violette S. 2nd Futurity S. [G2], Quick Call S. [G3], Franklin Simpson S [G2], 3rd William Walker Stakes

SUMMER ASSAULT, 17, g (Include, Tunerup) $209,480, 7 wins, 1st Mystic Lake Derby [L], 3rd Columbia S. [L]

FUERTEVENTURA, 19, g (Smart Strike, Storm Cat) $204,894, 3 wins, Jersey Derby [B], 2nd Saranac S. [G3]

SHEA D SUMMER, 18, f (Empire Maker, Seeking The Gold) $170,071 4 wins, 1st Game Face S., Juvenile Fillies Sprint S., Azalea S.

BAKSHEESH (CAN), 19, f (Broken Vow, Forest Wildcat) $162,371, 1 win, Muskoka S., 2nd Algoma S.

Summer is Tomorrow, 19, c (Badge of Silver, Honour and Glory) $267,606, 2 wins, 2nd UAE Derby [G2]

Shawdyshawdyshawdy, 18, g (Street Sense, Lear Fan) $228,874 2 wins, MSW at 2 at Saratoga, 3rd Pennine Ridge S. [G3]

Winters Back, 17, c (Smart Strike, That's A Nice) $227,170, 3 wins, 2nd Monmouth S. [G3], 3rd Bernard Baruch H [G3]

Summer To Remember, 17, c (Distorted Humor, Halo) $210,935, 3 wins, 3rd Kitten's Joy S [G3], English Channel S., Tropical Park Derby

Seneca Rocks, 19, f (Arch, A.P. Indy) $152,498, 5 wins, MSW by 9 lengths, West Virginia Department of Tourism Breeders' Classic Stakes (BT), 2nd My Sister Pearl Stakes (Black Type), 3rd Sylvia Bishop Memorial Stakes (BT)

Summer Brew, 18, f (Medallist, Not For Love) $213,142 3 wins, 2nd Lady Finger S., Niagara S.

Trobairitz, 19, f (Street Cry (IRE), The Minstrel) $171,411, 3 Wins, 3rd Pago Hop S.

Valentine’s Day, 17, f (Horse Chestnut, Mr Prospector) $168,473, 5 wins, 2nd Miss Houston S., Ricks Memorial S and Wasted Tears S., 3rd Jersey Lilly Turf S.

Pure Panic, 19, c (Hansen, Sky Classic) $143,042, 2 wins, MSW, ALW, 2^nd Skidmore S. 3rd Palisades S.

Summer Cause, 20, c (Arch, Put It Back) $86,950, 1 Win, 3rd Federico Tesio S.

Reconvene, 17, g (Lemon Drop Kid, Theatrical) $72,117, 2 wins, 3rd James W. Murphy S.

Full Authority, 17, c (Smart Strike, Theatrical [IRE]) 5 wins, $282,367

Gypsy King, 18, g (Bernstein, Woodman) $155,930, 2 wins

The Angry Man, 17, g (Perfect Soul (IRE, Bold Ruckus) $137,040, 3 wins

Apurate, 17, f (Discreet Cat, Mineshaft) $129,630, 1 win

Community Adjusted, 18, f (Dynaformer, Devil's Bag) $124,263, 2 wins

Tecumseh's War, 17, c (Badge Of Silver, Hold Your Peace) $102,485, 1 win, MSW at 2

Summerfest, 18, g (Five Star Day, Forest Wildcat) $91,962, 3 wins

Second Grace, 17, f (Thunder Gulch, Vice Regent) $89,243 2 wins

Awesome Drive, 17, f (Arch, Smart Strike) $78,773, 3 wins

Hurricane Breeze 17, f (Elusive Quality, Storm Creek) $70,400, 1 win

Dylan's Song, 17, c (Songandaprayer, Deputy Minister) $69,312, 1 win

Queen Of The Green, 18, f (Stevie Wonderboy, Include) $68,623, 2 wins, MSW at 2

Summer At The Spa, 17, f (Giant's Causeway, Fusaichi Pegasus) $68,964, 1 win, MSW at 2

Gypsy King, 18, g (Bernstein, Woodman) $62,270, 1 win at 2

Irish Front, 17, c (Purge, Kris S) $59,800, 1 win, MSW at Saratoga by 4 1/4 87 Beyer

Cruel Summer, 17, c (Speightstown, Leo Castelli) $58,270, 1 win, MSW at 2

City Front, 17, c (Old Trieste, Carson City) $52,905, 1 win, MSW at 2

Portfolio Hedge, 17, f (Discreet Cat, Woodman) $49,550, 1 win

Eternal Summer, 17, c (Arch, Royal Academy) $42,825, 1 win

Okie Front, 18, f (Tiz Wonderful, Elusive Quality) $81,267, 4 wins

Outragusandangerus, 17, c (Lemon Drop Kid, Mineshaft) $32,914, 1 win, MSW at 2

Zultan, 19, c (Tiznow, Clever Trick) $24,850, 1 win, MSW by 6 lengths

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SALES SUMMARY FOR ALL WEANLINGS by Summer Front:
Year	Sold	Gross	Average
2022	1	$5,000	$5,000
2021	5	$30,000	$6,000
2020	3	$12,500	$4,166
2019	12	$206,500	$17,208
2018	17	$211,000	$12,412
2017	13	$1,021,190	$78,553

SALES SUMMARY FOR ALL YEARLINGS by Summer Front:
Year	Sold	Gross	Average
2023	2	$11,700	$5,850
2022	24	$694,035	$28,918
2021	18	$280,000	$15,556
2020	24	$992,520	$41,355
2019	44	$1,558,700	$36,106
2018	48	$2,526,960	$52,645

SALES SUMMARY FOR ALL TWO-YEAR-OLDS by Summer Front:
Year	Sold	Gross	Average
2023	1	$58,251	$58,251
2022	5	$194,500	$38,900
2021	6	$340,000	$56,623
2020	12	$526,992	$43,916
2019	20	$1,222,760	$61,138

SALES SUMMARY FOR ALL IN FOAL BROODMARES covered by Summer Front:
Year	Sold	Gross	Average
2023	0	n/a	n/a
2022	0	n/a	n/a
2021	6	$56,200	$9,367
2020	3	$94,500	$31,500
2019	16	$148,400	$9,275
2018	11	$86,200	$7,836
2017	13	$183,000	$14,076
2016	10	$401,000	$40,100

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