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A ‘Commanding’ Tokyo Debut For Deep Impact Colt

His passing in the summer of 2019 leaves an immense void in the worldwide breeding industry, but even posthumously, the legendary Deep Impact (Jpn) just keeps churning out the results.

On May 21, his 2-year-old son out of American listed winner and European multiple group-placed Premier Stars (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) fetched an astonishing ¥517 million (£3.33 million) at a breeze-up sale and just nine days later, Shahryar (Jpn) provided the stallion with a seventh winner of the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) and fourth in succession. At Epsom Friday, Snowfall (Jpn) turned the G1 Cazoo Oaks into an absolute procession, scoring by a record 16-length margin, and Saturday afternoon at Tokyo, Command Line (Jpn) lived up to advance billing with a 'TDN Rising Star'-worthy debut.

The $1.10 (1-10) mortal bounced without incident beneath Christophe Lemaire and took up a forward position as the well-meant Conch Pearl (American Pharoah) led at just an average tempo. The US-bred turned them into the long Fuchu straight and was past the 1200 metres in just 1:12.3, but Lemaire was sitting chilly aboard Command Line, eased him into the clear with about a furlong and a half to run and the duo whooshed home to score by three lengths. He covered his final 600 metres in :34.3.

Command Line is the latest to the races for his dam Condo Commando (Tiz Wonderful), who romped by better than 13 lengths in the 2014 GI Spinaway S., the premier race for 2-year-old fillies at historic Saratoga Race Course. Condo Commando was purchased by Katsumi Yoshida for $1.5 million at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton November Sale and visited Deep Impact in her first year at stud. The resulting produce became Al Jannah (Jpn), a ¥170 million purchase as a foal at the 2017 JRHA Select Sale and who has since gone on to place four times at group level, including a recent runner-up effort in the G2 Yomiuri Milers Cup at Hanshin Apr. 25. Condo Commando is the dam of a yearling filly by Heart's Cry (Jpn) and a filly foal by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) that sells as lot 380 at next month's Select Sale. Four yearlings from the final crop of Deep Impact will also be on offer.

5th-Toyko, ¥13,400,000 (£86,388/€100,525/US$122,308), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT, 1:35.4, gd/fm.
COMMAND LINE (JPN), c, 2, by Deep Impact (Jpn)
1st Dam: Condo Commando, by Tiz Wonderful
2nd Dam: Yearly Report, by General Meeting
3rd Dam: Fiscal Year, by Half a Year
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $63,892. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
O-Sunday Racing Co Ltd; B-Northern Farm; T-Sakae Kunieda.

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Notable US-Bred & -Sired Runners in Japan: July 25 & 26, 2020

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. Just two tracks on the menu for the weekend, but American-bred and -sired juveniles are set to make their presence felt at Niigata and Sapporo Racecourses:

Saturday, July 25, 2020
5th-NII, ¥13,400,000 ($125k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT
REFRAME (f, 2, American Pharoah–Careless Jewel, by Tapit) is the latest to the races from her dam, who powered her way to a whopping 11-length victory in the 2009 GI Alabama S. and who was sold for $1.95 million at Fasig-Tipton November in 2010. Careless Jewel was subsequently purchased by this breeder for $1.85 million in foal to Bodemeister at FTKNOV three years later and Reframe repaid part of that investment when hammering for $410K at Keeneland September last fall. American Pharoah has had six winners from seven to race in Japan, including G3 Unicorn S. hero Cafe Pharoah and listed winner Danon Pharaoh (Jpn). B-Summer Wind Farm (KY)

5th-SAP, ¥13,400,000 ($125k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1200mT
YUINO ZAPPER (c, 2, Ghostzapper–Baruta {Brz}, by Crimson Tide {Ire}), a $180K KEESEP graduate, is a son of a mare who was twice placed at Group 1 level in Brazil and was imported to this country to win the GIII Monrovia H. on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita while placing second to former ‘TDN Rising Star’ Taris (Flatter) in the GIII Rancho Bernardo H. on the main track for trainer Richard Mandella and Rio Dois Irmaos LLC. The latter is also the breeder of recent Churchill allowance winner Ivar (Brz) (Agnes Gold {Jpn}), who they race in partnership with Bonne Chance Farm. B-Bonne Chance Farm & Stud RDI LLC (KY)

