In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes 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 weekend running at Fukushina, Hanshin and Nakayama Racecourses, including a pair of US-conceived horses out of mares that sold for seven-figure pricetags at Fasig-Tipton in 2015:
Saturday, April 6, 2019
2nd-FKS, ¥9,550,000 ($86k), Maiden, 3yo, 1150m
L'OR RAFFINE (JPN) (f, 3, Medaglia d'Oro&log=">Medaglia d'Oro–Reneesgotzip, by City Zip) is the first produce for her dam, a two-time graded winner and multiple Grade I-placed on the dirt and runner-up in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. Racing in the colors of Teruya Yoshida, L'Or Raffine was offered in utero at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, where Reneesgotzip was hammered down for an even $1 million. Her subsequent produce include a 2-year-old Deep Impact (Jpn) filly and a yearling filly by King Kamehameha (Jpn). B-Shadai Farm
5th-HSN, ¥13,720,000 ($123k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m
SPACECRAFT (JPN) (c, 3, Tapit&hid=28277">Tapit–Starship Truffles, by Ghostzapper) was also offered in utero at FTKNOV in 2015 and was also scooped up by Shadai for $1.5 million. The gray is the first Japanese-bred foal for his dam, victorious in the GI Princess Rooney H., and made a successful racetrack debut, landing a 1900m dirt maiden at Chukyo Mar. 10 (see below, gate 8). Starship Truffles is the dam of a yearling filly by dual Group 1-winning miler Mikki Isle (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and is due to Deep Impact this year. B-Shadai Farm
Sunday, April 7, 2018
2nd-NKY, ¥9,550,000 ($86k), Maiden, 1800m
DOVER TESORO (c, 3, Union Rags–Miss Emilia, by War Front) is the first produce for his dam, a half-sister to MSW & GSP War Officer (Grand Slam), SW Doo Lang (Pulpit) and MGSP Danceland (Tapit). The colt's GSW third dam Wandering Star (Red Ransom) was responsible for G1SW War Command (War Front) and GSW Naval Officer (Tale of the Cat). A $135K Keeneland November weanling, Dover Tesoro hammered for 210K gns (about $288K) as a Tattersalls October yearling. B-Chadds Ford Stable LLC (KY)
5th-HSN, ¥13,720,000 ($123k), Allowance, 3yo, 1400m
LA LA CHRYSAOR (c, 3, Speightstown–Lindy, by War Front), a $325K KEESEP purchase, suggested that he could be his sire's next Japanese superstar when stretching clear to graduate by 10 1/2 lengths as a short-priced favorite at first asking at Kyoto Jan. 12 (video, gate 5). His stakes-placed dam RNAd for $320K with the colt in utero at KEENOV in 2015. Speightstown's Japanese-based US-bred Matera Sky was a pace-pressing second to X Y Jet (Kantharos) in last weekend's G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen. B-Ranjan Racing Inc (KY)
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