Racing Pedigree

Air Force Blue (USA)

Air Force Blue (USA); Brown Colt 2013 [War Front - Chatham]

Air Force Blue won the 2015 Dewhurst Stakes in 1:25.34 and the 2015 Phoenix Stakes in 1:11.88.

His dam, Chatham (USA) is by Marias Mon (USA); (G1 Futurity Stakes 1600m, G1 Champagne Stakes 1700m, G3 Sanford Stakes). In his brief racing career, Marias Mon demonstrated the favoured combination of precocity, speed, and stamina. He is also damsire to Almanzor (FR); (G1 Champion Stakes 2000m, G1 Irish Champion Stakes 2000m, G1 Prix du Jockey Club 2100m, G2 Prix Guillaume Dornano 2000m, G3 Prix de Guiche 1800m, Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux 1600m), Pavel (USA); (G1 Stephen Foster Handicap 1800m, G3 Smarty Jones Stakes 1700m), Usherette (IRE); (G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes 1600m, G2 Dahlia Stakes 1800m, Listed Prix de la Cochere 1600m), Alignement (GB); (G2 Prix Dollar 1950m, Listed Prix Pelleas 1800m), Now I Know (USA); (G3 Delta Downs Princess Stakes 1600m), and Lady of Fifty (USA); (G1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes 1700m, G2 Bayakoa Handicap 1700m, Listed Corte Madera Stakes 1600m, Listed Palm Springs Handicap 1600m).

Air Force Blue is sired by War Front (USA); (G2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap 1200m). The best of his progeny include Declaration Of War (USA); (G1 Juddmonte International Stakes 2100m, G1 Queen Anne Stakes 1600m, G3 Diamond Stakes 2100m, Listed Leopardstown Heritage Stakes 1600m), War Of Will (USA); (G1 Preakness Stakes 1900m, G2 Risen Star Stakes 1700m, G3 Lecomte Stakes 1650m), Omaha Beach (USA); (G1 Malibu Stakes 1400m, G1 Santa Anita Sprint Championship 1200m, G1 Arkansas Derby 1800m, G2 Rebel Stakes 1700m), The Factor (USA); (G1 Malibu Stakes 1400m, G1 Pat O'Brien Stakes 1400m, G2 Rebel Stakes 1700m, G2 San Vicente Stakes 1400m, G2 San Carlos Stakes 1400m), Homesman (USA); (G1 MRC Underwood Stakes 1800m, G2 MVRC Feehan Stakes 1600m, G3 Gallinule Stakes 2000m, Listed Mornington Cup Prelude 2000m), Data Link (USA); (G1 Maker's 46 Mile Stakes 1600m, G2 Citation Handicap 1700m, G2 Monmouth Stakes 1800m, G3 Canadian Turf Stakes 1600m), and Summer Soiree (USA); (G1 Del Mar Oaks 1800m, G3 Boiling Spring Stakes 1700m, G3 Bourbonette Oaks Stakes 1600m).

Air Force Blue's pedigree shows a 3m x 5m duplication of Northern Dancer (CAN), 4m x 5m of Mr Prospector (USA), and 5f x 5f of Buckpasser (USA).