By Alan Carasso
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 Sunday running at Tokyo Racecourse:
Sunday, November 23, 2025
4th-TOK, ¥14,250,000 ($90k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600m
FULMINE BLU (c, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Thundering Sky, by Sky Mesa), a half-brother to the multiple graded-placed middle-distance turfer Corruption (Medaglia d'Oro), was bought back on a bid of $120,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton July Sale, but was knocked down to Northern Farm's Katsumi Yoshida for $200,000 at this year's OBS March Sale after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5. The April foal's dam was victorious in the 2016 Pebbles Stakes and was placed no fewer than seven times at the graded level on multiple surfaces before selling to Spendthrift Farm for $500,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Fulmine Blu, who debuts in the colors of Silk Racing, is the mount of visiting Frenchman Alexis Pouchin. O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Naoto Chiba
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