war soCKS

CHESNUT colt (GB) 2022
KAMEKO - COURTEOUS CROWN
(HELMET)

STORY

War Socks was purchased for €115,000 through agent Edgar Byrne at the 2023 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale.

He didn’t run as a 2yo, but made a promising debut in the Al Wasl Stakes at Meydan at 3.

He followed up as 3rd in the Listed Jumeirah 2000 Guineas, beaten 7 lengths by subsequent Group 1 2000 Guineas winner Ruling Court.

On his first ever run on Scandinavian soil he easily won the Guineas Trial at Bro Park.

pedigree

War Socks is by First Season Sire Kameko (pictured), winner of the Vertem Futurity Stakes (G1) at 2 and the fastest ever winner of the 2000 Guineas Stakes (G1) at 3.

War Socks is out of the lightly raced Courteous Crown (Helmet), herself the dam of two winners from as many runners, including the highly promising Zoulu Chief.

Courteous Crown is a half-sister to American Stakes winner High Maintenance and to the dams of G2 winner Whispering Brook and Listed winner Stone Tornado.

War Socks also hails from the female line of Group 1 winning sires Green Tune and Pas De Reponse, as well as American sire A P Warrior.