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Stunning Rose halts Triple Crown Bid in Shuka Sho

Stunning Rose (Jpn) (King Kamehmeha {Jpn}), runner-up in the G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks), thwarted Stars on Earth (Jpn)'s (Duramente {Jpn}) Triple Crown bid with a victory in third jewel of the sophomore fillies' Triple Crown in Kyoto's G1 Shuka Sho Sunday.

Breaking sharply, the third betting choice settled behind pacesetters Bright on Base (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) and Sound Vivace (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) in a two-wide fourth down the backstretch. Meanwhile, race favorite Stars of Earth missed a beat at the start and was pinched back, forcing her to work out a trip from near the back of the field in the early going. Enjoying a much smooth time of it, Stunning Rose made headway about 600 meters out, shifting out slightly for the stretch drive. Gradually overtaking the late-leading duo of Art House (Jpn) (Victoire Pisa {Jpn}) and Sound Vivace in early stretch, she collared them midstretch, edged clear and had enough in reserve to fend off the fast-charging duo of Namur (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) and the finally unencumbered Stars on Earth enroute to a 1/2-length victory.

“I am grateful to have been given the chance to ride this filly and want to thank the connections for that and having her ready for today,” said winning jockey Ryusei Sakai. “I was able to assess the filly's style the last timed I rode her and I was able to position her near [stalking] Art House during the trip. Her response at the straight was way much better than her last start and although I was aware of the horses coming strongly from

behind, I felt her power under me would carry us to the wire in front.”

Fifth in her sole start at two at Hanshin, the bay returned a winner in the Kobushi Sho in February before making it two straight in the G3 Flower Cup at Nakayama in March. Second best to Stars on Earth in May 22 Yushun Himba, she rebounded to take the G3 Shion S. Sept. 10.

Pedigree Notes
The Shuka Sho heroine is one of five winners for her dam Rosa Blanca, a half-sister to Japanese champion juvenile colt and G1 Japan Cup hero Rose Kingdom (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}). The Shuka Sho win gives Stunning Rose's sire, King Kamehameha, his 15 Group 1 winner.

Sunday, Kyoto, Japan
SHUKA SHO-G1, ¥214,800,000, Kyoto, 10-16, 3yo, f, 2000mT, 1:58.60, fm.
1–STUNNING ROSE (JPN), 121, f, 3, King Kamehameha (Jpn)
1st Dam: Rosa Blanca (Jpn), by Kurofune
2nd Dam: Rosebud (Jpn), by Sunday Silence
3rd Dam: Rose Colour (Jpn), by Shirley Heights (GB)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm;
T-Tomokazu Takano; J-Ryusei Sakai; ¥113,360,000.
Lifetime Record: 10-5-2-1. Werk Nick Rating: A++.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Namur (Jpn), 121, f, 3, by Harbinger (GB)–Sambre et Meuse
(Jpn), by Daiwa Major (Jpn). O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm;
¥44,960,000.
3–Stars on Earth (Jpn), 121, f, 3, Duramente (Jpn)–Southern
Stars (GB), by Smart Strike. O-Shadai Race Horse; B-Shadai
Farm; ¥28,840,000.
Margins: 1/2, 1/2, 1 1/2; Odds: 7.90, 4.60, 6.30.
Also Ran: Memory Raison (Jpn), Art House (Jpn), Eglantyne (Jpn), Sound Vivace (Jpn), Storia (Jpn), Presage Lift (Jpn), Lilac (Jpn), Win Eclair (Jpn), Water Navillera (Jpn), Erika Vita (Jpn), Love Pyro (Jpn), Tagano Finale (Jpn), Bright on Base (Jpn).
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Deep Impact Filly Emulates Dam in Shuka Sho

The G1 Shuka Sho had been billed as the stomping grounds of wildly popular white filly and G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas heroine Sodashi (Jpn) (Kurofune {Jpn}), but instead, 7-1 shot Akaitorino Musume (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) spoiled the party at Kyoto on Sunday.

Following in the hoofsteps of her dam, 2010 Shuka Sho victress Apapane, the Makoto Kaneko Holdings-owned dark bay settled in a tracking sixth through the early going as A Shin Hiten (Jpn) (A Shin Hikari {Jpn}) cut out steady fractions while Sodashi sat in second several lengths back. At the head of the lane, pilot Keita Tosaki had Akaitorino Musume in an ideal position and ready to pounce on the leaders, as Sodashi took over from pacesetter A Shin Hiten.

However, with 200 metres remaining, Sodashi began to weaken and it was left to Akaitorino Musume, Andvaranaut (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), and the rapidly closing Fine Rouge (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) to fight out the finish. A half-length separated Akaitorino Musume and Fine Rouge at the line, with the latter a half-length to the good of Andvaranaut at the wire. A Shin Hiten held on well to take fourth. Sodashi faded to 10th. G1 Japanese Oaks heroine Uberleben (Jpn) (Gold Ship {Jpn}) broke poorly and never factored in 14th.

