Princess Noor Son Rhino Tries Winners at Hanshin

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 weekend running at Hanshin and Fukushima Racecourses:

Saturday, April 12, 2025
4th-HSN, ¥10,600,000 ($73k), Maiden, 3yo, 1600mT
AMERICAN POLICE (c, 3, Into Mischief–Theyskens' Theory, by Bernardini), a $350,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by owner Katsumi Yoshizawa, is the latest to the races for his dam, winner in England of the G3 Prestige Stakes and third in the 2010 G1 Fillies' Mile Stakes before finishing runner-up to Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}) in the GI Garden City Stakes in 2011. Campaigned by Andrew Rosen, Theyskens' Theory is a half-sister to 2005 champion 2-year-old male Stevie Wonderboy (Stephen Got Even). O-Yoshizawa Holdings Co Ltd; B-AR Enterprises LLC (KY); T-Yasutoshi Ikee

5th-HSN, ¥15,200,000 ($105k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m
RHINO (JPN) (c, 3, Into Mischief–Princess Noor, by Not This Time) turned in a pair of creditable fourth-place efforts on the turf to kick off his career, but shaped as a different prospect altogether when switched to the Chukyo dirt for the first time with an authoritative six-length graduation on Jan. 26. Princess Noor, the $1.35 million topper at the 2020 OBS April Sale, validated 'TDN Rising Star' honors with a smooth success in the GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes and was knocked down to Katsumi Yoshida for $2.9 million with this colt in utero at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Rhino squares off with fellow U.S.-conceived Gylfi (Jpn) (Nyquist), an impressive debut winner over course and distance Mar. 22. O-Kazumi Yoshida; B-Northern Farm; T-Tomokazu Takano

1900m 3yo Maiden Chukyo:

Won by nicely bred 3c 1. RHINO (Into Mischief x
Princess Noor 🇺🇸 (Not This Time)) under Yuichi Kitamura

RHINO, first time on Dirt today after running 4th twice on Turf.

Dam PRINCESS NOOR a G1 🇺🇸 winner, now Japan based#JRA pic.twitter.com/mZyfRX9Ly8

— Graham Pavey (@LongBallToNoOne) January 26, 2025

Sunday, April 13, 2025
4th-FKS, ¥10,600,000 ($73k), Maiden, 3yo, 1700m
AMERICAN COOL (c, 3, War Front–Purrfectly Mine, by Mineshaft), a half-brother to the stakes-placed Jewel of Arabia (Daredevil), is out of a half-sister to Santa Catarina (Unbridled), third in the 2002 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and runner-up in the GI Kentucky Oaks the following spring before posting her lone graded success in the 2003 GII Hollywood Breeders' Cup Oaks. American Cool was a $150,000 KEESEP purchase by Yoshizawa in 2023. O-Yoshizawa Holdings Co Ltd; B-International Equities Holding Inc (KY); T-Teiichi Konno