Courtesy of the TDN
7th-Tampa Bay Downs, $25,000, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, 1mT, 1:39.58, fm, 3 1/4 lengths. (DH)–NAPOLEONIC WAR (c, 3, War Front–Naples Parade, by Street Cry {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $9,875. O-Peter M. Brant; B-White Birch Farm, Inc. (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.
(DH)–SEIGNEUR (c, 3, Flintshire {GB}–Silva {Fr} {MSW-Fr, $104,151}, by Anabaa) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $9,875. O-Ghislaine Head; B-Brookdale Thoroughbreds Inc (KY); T-Christophe Clement.
Napoleonic War, sent off as the 4-5 favorite, broke slowly and settled last on his maiden voyage going a mile on the Tampa Bay Downs turf while the other half of the dead heat Seigneur was third in the early running. The 7-1 shot Seigneur was keen to press, however, and pulled his rider along through the first turn to secure second on the outside of rivals. With the pair covering the front and back of the field, their positions remained unchanged until the final turn, where Napoleonic War launched his rally going wide and Seigneur took the lead from the longtime frontrunner. The former was forced to the inside to save some ground, and dove even further to the rail midway down the stretch. Napoleonic War inched closer with every stride and the wire came as both noses went down together.
Napoleonic War is his unplaced dam’s first foal, and winner. There is a yearling half-sister by Constitution on record, and the dam was barren after visiting Into Mischief last season.
Seigneur is out of a four-time stakes-winning dam in France. Silva has six winners as a broodmare as well as a yearling full-sister to the colt named Lycada. He got his early conditioning at Kirkwood.