Racing Post Racing Post Asia Racing News: South Koreans buy First Class Triple Crown Stallions

Mainland horse partner Racing Post Racing Post Asia Horse Racing News Highlight: Last week, Peter Hill, owner of South Korea's Pegasus Farm, announced that he has officially purchased the Triple Crown of the First Class, the 2015 Best Two-Year-Old Horse in Europe, the Air Force Blue (patrilineal War Front) and will begin breeding in South Korea in the 2022 breeding season. The "Air Force Blue" is also the highest-rated stallion for its career introduced to South Korea.

Born in the United States in 2013, "Air Force Blue" trained in Ireland, won 9 games and 4 championships and 1 runner-up in his career, and won the first division championship in three events at the age of two. He retired in 2016 and began his stallion career. Initially bred at The Kumo American Ranch, and then shuttled to the Kumo Australian Ranch for breeding, 59 "Air Force Blue" heirs were born in Australia during the breeding season.

The "Air Force Blue" will be imported to South Korea, along with another current Pegasus Ranch in South Korea, Thehead Moccasin (paternal A.P. Thompson), a second-division champion stallion from the United States born in 2009. Warrior) together, became the signature of Pegasus Ranch. Peter Hill, owner of Pegasus Ranch, said: "The pedigree and racing results of 'Air Force Blue' are very suitable for Korean horse racing and breeding, and his previous heirs are also quite outstanding. Almost 70% of his descendants have won titles on the sand or synthetic tracks, and the schedules are very different. This highly capable stallion performed exceptionally well in Korea, and we desperately needed to breed quality stallions for a large number of stallions, so the Air Force Blue was the best choice. ”