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Month: May 2021
Quartet of Deep Impact Yearlings Anchor JRHA Select Sale Catalogue
The catalogue is now online for the 2021 JRHA Select Sale, which features four yearlings from the last crop of Deep Impact (Jpn) who died in July of 2019. Held at the Northern Horse Park near New Chitose Airport, the yearling session has 248 lots set to go through the ring on July 12, while there are 241 weanlings slated to sell on July 13.
Kicking off the yearling portion of the sale is a Deep Impact colt who will be offered as lot 1 and is out of the GII Black Eyed Susan S. heroine Go Maggie Go (Ghostzapper). There is also a Deep Impact filly out of GI Beverly D S. heroine Watsdachances (Ire) (Diamond Green {Fr}) and another filly by the late Shadai sire who is a daughter of the winning Jewel Maker (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Rounding out the foursome is another colt, a son of MG1SW Sweep Tosho (Jpn) (End Sweep), a winner of the G1 Takarazuka Kinen.
Naturally the sire power extends far beyond the four by Deep Impact, with a yearling colt out of G1 Golden Slipper S. heroine She Will Reign (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}) by Heart's Cry (Jpn) just one of the high class lots on offer. Heart's Cry's yearling colt out of G1 French 1000 Guineas winner Elusive Wave (Ire) (Elusive City) will also sell. Maurice (Jpn), whose progeny have been excelling this spring, is represented by a son of G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Necklace (GB) (Darshaan {GB}). Among the blue blooded yearling by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) is a daughter of GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. winner Hot Cha Cha (Cactus Ridge), as well as a son of Finest City (City Zip), who captured the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
One of the choicest foals in the catalogue is a son of Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) out of MG1SW Yankee Rose (Aus) (All American {Aus}), who saluted in the G1 ATC Sires' Produce S. Down Under. A Kizuna (Jpn) filly, a daughter of G1 Irish Oaks heroine Covert Love (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}), will sell earlier in the foal session. Juddmonte's Frankel (GB) is represented by a son of GI Las Virgenes S. victress Callback (Street Sense), and there is also a colt by Triple Crown winner Justify out of MGISW Caledonia Road (Quality Road), successful in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
In 2020, despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the yearling portion saw 229 sold of 249 offered (92%) for a gross of ¥10,428,000,000 (US$95,703,618/£67,742,999/€78,399,969). A brown colt (lot 114) by Deep Impact topped the sale at ¥510,000,000 (US$4,766,356/£3,313,198/€3,834,218). The average was ¥45,537,118 (US$417,984/£295,903/€342,353) and the median was ¥31,000,000 (US$284,548/£201,440/€233,068).
For the 2020 foal session, 203 foals sold from 226 through the ring (90%). The aggregate was ¥8,333,000,000 (US$76,486,200/£54,156,140/€62,649,703). Heart's Cry (Jpn)'s son (lot 365) of Hilda's Passion (Canadian Frontier) brought top dollar at the foal session when knocked down for ¥380,000,000 (US$3,551,402/£2,469,643/€2,856,986). The average was ¥41,049,261 (US$376,822/£266,781/€308,634) and the median was ¥29,000,000 (US$266,213/£188,436/€218,040).
For more information, please visit www.jrha-selectsale.com.
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Empress Josephine rules as Aidan O’Brien lands 10th Irish 1,000 Guineas
Empress Josephine ate up ground in the last furlong to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his 10th win in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and jockey Seamie Heffernan his fifth at the Curragh on Sunday.
Maiden Hudson Ridge Overcomes Trouble To Win Santa Anita’s Cinema
Despite a tumultuous start, longshot maiden Hudson Ridge ran like a short-priced favorite in Sunday's $100,000 Cinema Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., as the son of Bob Baffert's 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah overhauled pacesetting Jimmy Irish turning for home and then outran recent stakes winner Sword Zorro to the wire, winning by 1 ¼ lengths. Trained by Baffert and ridden by Abel Cedillo, Hudson Ridge got 1 1/8 miles on firm turf in 1:49.06.
With American Pharoah's As Time Goes By victorious in Saturday's Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes, the white haired training wonder rolls on, as Hudson Ridge thus provided Kentucky-based “Pharoah” with his second stakes winner of the weekend.
Breaking from post position three in a field of five sophomores, Jimmy Irish, with Victor Espinoza up, appeared to bobble shortly after the break and then veered sharply outward, slamming favored Hubris to his immediate outside, who then swerved outward into the path of Hudson Ridge.
“I gotta give Abel's agent, Tom Knust, the credit for this one,” said Baffert. “I nominated for the race, but I wasn't planning on running here and he said we should, that the horse had trouble last time and that he'd fit well with these horses. The break, I don't know what happened. It was crazy.
“I didn't know who caused it…After that, Abel did a great job, he didn't panic, he got him in a smooth (rhythm)…Then down the backside the four (Hubris) was out of it and turning for home…He's a horse that hadn't really shown us that much, but it's a big weekend for American Pharoah.”
Winless in four starts and a troubled second versus maidens going a flat mile on turf here May 1, Hudson Ridge, who is out of the Galileo mare Shell House, was off at 5-1 and paid $13.60, $6.20 and $3.20 while providing Baffert with his meet-leading 15th stakes victory.
“Last time, I should have won the race, but in the stretch, I got in a little trouble,” said Cedillo. “My agent told Bob there was a stake coming up and to let me ride him back. I think (the start) affected my horse a little because that took me a little wide, but thank God, I put him in a perfect position. I just followed the speed (Jimmy Irish) and in the stretch I had a lot of horse.”
Owned by Double L Racing and Natalie Baffert, Hudson Ridge, who has run on turf in four out of his five starts, banked $60,000, increasing his earnings to $75,140.
Irish-bred Sword Zorro, the second choice in the wagering at 9-5, was free of any trouble at the break, as he was positioned inside of the erratic Jimmy Irish. From there, he fell into what appeared to be a perfect trip, as he loomed three-wide and full of run turning for home, but was no match for the winner. Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Sword Zorro, who finished 2 ¼ lengths in front of Airman, paid $3.60 and $2.40.
Airman, who broke from the rail with Juan Hernandez, was off at 4-1 and paid $2.60 to show while a tiring Jimmy Irish finished fourth, 2 ¾ lengths in arears.
Hubris, the 8-5 favorite with Flavien Prat, was slammed hard at the break and although he was second into the first turn, back up readily as the field turn up the backside and was eased five furlongs from home.
Fractions on the race were 23.49, 48.07, 1:13.50 and 1:37.66.
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