Majestic Warrior's first winner conquers at Calder

Grade 1 hero Majestic Warrior was represented by his first winner as a sire

when Weekend Warrior scored in Sunday's

8TH race at Calder. Owned and trained by Jose Pinchin, the 3-5 favorite

forced the pace, struck the front, and held by three-quarters of a length in the

maiden special weight. Weekend Warrior splashed 5 1/2 furlongs on the sloppy,

sealed track in 1:07 1/5 with Luis Saez in the saddle.

Bred by Sun Valley Farm and Thumrong Wattanapisit in Kentucky, the dark bay

filly went to Pinchin for $15,500 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Weekend Warrior, who was produced by the Cat Thief mare Chic Thief, placed in

her first two starts before her Sunday breakthrough.

Majestic Warrior showed exceptional precocity for a son of A.P. Indy, and

likely inherited the one-turn proficiency of his dam, multiple Grade 1-winning

millionaire Dream Supreme. A debut winner sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs at Saratoga,

Majestic Warrior came right back to take the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes. He exited a

disappointing sixth in the Grade 1 Champagne with a hoof injury and was never

the same thereafter, ultimately retiring with a 7-2-0-0 record and $239,229 in

earnings.

Dream Supreme, a daughter of Seeking the Gold, was also a star at the Spa,

where she captured the Grade 1 Test and Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap and equaled

the 5 1/2-furlong track record as a juvenile. Her other career highlights

include victories in the Grade 2 Distaff Handicap, Grade 2 Humana Distaff

Handicap, Grade 3 Princess Rooney Handicap and Grade 3 Gallant Bloom Handicap.

As a broodmare, Dream Supreme is responsible for two other stakes winners --

Evolutionist, who is also Grade 3-placed, and Crystal Current, a full sister to

Majestic Warrior.

Dream Supreme is out of another Ballerina winner in Spinning Round, heroine

of such other major races as the Grade 2 Alcibiades, Grade 2 Forward Gal and

Grade 3 Vagrancy Handicap.

The seven-year-old Majestic Warrior stands at Ashford Stud near Versailles,

Kentucky, for a fee of $10,000.