Noble Tune’s War Front juvenile half-brother, the handsome $2,6million weanling purchase owned by Coolmore, followed his half-brothers Honor Code and Noble Tune’s racing style to come from behind and push his way through to the front to win the Qatar Juvenile Sprint over 1000m on the turf.

Noble Tune’s sire the grey Unbridled’s Song, was represented with a winner when Gr1 winner Forever Unbridled took the Breeders Cup Distaff.

She is a full sister to Gr1 winner, Unbridled Forever, and not forgetting other recent Breeders Cup winners in Arrogate and Liam’s Map.

Declarationofpeace is trained by Aiden O’Brien and participated in the curtain raiser to the Breeders Cup after winning in Ireland just under a month ago. He won his debut by six lengths.

Noble Tune’s first crop of two year olds will be hitting the racetracks soon in South Africa, whilst Lane’s End have announced that their AP Indy half-brother, twice Gr1 winner Honor Code will again stand for a fee of $40 000 this season.

Crusade’s half-sister Seventh Heaven was given the tough ask against the boys in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Turf over 2400m on firm going where she finished in fifth place – Highland Reel was third, whilst Flower Alley’s son finished behind her.

She finished fourth in the Breeders Cup last year – the twice Gr1 winning filly who defeated the great Found also ran second in Dubai this year, where she finished second in the Gr1 Dubai Sheema Classic and the only filly in the race.

Flying The Flag’s full sister, Irish 2YO Champion Filly of her year and recent Gr1 winner at Chantilly on Arc Day, Rhododendron was courageous to finish second in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Filly And Mare Turf over 1800m after encountering traffic.

She was beaten by half a length to a daughter who shares a sire with Summerhill resident sire Willow Magic, Wuheida by Dubawi. Lady Eli finished towards the end of the field.

Miesque’s Approval’s grey half-brother, the gelding World Approval emulated his half-brother by winning the Gr1 Breeders Cup Mile on Turf. Miesque’s Approval is well related – himself America’s Turf Horse Of The Year, his other grey half-brother is Gr3 winner Za Approval and Gr2 winner, Revved Up.

This is the fourth Gr1 win for World Approval to date. Miesque’s Approval, the sire of Gr2 winners J’s Outsider and Judicial, exported Gr1 placed and Gr3 winner Eton Square, as well as the likes of Putney Flyer and Approval Rating.

On the international news front, Golden Sword will be represented by his full brother at the race that stops the nation [Australia], the Melbourne Cup. Kindling currently has odds of 10/1.

Rathmor’s exciting young stallion, billed as one of the best stallion prospects to ever come to South Africa was well represented at the Breeders Cup over the weekend, all with top results.

Beginning with Liam’s Map, who shares the same sire Unbridled’s Song as Noble Tune – winning the Gr1 Breeders Cup Dirt Mile, filly Wavell Avenue by Harlington (Unbridled – Serena’s Song) was victorious in the Gr1 Fillies And Mares Sprint, whilst Noble Tune’s half-brother Honor Code wasn’t disgraced to finish third behind the great American Pharoah in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Classic.

Both Liam’s Map and Honor Code will be welcomed at Lane’s End Farm on Sunday morning following the Breeders Cup, to retire to stud in Kentucky.

The Breeders Cup Classic field for a stake of $5million read like a World Championship, with the likes of Keen Ice, Tonalist, Frosted and Britain’s great Gleneagles all getting a run and finishing behind Honor Code,  who once again made up phenomenal ground after lying lengths off the rest of the field, coming from stone last to race past the bulk of the field and finish third.

Interestingly, American Pharoah is bred on the same pedigree cross as Noble Tune, with Unbridled on the male side and Storm Cat on the female, a cross once again that is showing its dominance in America and has produced the likes of Close Hatches, Bodemeister, Will Take Charge, Unbridled Forever and Rizeena – the latter a Gr1 Coronation Cup winner who also features in Noble Tune’s immaculate damline of Gr1 winners.

Canadian-bred filly Wavell Avenue is a daughter of Harlington, who entered stud in 2009 at Hill ‘n Dale Farm in Kentucky and has subsequently been sold to stand in Saudi Arabia.

He is a son of Unbridled (sire of Unbridled’s Song) out of the great Serena’s Song, the third dam of Noble Tune. Harlington was Unbridled’s most expensive yearling ever sold – for $2,8million, after a brilliant debut win he won six races, including the Gr2 Gulfstream Park where he beat Funny Cide.

The last best colt of the great stallion A.P. Indy, it was Honor Code’s final race before retiring to stud.

Owned in partnership by Dell Ridge and Lane’s End, the dual Gr1 winner of the Metropolitan Mile and the Whitney Stakes will be standing alongside the likes of Frankel’s full-brother Noble Mission, Lemon Drop Kid, Union Rags, Langfuhr, Candy Ride and Mineshaft. His service fee has yet to be announced.

Noble Tune is welcoming his first exciting crop of foals at Rathmor Stud this season, all displaying their sire’s quality, good size and great bone. Noble Tune has covered a full book of mares this season including some outstanding broodmares, both locally and countrywide.

His fee for the current breeding season is R25 000.