Exceptionally talented and exceptionally versatile, Omaha Beach defeated the Kentucky Derby winner over nine furlongs in a grade one Derby trial, and top-class sprinters, including older horses in a grade one over six furlongs. Omaha Beach is by War Front, the last great sire son of Danzig, and now a sire of sires with no less than 20 stakes siring sons. Omaha Beach is half-sister to Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Take Charge Brandi, out of a daughter of Take Charge Lady, dam of Will Take Charge, Take Charge Indy and As Time Goes By.

War Front has enjoyed tremendous success with mares from the Sadler’s Wells line, including a trio of grade one winners out of mares by Sadler’s Wells himself. From mares by that horse’s son, Galileo (who is interesting here giving the three-quarters related Seeking the Gold and Miswaki), War Front and sons have at least 11 stakes winners, five grade one. Sons of Galileo that have stood in North America include Magician and Capo Blanco. There are also War Front line graded stakes winners out of mares by Sadler’s Wells line sons Montjeu and El Prado, a grade one winner out of a mare by Kitten’s Joy, a son of El Prado, and a stakes winner out of another son of that horse, Medaglia d’Oro (sire of Violence and Warrior’s Reward), which also suggests Artie Schiller. War Front also has a stakes winner out of a mare by Theatrical (by Sadler’s Wells’ three-quarters brother Nureyev), and sons of War Front have a grade one winner out of a mare by Pivotal and stakes winners out of mares by Stravinsky, Fasliyev and Atticus, all from the Nureyev line, which is also available through Unusual Heat and Spinning World.

Omaha Beach is bred on a cross of War Front with a Mr. Prospector line mare and should do well when bred back over mares from that line. There are War Front grade one winners out of mares by Miswaki (sire of Black Tie Affair; grandsire of Formal Gold) and Woodman, who are both three-quarters related to Seeking the Gold, the broodmare sire of Omaha Beach.

The War Front cross with mares from the Forty Niner branch has been a grade one-producing one and has worked through Distorted Humor (sire of Flower Alley, Sharp Humor, Drosselmeyer, Maclean’s Music and Jimmy Creed), Coronado’s Quest and Trippi, and can also be found through Editor’s Note, End Sweep, Jules, Luhuk, Gold Fever, Banker’s Gold, Roar and Twining. Mares by Fusaichi Pegasus – a horse bred like Distorted Humor – have also met with success under War Front line stallions.

There is a War Front grade one winner out of a mare by Smart Strike, whose sons include Curlin – already dam of a War Front line graded stakes winner – Lookin At Lucky and English Channel. There are graded stakes winners out of mares by Street Cry and his sons Street Sense and New Year’s Day, with Street Boss being another source of that line. A son of War Front has a grade one winner out of a mare by City Zip, a son of Carson City, and a stakes winner out of mare by Five Star Day which also suggests daughters of Pollard’s Vision or Cuvee.

There is a War Front stakes winner out of a mare by Gone West, and from mares from that line War Front graded stakes winners out mares by Speightstown (sire of Munnings), Elusive Quality (sire of Quality Road, Smarty Jones and Raven’s Pass, who is broodmare sire of a War Front line stakes winner) and Zafonic (brother to Zamindar) and a stakes winner out of a mare by Mr. Greeley. This also encourages considering mares by Grand Slam (sire of Limehouse) and Proud Citizen. There is also a stakes-winning and classic-placed performer out of a mare by Mr. Prospector stallion, Kingmambo (sire of Lemon Drop Kid).

Omaha Beach is inbred to Champion Sprinter Rubiano and should do very well with other strains of that horse’s sire, Fappiano, another son of Mr. Prospector. War Front has been extremely good with mares from that line particularly through Unbridled. From the Unbridled’s Song branch, there are seven stakes winners, two grade one. Unbridled’s Song can be brought in through Zensational (broodmare sire of a War Front stakes winner) as well as Liam’s Map, Cross Traffic, Arrogate, Rockport Harbor, First Defence, Old Fashioned, Half Ours, Dunkirk, Even The Score, Graydar and Songandaprayer. There are also three War Front line stakes winners out of mares by Unbridled son, Empire Maker (sire of Pioneerof the Nile and Bodemeister; grandsire of American Pharoah, Cairo Prince and Classic Empire). Unbridled can also be brought in through Broken Vow (broodmare sire of a War Front line stakes winner), Grindstone (broodmare sire of a graded stakes winner by War Front, and himself sire of Birdstone) and other sources of Fappiano include the Quiet American branch, available through Midnight Lute, and Cryptoclearance (sire of Victory Gallop; grandsire of Candy Ride, himself sire of Twirling Candy).

War Front and sons have enjoyed tremendous success with mares from the A.P. Indy line. Particularly effective has been the cross with daughters of Pulpit, which has produced at least nine stakes winners, and there are already three stakes winners one grade one, out of mares by Tapit (sire of Tapizar, Tapiture, Tonalist, Constitution, Frosted and Trappe Shot), which suggests other Pulpit sons, such as Sky Mesa and Stroll. There are also War Front stakes winners out of mares by Flatter (a brother to Congrats), Malibu Moon and Old Trieste, which also suggests trying daughters of Mineshaft (sire of Discreetly Mine and Dialed In) and Bernardini.

The cross of War Front and sons with Roberto line mares has proved to be a very profitable one. There are nine stakes winners – three grade one winners – out of mares by Arch, and another out of a mare by his son Blame. He is by Kris S. also sire of Brocco (broodmare sire of a War Front line stakes winner), Kissin Kris, Prized and Rock Hard Ten. There are two grade one winners by War Front out of mares by Roberto son Red Ransom, and three stakes winners out of mares by Dynaformer (sire of Temple City, Point of Entry and Brilliant Speed).

War Front carries Moon Glitter, sister to the influential sire, Relaunch, there are already three War Front line grade one winners with Relaunch in the dam. Omaha Beach has a double of that mare, so should particular like Relaunch. We can note that War Front has grade one winners out of mares by Relaunch line stallions Officer and Tiznow (sire of Tiz Wonderful, Colonel John, Gemologist and Tizway). There is also a graded stakes winner of a mare by Relaunch son, Honour and Glory (sire of Put it Back).

From the Blushing Groom line, War Front has a champion out of a mare by Rahy and a grade two winner out of a mare by Housebuster (by Mt. Livermore, also the sire of Orientate), a champion out of a mare by Maria’s Mon (sire of Super Saver and Monarchos) and grade one winner out of a mare by Known Fact.