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Champagne Room’s First Foal Goes For Two Straight in Japan

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes 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 a pair of fillies by American Pharoah for this Saturday running at Hakodate and Hanshin Racecourses. Notable American-breds entered for action Sunday will appear in Saturday's TDN:

Saturday, June 18, 2022
3rd-HAK, ¥9,900,000 ($75k), Maiden, 3yo, 1000m
GLUTTON LASSIE (f, 3, American Pharoah–Brassy Lassie, by City Zip) was crunched into 7-10 favoritism for a 1400-meter Tokyo maiden last Nov. 20, but never landed a serious blow in seventh and makes her return to the races over the minimum trip Saturday. A $40K Keeneland September yearling, the February-foaled bay was knocked down for $350K at last year's OBS March Sale after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 flat. Glutton Lassie is the only live foal to date for her dam, a half-sister to 2015 GIII Jefferson Cup S. winner Saham (Lemon Drop Kid). The filly's stakes-winning third dam Ticket to Houston (Houston) produced GSW/MGISP Runway Model (Petionville), the dam of four-time 'TDN Rising Star' Grade I winner and current Gainesway stallion McKinzie (Street Sense). B-Fleur de Lis Stable & Ashford Stud (KY)

8th-HSN, ¥14,670,000 ($111k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1800m
CORDON ROUGE (f, 3, American Pharoah–Champagne Room, by Broken Vow) just failed at odds-on going this distance on Chukyo debut Mar. 13, but got it right last time, carrying the visiting Damian Lane to a popular four-length graduation at that same track and trip (see below, SC 10). The bay is the first foal from her dam, who secured an Eclipse Award with a victory in the 2016 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Champagne Room's Japan-based 3-year-old half-brother Fidele (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) was third at Group 3 level last term and is listed-placed this season. B-Northern Farm (KY)

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Notable US-Breds in Japan: May 7, 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 Saturday running at Chukyo Racecourse. The weekend's highlight takes place at Tokyo, where recent Group 2 winner Jean Gros (More Than Ready) steps up in grade for the G1 NHK Mile Cup over the metric mile:

Saturday, May 7, 2022
2nd-CKO, ¥9,900,000 ($76k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m
CORDON ROUGE (f, 3, American Pharoah–Champagne Room, by Broken Vow) is the first foal from her dam, the Eclipse Award-winning filly of her generation in 2016 on the strength of her victory in that year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Filles. Champagne Room was acquired privately by Northern Farm in 2018, foaled this filly Feb. 24, 2019, and was covered by Justify before being exported to Japan. Cordon Rouge, who is inbred 4×3 to 1990 GI Kentucky Derby hero Unbridled, has one start to her credit, a near-miss second going this course and distance Mar. 13 (video, SC 8). The filly's second dam, Lucky to Be Me (Bernstein), was sold to Katsumi Yoshida for $1.25 million in foal to Uncle Mo at Keeneland November in 2017 and is alread the dam of the Group 3-placed Fidele (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}). B-Northern Farm (KY)

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Notable US-Breds in Japan: Mar. 12-13, 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 Racecourse. Sunday's G2 Kinko Sho at Chukyo pits the Group 1-winning 5-year-old mares Lei Papale (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Akai Ito (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) against the likes of Potager (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn} x Ginger Punch) and the veteran Gibeon (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn} x Contested):

Saturday, March 12, 2022
3rd-CKO, ¥9,900,000 ($85k), Maiden, 3yo, 1400mT
ENTRY CODE (f, 3, Point of Entry–Indian Valley, by Cherokee Run) is a half-sister to MGSP Splashy Kisses (Blame) and is out of a winning half-sister to SW Chhaya Dance (A.P. Indy) and to the three-time graded-placed Convocation (Pulpit). The filly's third dam Colour Chart (Mr. Prospector), three times a winner at group level in France and placed in no fewer than three Grade Is in this country, was responsible for Eclipse Award-winning juvenile filly Tempera (A.P. Indy) and MGSW/G1SP Equerry (St. Jovite). Point of Entry is the sire of eight winners from eight Japanese runners, including MGSW Lotus Land. B-Winchester Farm (KY)

6th-CKO, ¥14,250,000 ($123k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m
BAHIR DAR (c, 3, American Pharoah–Llanarmon, by Sky Mesa) has yet to run a bad one in three starts to date, having finished second in his first two appearances at Hanshin late last year before breaking through with a facile maiden victory at Kokura Jan. 29. Shadai Corporation privately acquired the late April foal's dam, winner of the 2013 GII Natalma S., in 2018 and she was covered in Kentucky by Mendelssohn before her export to Japan. She produced a filly by the latter in 2020. B-Shadai Corporation (KY)

Sunday, March 13, 2022
2nd-CKO, ¥9,900,000 ($85k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m
CORDON ROUGE (f, 3, American Pharoah–Champagne Room, by Broken Vow) is the first foal for her dam, the 2016 champion 2-year-old filly and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine who produced this filly Feb. 24, was covered by Justify and sent off to Japan. Champagne Room, who dropped a colt by the Triple Crown winner at Northern Farm Mar. 14, 2020, is a daughter of Lucky To Be Me (Bernstein), who was purchased by Katsumi Yoshida for $1.25 million at Keeneland November in 2017 before going on to produce GSP Fidele (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}). Lucky To Be Me passed away in 2021. American Pharoah has sired 75% winners to starters in Japan (21/28). B-Northern Farm (KY)

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