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Notable Runners By US Sires in Japan: Jan. 22, 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 Saturday running at Chukyo. Also of note in Japan over the weekend is a debuting Deep Impact (Jpn) colt out of GI Kentucky Oaks winner Princess of Sylmar, while the weekend's action at group level features the progressive Potager (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the G2 American Jockey Club S. His dam Ginger Punch (Awesome Again) was the Eclipse Award-winning older mare of 2007 and, like Princess of Sylmar, was purchased for seven figures at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale:

Saturday, January 22, 2022
1st-CKO, ¥9,900,000 ($87k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m
MODICA (AUS) (f, 2, American Pharoah–More Than Real, by More Than Ready) was spotting her Northern Hemisphere rivals a fair bit of maturity, but nevertheless turned in a bold debut effort, finishing two lengths' second as the betting favorite over this track and distance Jan. 10. The September-foaled bay, an A$260K purchase out of the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, is a half-sister to SW Miss Debutante (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and her GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf-winning dam is a full-sister to Miss Always Ready, whose son Structor (Palace Malice)–himself a GI BC Juvenile Turf hero–has been sold to Japan to stand stud. Modica is bred on the exact same cross as GSW and new Japanese stallion Four Wheel Drive as well as G1 February S. hero Cafe Pharoah. B-Kia Ora Stud Pty Ltd (NSW)

4th-CKO, ¥14,250,000 ($125k), Allowance, 3yo, 1400m
SEA VIXEN (f, 3, Into Mischief–Sly Warrior, by First Samurai), a $130K Keeneland September yearling turned $500K OBS March breezer, was placed twice from three starts on the grass to begin her career, but looked a new proposition altogether when racing to a seven-length victory on dirt debut at Tokyo Nov. 28. The bay returns to the main track for this, having finished down the field in a 1400-meter turf allowance at Hanshin on Christmas Day. Sky Vixen is out of a half-sister to SP Pull Dancer (Pulpit), the dam of the versatile Good Samaritan (Harlan's Holiday). This is the extended family of Bernstein, Wiseman's Ferry, et al. Breeze Easy acquired Sly Warrior for $50K in foal to Kitten's Joy at FTKNOV in 2017. B-Breeze Easy (KY)

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American-Sourced Mares at Magic Millions: Part Two

The Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale began Tuesday on Australia's east coast in Queensland, and through the first two days of the sale, four horses have breached the seven-figure threshold, including a colt by the pensioned Not A Single Doubt (Aus) that fetched A$1.7 million (about US$1.23 million) from Ciaron Maher Bloodstock. In Tuesday's TDN, we previewed a few of the Gold Coast offerings hailing from female families sourced in the U.S. and here we list a handful of others that were set to go under the hammer during the Thursday and Friday sessions.

Lot 428, c, Snitzel (Aus)–Red Lodge, by Midshipman
Consigned by Emirates Park, Murrurundi, NSW

A foal of 2014, former 'TDN Rising Star' Red Lodge went through no fewer than three American sales ($82,000 FTKOCT, $350,000 KEENOV 2017, and finally $500,000 KEENOV 2018) before finally being exported by Emirates Park after purchase In 2018. The Sept. 17 foal is the second for his dam, a granddaughter of MGISW Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk), who was also responsible for MGISW Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}), GSW La Cloche (Ghostzapper)–dam of GSW Bellevais (Tapit) and the dam of 'Rising Star' and GSW Hawkish (Artie Schiller).

Lot 541, c, Justify–Soft Kiss, by Bernardini
Consigned by Milburn Creek, Wildes Meadow, NSW

Soft Kiss, a half-sister to GSW & GISP Den's Legacy (Medaglia d'Oro), was hammered down for $300,000 in foal to American Pharoah at KEENOV in 2018, producing a filly that fetched $275,000 at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase. That produce, a newly turned 3-year-old named Pharoahmone, is in steady training at Palm Beach Downs. This is the family of GISW C. S. Silk (Medaglia d'Oro), who twice changed hands for $1 million or more before being exported to Japan. Soft Kiss has a 2021 colt by Exceed and Excel (Aus) on record.

Lot 679, c, American Pharoah–War Heroine, by Lohnro
Consigned by Kia Ora Stud

Winner of the GII San Clemente S. from only six starts, War Heroine fetched $450,000 at Fasig-Tipton November in 2018 just two years later, joining a line of shrewd purchases by Kia Ora Stud. War Heroine provided her sire, a one time shuttler to America and an Australian legend, with a graded stakes runner in all three of his limited U.S. crops. This is her first foal. American Pharoah is the sire of 16 winners from his first Southern Hemisphere crop, including G3 Gloaming S. hero and A$850,000 Gold Coast graduate Head of State (Aus).

