Claiborne Farm Announces War of Will Stud Fee
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Photo: Skip Dickstein
War of Will walks the shedrow Nov. 5 at Keeneland
Dual surface star War of Will will stand for $25,000 (live foal, stands and nurses) in 2021 at Claiborne Farm, the Paris, Ky., farm announced Nov. 9. He will be available for inspection Nov. 11.
The 4-year-old son of internationally-acclaimed sire War Front captured the 2019 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course to become a classic winner on dirt. This year, he added a top-level victory on turf to his record when he captured the Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland.
War of Will retired with career earnings of $1,881,803 and four graded stakes wins for trainer Mark Casse and owner Gary Barber. In addition to his two grade 1 victories, War of Will also won the Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford (G2) and Lecomte Stakes (G3) at 3, and placed in the Summer Stakes (G1T) at 2, the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at 3, and was third in his penultimate start, the Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1T).
In his final start, he finished ninth in the Nov. 7 Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Keeneland.
War of Will was a $298,550 purchase by Justin Casse from the Oak Tree Farm consignment at the 2018 Arqana May 2-Year-Old Breeze Up Sale. The bay was bred by Flaxman Holdings in Kentucky out of the Sadler's Wells mare Visions of Clarity, who also produced group 1 winner Pathfork and multiple stakes winner Tacticus.