DEREK Iceton must have been pleased when his Declaration Of War (War Front) mare Dettoria foaled a colt by Space Blues (Dubawi) last year, as he sent her back to the stallion, a move that resulted in a full-sister this year.

At the December Sale in Tattersalls, the colt was unsold at 65,000gns, a price that would have placed him easily among the top 10 foals sold last year in the first crop by the Kildangan-based Group 1 winner of the Prix Maurice de Gheest and Prix de la Foret, who rounded off his fine racing career with victory in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Mile. The first foals by Space Blues sold for up to €140,000 at Goffs, 95,000gns at Tattersalls, and €110,000 at Arqana.