On the heels of a wildly successful JHRA Select Sales, the 2019 Hokkaido Selection (Yearling) Sale was held Tuesday in Shinuzai, Hokkaido, with a colt by Darley Japan's Pyro leading the session on a bid of ¥38,880,000 (£289,274/€320,182/
US$358,884). Overall, a total of 197 horses from 237 through the ring (83.1% clearance) were reported as sold for gross receipts of just over €3.1 billion (£23,089,319/€25,556,330/
US$28,643,876).
Lot 167, a March foal out of five-time winner Ocean Fleet (Jpn) (Afleet {Can}), was acquired by Tomoya Ozasa for the session-topping price. Bred by Murata Bokujo, the bay colt (walking video) hails from the deeper female family of Group 1-winning 2-year-old Scenic (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and US GISW Yellow Agate (Gemologist). The sire of nearly 1100 individual winners in Japan, Pyro is represented this season by SW Derma Louvre (Jpn), recent runner-up in the Listed Japan Dirt Derby.
The session's top-selling filly was lot 154, a chestnut from the first crop of Japanese Horse of the Year Maurice (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}). A Jan. 26 produce bred by Amaba Bokujo, the daughter of Moonlight Bay (Jpn) (High Chaparral {Ire}) is a half-sister to Shigeru Pink Dia (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), herself a ¥17.2-million graduate of this sale two years ago who has finished runner-up in the G2 Tulip Sho and G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) this season.
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