6th-NII, ¥13,400,000 ($125k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1200m
SATONO APOLLON (JPN) (c, 2, Into Mischief–Final Decision, by Super Saver) is the first foal out of her dam, a half-sister to Eclipse Award-winning female sprinter Informed Decision (Monarchos), who was acquired with this colt in utero for $425K at FTKNOV in 2017. The April foal was consigned by Northern Farm to the 2019 JRHA Select Yearling Sale, fetching ¥80 million ($737,000) from Satomi Horse Co. Final Decision is the dam of yearling filly by Heart’s Cry (Jpn) and a filly foal by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn). B-Northern Farm

Sunday, July 26, 2020
6th-SAP, ¥13,400,000 ($125k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1700m
DERMA MIROKU (f, 2, Uncle Mo–Diza, by Empire Maker) debuts on the dirt despite the preponderance of high-class black-type on the turf in her female family. The $200K KEESEP purchase is a half-sister to J R’s Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday), a stakes winner and Grade III-placed on the grass, while her dam is a half-sister to GI Sword Dancer Invitational H. hero Cetewayo (His Majesty); Dynaforce (Dynaformer), who landed the GI Beverly D. S. and GI Flower Bowl Invitational S.; GSW & GISP Bowman Mill (Kris S.); SW Ntombi (Quiet American); and MGSP De Aar (Gone West), dam of MGSW/MGISP Willcox Inn (Harlan’s Holiday). B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY)

11th-NII, Ibis Summer Dash-G3, ¥74.6m ($696k), 3/up, 1000mT
MONT PERDU (f, 4 Cairo Prince–Spanish Post, by Flatter) set track records twice in the space of three races last summer and fall at Chukyo and Kyoto and makes her first appearance since finishing down the field in Kyoto allowance company in February. On her day, she is one of the fastest female sprinters in Japan and though she tries the turf for the first time in her career, her lone try at this abbreviated trip resulted in a handy victory over a sloppy strip at Kokura last August (see below, gate 2). B-Bluewater Sales LLC & Three Diamonds Farm (NY)

 

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New JRHA Record For Deep Impact Colt

Almost a year after his death, Deep Impact (Jpn) still casts a long shadow over Japanese racing and breeding and the legendary stallion was responsible for two new records and the six most expensive yearlings at the JHRA Select Sale, at which turnover was down only fractionally from a record-breaking session in 2019.

The first record was set just 56 lots into the yearling session when his son out of the GII Santa Ynez S. winner Forever Darling (Congrats) sold for ¥400 million (£2.95m/€3.28m/$3.73m) to Masahiro Noda of Danox Co Ltd. That stood for only a matter of hours until lot 114 entered the ring. The dark brown colt, a half-brother to the Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia (Street Boss) and offered by Northern Farm, swiftly set a new high price for the sale of ¥510 million (£3.77m/€4.19m/$4.75m) when bought by Tetsuhide Kunimoto, who has already enjoyed top-level success with a son of Deep Impact in the 2015 Japan Cup winner Shonan Pandora (Jpn). Like that colt, Kunimoto’s latest acquisition will be trained by Tomokazu Takano.

“I have been involved in the ownership of racehorses for more than 35 years and I am sure this is one of the best yearlings I have ever seen,” said Kunimoto of the son of the unraced Mineshaft mare Sheave, whose Deep Impact 2-year-old has been named Satono Sky Turf. “I visited Northern Farm three times to inspect yearlings and went to the barn of Northern Farm at the sales ground this morning. I was determined to buy him. Price is no object with regard to this colt and I hope his quality is as high as his price.”

Absolute Lady (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the dam of dual French Classic winner La Cressonniere (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), was bought privately by Teruya Yoshida of Shadai Farm in 2016 and her first mating with Deep Impact produced a colt, who was offered as lot 67 and will in future race in the same colours as his sire after being bought by Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co Ltd for ¥220 million (£1.62m/€1.81m/$2.05m).

