In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Tokyo Racecourse:
Saturday, May 2, 2026
9th-TOK, ¥35,570,000 ($227k), Allowance, 4yo/up, 2100m
REALIZE CAMION (JPN) (c, 4, American Pharoah–Spiced Perfection, by Smiling Tiger) has amassed a record of 3-1-0 from five starts to date and makes his first start since recording a seven-length victory over the talented US-bred Rossiniana (Not This Time) in an 1800-meter allowance at Nakayama last September (see below, #3). The bay colt, a $1.2-million purchase out of the 2023 JRHA Select Yearling Sale. is the first produce for his California-bred dam, winner of the 2018 GI La Brea Stakes and the GII Madison Stakes the following spring. Spiced Perfection, bought back on a bid of $1.35 million at Keeneland November in 2019. Her two most recent produce are colts by Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}). Realize Camion has been ridden to his three wins by Ryan Moore, Rachel King and Joao Moreira and the visiting Damian Lane is in the irons on Saturday. O-Yosuke Imafuku; B-Oiwake Farm; T-Noriyuki Hori
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