“There was a strong idle horse in today's race but I'm really glad we were able to claim the last leg of the Triple Crown. I was able to settle the filly in good position and let her find a good rhythm. She responded willingly and stretched really well in the lane. I think she is a strong horse and felt that she has stepped up to the next level. I look forward to her performances going forward,” commented Tosaki.

A two-time winner from three starts at two, Akaitorino Musume added her first black-type badge with a victory over a mile in the G3 Daily Hai Queen Cup at Tokyo on Feb. 13. Only fourth to Sodashi in the G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas, she improved to second behind Uberleben in the G1 Japanese Oaks, her first try at 2400 metres, as her previous five races had been at a mile.

Pedigree Notes

The winner is the 53rd Group 1 winner for the late Deep Impact. Already successful at the Group 3 level prior to Sunday, she is among 178 worldwide black-type scorers and 144 group winners. Somewhat surprisingly, she is only the second top-level winner for her sire out of his deceased studmate King Kamehameha's daughters after G1 Japanese Derby hero Wagnerian (Jpn). King Kamehameha has 26 black-type winners and 19 group winners. His best runner as a broodmare sire is 2020 Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown heroine Daring Tact (Jpn) (Epiphaneia).

The fourth foal and fourth winner for her dual champion and Fillies' Triple Crown-winning dam Apapane, Akaitorino Musume is a full-sister to dual Japanese group-placed Jinambo (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and the Group 3-placed Rhinebeck (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Her dam, who won three of her four starts at two, including the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies when it was only a listed race, built upon her juvenile form with Classic victories in the G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas, G1 Japanese Oaks and the 2010 edition of this event. As a 4-year-old, Apapane added the G1 Victoria Mile to her haul, and her latest produce are both by Deep Impact's brother Black Tide (Jpn)–a yearling filly and a weanling colt.

Katsumi Yoshida purchased the winner's second dam, Salty Bid, out of the Fasig-Tipton February Sale for $200,000 in 2002. Sent to Japan, she placed at the listed level in her adopted country, while her great granddam Piper Piper (Spectacular Bid) ran third in the 1990 GI Ashland S.

Sunday, Kyoto, Japan
SHUKA SHO-G1, ¥194,800,000, Kyoto, 10-17, 3yo, f, 2000mT, 2:01.20, fm.
1–AKAITORINO MUSUME (JPN), 121, f, 3, Deep Impact (Jpn)
        1st Dam: Apapane (Jpn) (Ch. 2yo Filly & 3yo Filly-Jpn,
                  MG1SW-Jpn, $1,682,719), by King Kamehameha (Jpn)
        2nd Dam: Salty Bid, by Salt Lake
        3rd Dam: Piper Piper, by Spectacular Bid
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Makoto Kaneko Holdings; B-Northern
Farm (Jpn); T-Sakae Kunieda; J-Keita Tosaki. ¥103,360,000.
Lifetime Record: 7-4-1-0. *Full to Jinambo (Jpn) (Deep Impact
{Jpn}), MGSP-Jpn, $921,944; and Rhinebeck (Jpn) (Deep
Impact {Jpn}), GSP-Jpn, $783,280. Werk Nick Rating: A+++.
   *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Fine Rouge (Jpn), 121, f, 3, Kizuna (Jpn)
        1st Dam: Passion Rouge (Jpn), by Boston Harbor
        2nd Dam: Sexy Coconuts (Jpn), by Dance in the Dark (Jpn)
        3rd Dam: Coco Passion (Fr), by Groom Dancer
(¥33,000,000 Wlg '18 JRHAJUL). O-Genichi Mutsui; B-Northern
Farm (Jpn); ¥40,960,000.
3–Andvaranaut (Jpn), 121, f, 3, King Kamehameha (Jpn)
        1st Dam: Gullveig (Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn)
        2nd Dam: Air Groove (Jpn), by Tony Bin (Ire)
        3rd Dam: Dyna Carle (Jpn), by Northern Taste
O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥25,480,000.
Margins: HF, HF, 1HF. Odds: 7.90, 4.60, 6.30.
Also Ran: A Shin Hiten (Jpn), Slyly (Jpn), Stellaria (Jpn), Art de Vivre (Jpn) Dead Heat, Another Lyric (Jpn), Miss Figaro (Jpn), Sodashi (Jpn), Through Seven Seas (Jpn), Sulfur Cosmos (Jpn), Uberleben (Jpn), Enthusiasm (Jpn), Cool Cat (Jpn), Ho O Ixelles (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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MG1SW Deirdre In Foal to Wootton Bassett

Deirdre (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}), who won two races at the highest level, has been pronounced in foal to Coolmore's Wootton Bassett (GB), trainer Mitsuru Hashida has told the Japanese press. The Toji Morita-owned 7-year-old, a half-sister to Japanese listed-placed Odysseus (Jpn) (Falbrav {Ire}), won the G1 Shuka Sho in 2017, as well as the G1 Nassau S. at Goodwood in 2019. She was also runner-up in the 2018 G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup and third in both the G1 Dubai Turf and G1 QIPCO Champion S. while earning north of $5.4 million in 33 starts.

