Freshman Fog of War sires first winner

Misseliofwar won his debut during the opening day card of the Belmont at the Big A meeting Friday to give Grade 1-winning freshman sire Fog of War his first winner.

Fog of War, an 8-year-old son of War Front, stands for $3,500 at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater. He’s the sire of 35 named foals in his first crop and Misseliofwar was his ninth starter.

Bred by and foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater and owned by Birbal’s Racing Stable, Misseliofwar upset the finale at 29-1 under Dylan Davis for trainer Emron Ibrahim. Prem Birbal purchased Misseliofwar for $1,500 at this OBS June sale.

Fog of War sold for $400,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September yearling sale. Campaigned by Peter Brant and trainer Chad Brown, Fog of War won two of seven starts and earned $204,250. He won his debut going 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf at Saratoga Race Course before winning the Grade 1 Summer Stakes at Woodbine. He also placed in the 2019 Manila Stakes in his second start as a 3-year-old in 2019.

Fog of War entered stud in 2021 as the property of Brant’s White Birch Farm Inc. and Three C Stables LLC.

Bred by Orpendale, Chelston and Wynatt, Fog of War is out of the Group 3-winning Irish-bred Galileo mare Say. She’s the dam of two full brothers to Fog of War – Invader, a $500,000 Keeneland September yearling who won the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes, and Naval Intelligence (exported to Hong Kong and renamed Gold Chest), a stakes-winner in Great Britain and Handicap winner in Hong Kong.

Fog of War’s second dam, Riskaverse, is a multiple Grade 1 winner of $2,182,429. A stakes winner and Grade 1-placed at 2, she captured the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational twice, Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup and won or placed in 10 other graded events. The daughter of Dynaformer sold for $5 million as a racing or broodmare prospect at the 2005 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale.

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