Month: March 2022

Notable US-Bred and -Sired Runners in Japan: Mar. 19-20, 2022

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 Chukyo and Nakayama Racecourses:

Saturday, March 19, 2022
11th-CKO, Falcon S.-G3, ¥76,000,000 ($642k), 3yo, 1400mT
DUGAT (c, 3, Practical Joke–Untraveled, by Canadian Frontier), a $190K purchase by trainer Hideyuki Mori out of last year's OBS March Sale, has compiled an admirable record of 2-0-1 from four starts on the grass and enters this group debut off consecutive victories, including a narrow score going this distance at Tokyo when last seen Nov. 20 (video, SC 9). Bred on the Into Mischief cross over Gone West that has supplied Grade I winners Authentic, Mia Mischief and Mischevious Alex, Dugat was one of eight horses purchased by Mori at OBSMAR last year, a number that includes Jean Gros (More Than Ready), a $265K acquisition that won the Listed Marguerite S. Feb. 27. B-Erv Woolsey & Ralph Kinder (KY)

 

 

Sunday, March 20, 2022
1st-NKY, ¥9,900,000 ($84k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m
BROAD REACH (JPN) (f, 3, Arrogate–Reaching {Ire}, by Dansili {GB}) was left better than 16 lengths in the wake of the hugely impressive Tahitian Dance (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) over this course and distance Dec. 18 and looks to go one better in this second go. The May 15 foal is the first Japanese produce for her dam, a close relative of champion and five-time Group 1 winner Peeping Fawn (Danehill), herself the dam of SW & MG1/GISP September (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), SW & GSP Willow (Ire) (American Pharoah) and MGSP Sir John Hawkins (Henrythenavigator). The filly's third dam, 1982 GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Blush With Pride (Blushing Groom {Fr}), was responsible for Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour (Deputy Minster), whose produce include GI Belmont S. winners Rags To Riches (A.P. Indy) and Jazil (Seeking the Gold) and GSW Casino Drive (Mineshaft). B-Northern Farm

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Bullet Drill for Secret Oath

Briland Farm's Secret Oath (Arrogate), preparing to take on the boys in the Apr. 2 GI Arkansas Derby, worked a bullet five furlongs in :59.40 (1/34) Thursday at Oaklawn Park. Clockers caught Secret Oath covering her first eighth of a mile in :12, a quarter-mile in :23.80 and three furlongs in :36 before galloping out six furlongs in 1:12.40.

“The filly, that's a running machine, man,” said jockey Geovanni Franco, who was aboard for the work. “She was nice. That's a great experience for me. I was the work rider for [D. Wayne] Lukas and I'll do it again if he needs me. She felt good. That's a good feeling, man.”

Franco was deputizing for Secret Oath's regular rider Luis Contreras, who was out of town.

“Luis went home for a couple of days to be with his family and I know he'll be sick that I worked her without him,” Lukas said. “But having said that, the day came up and I thought he was going to be back, but he doesn't get in until 10 o'clock this morning. Geovanni did a beautiful job. He did a good job. He filled in nicely. I told Franco, I said, 'Luis owes you one now.'”

The five-furlong drill marked the second work for Secret Oath since her 7 1/2-length victory in the Feb. 26 GIII Honeybee S.

“We let her finish a little bit,” Lukas said. “I think she went the last quarter in :23 and change, so you know we saw her skip through there. But she did it the right way. It was a really solid work. These are ways of measuring where you're at and it's a measuring stick, these works. We're not concerned at this point on conditioning. We're trying to find out how sharp we've got her and everything showed up that way. So, now we just have to keep her happy.”

Franco was also aboard Call Me Jamal (Malibu Moon), who worked five furlongs in 1:00.00 (7/34) Thursday and is under consideration for the Arkansas Derby.

“I think he keeps improving and today I felt like he worked good,” said Franco, aboard for both of the gelding's victories at the meeting. “Hopefully, he keeps improving and keeps on getting his heart bigger.”

Trained by Mike Puhich, Call Me Jamal was a maiden winner over the Oaklawn oval last December and, after finishing eighth in the Jan. 29 GIII Southwest S., won a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer Feb. 26.

Moments after the work, Puhich said that Call Me Jamal remains under consideration for the Arkansas Derby and the Apr. 9 GI Toyota Blue Grass S. at Keeneland.

“I'm leaving the door open both ways, but I'm probably leaning more towards here,” Puhich said. “The Blue Grass is going to come up just as tough. I think Lukas's filly is the best 3-year-old I've seen run all year, in my opinion, from a fan's standpoint.”

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Retired Racehorses Fare Better Than Other Breeds In Behavior Study 

There are a plethora of preconceived notions surrounding racehorses and their ability to be quality riding mounts once they're done racing. At the forefront of these is the idea that most of them are not suitable for riding careers after racing. 

Assumptions about the breed include that retired racehorses are tough to retrain and that they exhibit undesirable behaviors; these can make it difficult for retiring racehorses to find homes.

Lillian Hellmann, with the Equine Genetics and Genomics Group at the University of Sydney, Australia, created a study to see if these stereotypes are warranted. The study polled both retired racehorse owners who use their horses in other disciplines and owners of other equine breeds. The survey questions centered on behavioral differences as seen by owners.

Data was received on 313 horses in 25 countries, including Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. The horses fell into four main disciplines: dressage, eventing, recreational riding, and showjumping. 

The researchers found few significant differences in behavior between retired racehorses and those bred for other pursuits. When differences did occur, the Thoroughbreds were thought to behave more favorably. 

The team concluded that owners considered Thoroughbreds to exhibit more dominance and aggression that horses bred for other disciplines, but that their owners thought they were more social and had better self-control than other breeds. 

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The researchers suggest that the notion that retired racehorses are more difficult could be because they retire from racing at such an early age, and that their youth makes them more exuberant and inexperienced rather than their breed making them dangerous. 

They conclude that though the study has shown there to be some differences in the behaviors of Thoroughbreds compared to other breeds, the idea that Thoroughbreds are unsuited for other disciplines based on their temperament and behavior is unsupported. 

Read the full study here. 

Read more at HorseTalk. 

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