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Filing Could Trigger Foreclosure on Zayat’s $3.5M Home

On the same day that the federal judge overseeing Ahmed Zayat's two intertwined bankruptcy cases ordered the 13th consecutive extension of time for the trustee poring over Zayat's racing stable finances to file a complaint objecting to the dischargeability of any debt, the company that services the mortgage on Zayat's $3.5-million New Jersey home on Friday filed a separate motion asking the court to remove the automatic stay on that property.

Such a request, if granted at a Feb. 1 hearing, could pave the way for the financial institution to initiate foreclosure proceedings against Zayat.

Citing the $1.86 million outstanding on the loan plus liens totaling $2.91 million, lawyers for Fay Servicing, LLC, wrote in a Jan. 7 motion in United States Bankruptcy Court (District of New Jersey) that “it is self-evident that the debtor lacks any equity in the subject property [and] the debtor has failed to make any showing that the property is required for reorganization under the Bankruptcy code.”

The filing specifically asks for relief “including but not limited to allowing [Fay] to enforce its remedies to foreclose upon and obtain possession of the Property.”

In a riches-to-rags case brimming with fraud allegations that has languished in federal court for an unusually long 16 months, the owner and breeder of Triple Crown champ American Pharoah is seeking legal clearance to get out from under $19 million in debt.

Many of those creditors are Zayat's former Thoroughbred trainers, plus numerous breeding, boarding, horse transportation and veterinary entities.

When Zayat first filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 8, 2020, he wrote in court documents that he owned only $300 in cash and $14.22 in two checking accounts.

Yet he and his wife continue to own and live in a 7,714-square-foot home in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Six days after Zayat filed his personal bankruptcy claim, Zayat's former financial advisor and several other entities initiated a separate “involuntary bankruptcy” petition against Zayat's family owned racing stable.

Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings, although relatively uncommon in U.S. courts, are designed to protect creditors, not debtors, and are often filed against companies (as opposed to individuals) as an attempt to get paid when it is believed that a firm is rapidly burning through assets and/or financial malfeasance is alleged.

Donald Biase, the trustee assigned by the court to find out if Zayat is being truthful about his alleged state of impoverishment in his personal bankruptcy petition, has repeatedly told the judge in the case that Zayat and his family members are refusing to cooperate in his legal attempt to trace millions of dollars in possibly fraudulent transfers.

In July, Biase wrote in a court filing aimed at uncovering hidden assets that “Documents obtained by the trustee from third parties strongly suggest that the Debtor still possesses significant assets in Egypt.”

Zayat has repeatedly denied that he has engaged in any illegal activity or that he is hiding money. He has also insisted that neither he nor his family members are trying to hinder the work of either of the trustees who are assigned to vet his personal finances and business operations.

Beyond not having his Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection granted by the court if he isn't being truthful, Zayat faces a possible federal investigation and/or charges if the U.S. Department of Justice believes crimes have been committed.

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As Time Goes By Much Best In Santa Anita’s La Canada

With a well-meant Park Avenue providing a target from the opening bell in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., heavily favored As Time Goes By stalked her to the far turn, took command a quarter mile from the money and prevailed in a thoroughly dominant New Year's Day performance, winning by 13 ½ lengths as Flavien Prat notched his second consecutive stake win and his fifth overall on the day. Prat added a sixth win the day's finale.

Conditioned by Bob Baffert, who got his second stakes win of the day and who was available via telephone from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, As Time Goes By got 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.31.

A winner of a pair of G2 stakes at Santa Anita early last year, As Time Goes By, a 5-year-old mare by American Pharoah, came off a facile 1 ¼-length win in the G3 Bayakoa Stakes at Los Alamitos Dec. 5 and was off as the 3-5 favorite in a field of five older fillies and mares and paid $3.20, $2.20 and $2.10.

“This filly keeps getting better and better with age,” said Baffert. “I'm really excited. She has always been a barn favorite of mine. She's got that American Pharoah temperament. They seem to be late bloomers and she is getting better all the time. I am expecting big things from her from here. She will stay here, and I think the Grade 1 Beholder would be next for her.”

On the strength of two recent wins, Park Avenue, trained by John Sadler, was off as the second choice at 7-2 with Juan Hernandez and paid $3.20 and $2.20 while finishing 4 ¼ lengths in front of Moonlight d'Oro.

Ridden by Mike Smith, Richard Mandella's Moonlight d'Oro was the third choice at 7-2 and paid $2.10 to show while finishing 2 ¾ lengths clear of longshot Fi Fi Pharoah.

Fractions on the race were 23.46, 47.00, 1:11.46 and 1:37.27.

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