I suspect Australian breeders’ would like another chance at the Queen Anne Stakes and York International Stakes Stakes winner Declaration Of War (USA).
The son of War Front shuttled to Coolmore for two seasons. After leaving 85 live foals from 125 mares in his first season, his passport was not renewed after his book dropped to 88 in his second season.
From his first crop came two Group 1 winners, Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare and Queensland Oaks winner Weaponry, as well as Group III winner Declarationofheart, and Listed winners Declares War Weaponry.
From 70 foals in his second crop came VRC Victoria Derby winner Warning and Electric Girl, who followed Warning’s win in the Group III Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington on Saturday by opening her stakes account in the $500,000 Group II Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill.
Ridden by Jay Ford for Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes, Electric Girl hit the front just after turning for home and held on strongly to defeat the favourite Rocha Clock (Pierro) by a half-length with a further neck back to Madam Rogue (Zoustar) in third.
A homebred for the Williams family’s Superhorse Trust, Electric Girl advances her record to six wins, a second and three thirds from 20 starts with earnings of $686,040.
The last thing I said to Jay was, ‘it’s 1400, just get her in a rhythm and you win at the post, not the top of the straight’. I just said, ‘nurse her and nurse her until you’ve really got to go for her. She’s got a good, sharp turn of foot,” Michael Hawkes said.
“We set her for this race all along. She won at the provincials first-up, and her last couple of runs were great. Even her last start at Randwick was very good. She only got beaten a length and a half in fourth.
“I spoke to “Lefty” who manages Ross Williams’ Superhorse and said she’s going to be very hard to beat.
Hawkes commented on the recent death of Ross Williams.
“He loved to spread his horses around with Joe Pride, Gwenda Markwell and the like. But Ross came back to us in the latter years, and we tried to resurrect some of his older horses. Angel Of Truth and Archedemus won a Gong.”
“He’s just been a great supporter. He was a left-field person, but he really could breed a horse.
“You look at this mare now, she’s a five-year-old and really coming to hand.
“Honestly, he’d be serving his mares to sires you just wouldn’t really think of going to. He had a plan and stuck to it.”
Electric Girl is the best of two winners from three to race out of the Zizou mare Electra whose two-start career resulted in a fifth of II at Wyong and six of ten on the same track.
The first sign of black-type came under the third dam Autumn Lodge (Grand Lodge) who won the Group II Golden Slipper at Clairwood.
Electra has a 2yo filly by Epaulette and a yearling filly by Territories (IRE). She missed to Territories (IRE) last spring.
Electric Girl becomes the 39th stakes-winner for Declaration of War (USA) who now stand in Japan.