In all, 13 members of the penultimate crop of Deep Impact were catalogued for the sale, and 12 sold for an average price of ¥2.08 million (£1.54m/€1.71m/$1.94m). The stallion covered just 24 mares at Shadai in 2019 before succumbing to the neck injury that would ultimately claim his life.

Heart’s Cry (Jpn), Deep Impact’s erstwhile stud-mate and fellow son of Sunday Silence, has long been a dependable performer for Shadai and top among his 21 yearlings in the catalogue was lot 50, a half-brother to the American champion juvenile filly Champagne Room (Broken Vow), and another from leading consignor Northern Farm, who sold for ¥190 million (£1.4m/€1.56m/$1.77m). His dam Lucky To Be Me (Bernstein) was bought by Katsumi Yoshida for $1.25 million at the Keeneland November Sale of 2017 when carrying the colt now known as Lucky Mo (Jpn) (Uncle Mo).

The Shadai Stallion Station was dealt a double blow when King Kamehameha (Jpn) died just a fortnight after Deep Impact last August, having been pensioned before the 2019 covering season. Ten members of the former dual champion sire’s final crop were offered for sale at Northern Horse Park, including lot 258, the last horse through the ring who, according to sale custom, was sold without reserve. None was needed, however, as the daughter of Marciano (Jpn) (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}) brought the hammer down in favour of Azabu Shoji at ¥170 million (£1.25m/€1.39m/$1.58m) to end the sale as the second-most expensive filly of the day. Her dam is a sister to the top-class sprinter-miler and stallion Kinshasa No Kiseki (Aus), while another half-sibling, Catshaan (Aus) (Catrail), has produced the G1 AJC Australian Oaks winner Absolutely (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}).

Alongside the vast array of offspring of Japanese stallions, both Kitten’s Joy and Caravaggio made a mark when each represented by a ¥105 million (£775,063/€861,761/$979,461) yearling.

The Kitten’s Joy colt (lot 147), bought by Masahiro Noda and consigned by Shadai Farm, is out of the GI Santa Margarita S. winner Joyful Victory (Tapit). The mare’s current 3-year-old Saqqara King (American Pharoah) is in training for Godolphin with Charlie Appleby and won last year at Newmarket as well as twice being listed-placed in France.

The War Front mare Old Time Waltz, a daughter of the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup winner Together (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was exported to Japan in 2018 when carrying a foal from the first crop of Coolmore’s Caravaggio. The resultant offspring, also a first foal for the mare, was offered as lot 174 through Northern Farm and will race, like the King Kamehameha filly, for Azabu Shoji.

Despite the fact that international visitors were unable to travel to the sale this year, and that Japanese travel restrictions had meant late inspections for most domestic purchasers, the yearling section of the JRHA Select Sale posted its second-highest level of turnover in its history following the record returns of 2019. The aggregate of ¥10.43 billion (£77m/€85.5m/$97.2m) was amassed by the sale of 229 yearlings at an average price of ¥45,537,118 (£336,330/€373,427/$424,557). The median of ¥31 million (£228,958/€254,202/$289,023) was unchanged from last year.

Assessing the market at the end of the yearling session, Northern Farm principal Katsumi Yoshida, said, “This is an amazing market. I was actually worried about the market because there were travel restrictions in Japan until June 19 and owners and trainers could not come [to Hokkaido] to inspect yearlings catalogued until then. I am very happy with the gross, which is the second highest at the yearling session, and am more than happy with the clearance rate of 92%. I would like to express my sincere thanks to owners and trainers who supported the market.”

The JRHA Select Sale concludes on Tuesday with a single session of 238 foals.

 

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U.S.-Born Broodmares Power Record Prices At Japan Select Yearling Sale

While the yearling session of 2020 Japan Racing Horse Association Select Sale started under cool weather with a little rain at Northern Horse Park on Monday, July 13, the market was hot all way through the day.

Hip 36, a Deep Impact filly by Teddy's Promise, was bought by Kieffers Co. Ltd. for 240,000,000 yen (US$2,242,991).

