Saturday, January 7, 2023
3rd-NKY, ¥11,850,000, Newcomers, 3yo, 1200m
HARDWIRED (c, 3, Hard Spun–Season Maker, by Pioneerof the Nile) is the first foal out of an unplaced daughter of the late French SW & MGSP Season's Greetings (Ire) (Ezzoud {Ire}), whose daughter Grace Hall (Empire Maker) won the 2011 GI Spinaway S. at two and the GII Delaware, Gulfstream and Indiana Oaks as a sophomore. Also the dam of a newly christened juvenile colt by Mendelssohn, Season Maker was sold in foal to Frosted for $55,000 at Keeneland November this past fall. B-Godolphin (KY)

4th-CKO, ¥11,850,000, Newcomers, 3yo, 1800m
HAKAISHIN (c, 3, Runhappy–Elarose, by Storm Cat) looks to become the fifth foal from as many to the races for his dam, a daughter of three-time Grade I winner and foundation mare Take Charge Lady (Dehere). The latter's produce include GISW sires Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy) and champion MGISW Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song); GISW As Time Goes By (American Pharoah); and the dams of champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway) and MGISW Omaha Beach (War Front); and of GSW/GISP 'TDN Rising Star' Charge It (Tapit). Masatake Iida acquired Elarose for $450,000 in foal to Quality Road at KEENOV in 2018. B-Chiyoda Farm (KY)

MONTE LUNA (f, 3, Union Rags–Light the Sky, by Tapit) cost $75,000 as a KEESEP yearling and is out of a half-sister to champion and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Stevie Wonderboy (Stephen Got Even) and Theyskens' Theory (Bernardini), a Group 3 winner and placed in Group 1 company as a juvenile in England and second to Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}) in the GI Garden City S. in 2011. B-Peter J Callahan, Runnymede Farm Inc, Enid Cafritz & Haras d'Etreham (KY)

5th-CKO, ¥10,480,000, Maiden, 3yo, 1600mT
AIR METEORA (c, 3, Goldencents–Nokaze, by Empire Maker) turned in a very promising effort on his lone racetrack appearance, making the majority of the running in an 1800-meter newcomers' event Nov. 20 only to be run down close home (see below, SC 8). This slight cutback in trip can only help the half-brother to GSW Air Almas (Majestic Warrior), SW Air Fanditha (Hat Trick {Jpn}) and the talented Air Sage (Point of Entry). Nokaze is herself a half-sister to Yuzuru (Medaglia d'Oro), the stakes-winning dam of GSW Yuugiri (Shackleford), an impressive Oaklawn allowance winner first off a near eight-month absence at Oaklawn Dec. 30. B-Sekie & Tsunebumi Yoshihara (KY)

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Sunday, November 20, 2022
5th-HSN, ¥13,400,000 ($96k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT
AIR METEORA (c, 2, Goldencents–Nokaze, by Empire Maker) is the latest to make the races for Nokaze, the dam of Japanese Group 2 winner Air Almas (Majestic Warrior)–an open allowance winner over the local dirt just last weekend–and SW Air Fanditha (Hat Trick {Jpn}), as well as Air Sage (Point of Entry) and Air Anemoi (Point of Entry), each of whom were debut winners going 10 furlongs on turf. Nokaze is a half-sister to the stakes-winning Yuzuru (Medaglia d'Oro), whose 3-year-old daughter Yuugiri (Shackleford) took this year's GIII Fantasy S. en route to an appearance in the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks. Air Lolonois (Jpn) is set to represent breeder Tsunebumi Yoshihara in the Mile Championship. B-Sekie & Tsunebumi Yoshihara (KY)

6th-FKS, ¥13,400,000 ($96k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1700m
PULCHRITUDE (JPN) (f, 2, Gun Runner–Global Beauty {Arg}, by Global Hunter) carried the green-and-white hoops of Carrot Farm for this debut and is out of a Group 1-winning mare in Argentina who was acquired privately and put in foal to this leading sire prior to her export to Japan. Among Gun Runner's three Japanese winners from five to race to date is the US-conceived, but Japanese-foaled 3-year-old filly Dreyse (Jpn), who also hails from Argentinian bloodlines. Pulchritude is the 2-1 favorite overnight. B-Northern Racing

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