The mare's dam, a half-sister to Japanese group winners Renforcer (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S.), Northern River (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}) and stakes winner Not Alone (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}), is herself a granddaughter of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, G1 Prix du Moulin and G1 Sussex S. victress Sonic Lady (Nureyev), who was named a champion in France in 1986.

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Triple Tiara for Daring Tact in Shuka Sho

(Deep Impact {Jpn}) to her inside flashing a similar turn of foot. That duo blew past the longtime leader late, with Daring Tact always holding her rival safe. It was another 3/4 of a length back to Soft Fruit (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who was slow to begin. Maltese Diosa tired to seventh. Sunday’s card was the first time limited fans had been permitted to the racecourse.

“The filly seemed a bit nervous at the paddock but she broke well and we were able to race in good position and in good rhythm,” said winning rider Kohei Matsuyama. “There was some pressure as we were aiming for the first undefeated Triple Crown filly in JRA history, but I’m delighted to be able to accomplish this remarkable feat. I want to thank the filly and offer her my congratulations. She has developed into a bold filly and I hope that she will remain undefeated.”

Trainer Haruki Sugiyama and Matsuyama both celebrated their fourth Japanese Group 1 victory, while their star is possible for the Nov. 29 Japan Cup.

Not seen on the racecourse until November of her juvenile year, Daring Tact found 1600 metres at Kyoto to her liking at first asking, and added the Listed Elfin S. over that course and distance on Feb. 8. She stepped up again with a victory in the G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) at Hanshin on Apr. 12, and, tried over 2400 metres for the first time, demolished her rivals with a victory in the May 24 G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) at Tokyo. That was her final appearance prior to her victory on Sunday.

Pedigree Notes

The lone Group 1 winner for her sire, Daring Tact is the second and best foal from Daring Bird. Her juvenile full-sister Maono Zenith (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) has placed in one start, and the duo share a yearling full-sister and a Drefong weanling half-sister foaled May 24. The second dam is G3 Fuchu Himba S. heroine Daring Heart (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), who is a half-sister to GI Super Derby hero Ecton Park (Forty Niner), and Japanese Group 3 winner Pit Fighter (Jpn) (Pulpit). This is also the extended family of Grade I winners Banker’s Lady (Nijinski II), her son Banker’s Gold (Forty Niner), and GI Jenny Wiley S. victress Daisy Devine (Kafwain).

Sunday, Kyoto, Japan
SHUKA SHO-G1, ¥195,460,000 (US$1,854,380/£1,435,735/€1,582,866), Kyoto, 10-18, 3yo, f, 2000mT, 2:00.60, gd.
1–DARING TACT(JPN), 121, f, 2, 3, by Epiphaneia (Jpn)
                1st Dam: Daring Bird (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn)
                2nd Dam: Daring Heart (Jpn), by Sunday Silence
                3rd Dam: Daring Danzig, by Danzig
(¥12,000,000 Ylg ’18 JRHAJUL). O- Normandy Thoroughbred
Racing; B-Hasegawa Farm (Jpn); T-Haruki Sugiyama; J-Kohei
Matsuyama. ¥103,822,000. Lifetime Record: 5-5-0-0. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Magic Castle (Jpn), 121, f, 3, Deep Impact (Jpn)
                1st Dam: So Magic (Jpn), by Symboli Kris S.
                2nd Dam: Xua (Ire), by Fairy King
                3rd Dam: Bold Starlet (GB), by Precocious (GB)
O-Shadai Race Horse; B-Shadai Farm (Jpn); ¥41,092,000.
3–Soft Fruit (Jpn), 121, f, 3, Deep Impact (Jpn)
                1st Dam: Strawberry Fair (GB), by Kingmambo
                2nd Dam: Storm Song, by Summer Squall
                3rd Dam: Hum Along, by Fappiano
O-Godolphin; B-Darley Japan Farm (Jpn); ¥25,546,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, NO. Odds: 0.40, 55.90, 53.70.
Also Ran: Pallas Athena (Jpn), Miss New York (Jpn), Oh My Darling (Jpn), Maltese Diosa (Jpn), Musica (Jpn), Win Mighty (Jpn), Fiori Chiari (Jpn), Ablaze (Jpn), Dantsu Elise (Jpn), Ria Amelia (Jpn), Miyamazakura (Jpn), Win Marilyn (Jpn), Sanctuaire (Jpn), Cravache d’Or (Jpn), Ho O Peaceful (Jpn).
Click for the JRA chart & video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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