“I think this is the one which I shouldn't miss to buy today,” Masaaki Matsushima representing Kieffers said of the latest recruit. “As always, my dream is to win Arc de Triomphe and this is the one to aim the Arc in 2022.”

Mikio Matsunaga at Ritto Training Center will train the filly out of the winner of Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita.

Masaaka Matsushima has kept some horses in training in Europe recently. One of them is the British-born multiple Group 1 winner Japan, trained by Aiden O'Brien, and Matsushima co-owns the Galileo colt with Coolmore partnership.

A record price at the JRHA yearling session was established when Hip 56, colt by Deep Impact out of Forever Darling, went through the ring.

The consignment from Northern Farm, out of the G2 Santa Ynez Stakes winner, was bought by Masahiro Noda's Danox Co.Ltd for 400,000,000 yen, (US$3,738,318), which surpassed the price of Last Groove, who was bought for 360,000,000 yen in 2011, and The Rest Nowhere, who was bought for 360,000,000 yen in 2019.

“I think there are two outstanding yearlings in the catalog and this is one them,” Yoshiki Okada, racing manager to Masahiro Noda, commented about the colt. “This is big strong colt, which may not be typical progeny by Deep Impact. But he is a very good mover. I visited Northern Farm to inspect yearlings for several time and he always looked fantastic. And Mr. Noda saw him yesterday and decided to buy him. I believe he stays a mile and half, and hope he will be our Derby horse.”

“While I expected high price, as several major owners are interested in this colt, I did not expect the price more than 300 million yen.” said Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm, the consignor of colt. “Mr. Noda visited Northern Farm yesterday and said this is the pick of day. I would like to express my sincere thanks to owners and trainers who travel to Hokkaido under the current challenging situation.”

As expected, a hot bidding war was seen for Hip 67, colt by Deep Impact and a half-brother to La Cressoniere, the unbeaten winner of French 1000 Guineas and French Oaks, bought by Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co/ Ltd/ for 220,000,000yen, (US$2,056,075). The colt is out of the unplaced Galileo mare Absolute Lady.

“Mr. Kaneko visited our barn this morning and this colt caught his fancy”, said Teruya Yoshida of Shadai Farm, the consignor of colt. “I am very happy with the price of this colt and very happy with today's market, which is stronger than I expected.”

The record price of Hip 56 lived very shortly – only for two hours – as Hip 114, a colt by Deep Impact out of Sheave, consigned by Northern Farm, was bought for 510,000,000yen, (US$4,766,356), by Tetsuhide Kunimoto.

“I am involved in ownership of racehorses for more than 35 years and I am sure this is one of the best yearlings I have ever seen,” Kunimoto said of the sales topper. “I visited Northern Farm three times to inspect yearlings and went to the barn of Northern Farm at sales ground this morning, when I am determined to buy him. Price is no object with regard to this colt and I hope his quality is as high as his price.”

Sheave, an unraced daughter of Mineshaft, is the dam of 2016 Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia.

Kunimoto also says the colt will be trained by Tomokazu Takano, who trained Shonan Pandora, winner of Japan Cup in 2015, for Tetsuhide Kunimoto.

It is obvious that the second-to-last crop by Deep Impact boosted the market. From 13 yearlings by Deep Impact were offered, 12 of them were sold for 2,497,000,000 yen (US$23,281,187) in total and the average price was 208,083,333yen, (US$1.94 million).

On Monday, 229 lots were sold for 10,428,000,000 yen (US$97,227,161) in total, which is a 2.8 percent decline as compares with 2019. The average price, 45,537,118 yen (US$424,490), marked a 5.9 percent decline. The clearance rate was 92 percent, down slightly from 92.9 percent last year.

“This is amazing market” Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm, the leading consignor at the session, commented at the conclusion of first day. “I was actually worried about the market, because there were travel restrictions until June 19 in Japan and owners/trainers could not come here to inspect yearlings cataloged until then. I am very happy with the gross sale, which is the second-highest at yearling session, and am more than happy with the clearance rate, 92 percent. I would like to express my sincerely thanks to owners and trainers who supported the market.”

The foal session of the JRHA Select Sale begins Tuesday.

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