May Day Ready To Ship To Japan For G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies Says Trainer Joseph Lee

May Day Ready (inside) breaks her maiden at the Spa | Sarah Andrew

May Day Ready (Tapit), the runner-up in last Friday's GI John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar, will make her next start in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan Dec. 8, according to a tweet on X by her trainer Joseph Lee.

Lee posted, “After discussing May Day Ready's future with Mr. and Mrs. Doyle and George Barnes @katierichfarms, the decision has officially been made to ship her to JAPAN to run her in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on December 8th.”

The group race in Japan is set for 1600 meters–about eight furlongs–around a right-handed turn on the grass.

Initially a $60,000 buy at the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale, the juvenile was purchased by KatieRich Stables for $325,000 at the OBS April Sale.

Lee sent her to Saratoga Aug. 4, where as a 25-1 shot, the filly broke her maiden by a nose over Love Tempo (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}). Climbing the class ladder, the 2-year-old won the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes Sept. 8 and then captured the GII Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 4.

With regular rider Frankie Dettori aboard, May Day Ready rallied for second behind favorite Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in the Breeders' Cup on 'Future Stars Friday' at odds of 13-1 to hand Lee his first placing at the championships.

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