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‘He Was Amazing’ — Lemaire On Kitasan Black’s Skilfing In Japanese Derby Prep

By the same sire as the stunningly dominant Japanese Horse of the Year and multiple Group 1 victor Equinox (Jpn) in Kitasan Black (Jpn), Skilfing (Jpn) appears he could be any kind with a half-length win over Hearts Concerto (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) in the G2 TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho at Tokyo on Saturday. The 2400-metre G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) pointer was covered in a slick 2:23.90 over firm turf.

Favoured at 3-5, the formerly two-for-three Carrot Farm colourbearer settled near the rear of the field behind fairly even splits doled out by Asakara King (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}). Improving after the first 1000 metres, the son of Rossweisse (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S) was eager to do more under Christophe Lemaire and inched closer to the front at the 600-metre mark. Spun wide on the turn, Skilfing was given his cue at the quarter-pole and began picking off foes in earnest down the lane. He engaged fellow closer Hearts Concerto inside the final furlong, but was always going better of the pair to win with something in hand. The top two finishers earned spots in the May 28 Tokyo Yushun.

“I did not want to race aggressively,” Lemaire told www.netkeiba.com. “The pace was slow and that made me worried if we could catch up to the pacemakers, but I knew he has got potential. He was amazing after the uphill section of the course.

“He is a Group 1-level horse. His growth was a bit slow compared to other horses but he has matured as he has gained more racing experience. He will be in top condition on Derby day.”

Second on debut in October facing newcomers, Skilfing broke his maiden over 2000 metres a month later at this venue and handled the step up to 2400 metres with a victory in the Feb. 5 Yurikamome Sho.

 

Pedigree Notes

Skilfing is the sixth stakes winner and fifth group winner for his Shadai Stallion Station-based sire, who is by Deep Impact's full-brother Black Tide (Jpn). Kitasan Black is also represented by G1 Satsuki Sho hero Sol Oriens (Jpn), and fellow group winners Gaia Force (Jpn) and Ravel (Jpn).

The second foal out of his dam, a three-time winner and full-sister to the multiple stakes-placed Weitblick (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S), Skilfing is followed by half-sisters by Kizuna and Satono Diamond (Jpn) born in 2021 and 2022, respectively. His dam was covered by Mikki Isle (Jpn) last spring.

The March-foaled colt is also related to G1 Yasuda Kinen victress Songline (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Japanese/English Group 1 winner Deirdre (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}), and Japanese champion-turned-sire Logi Universe (Jpn) (Neo Universe {Jpn}).

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Swiss Skydiver Delivers First Foal in Japan

Champion Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) delivered her first foal, a filly by Europe's 2014 Horse of the Year Kingman (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) on Feb. 15 at Northern Farm in Japan, according to the farm's Twitter and Facebook accounts.

The 6-year-old mare, who defeated males in the 2020 GI Preakness S. and also won the GI Alabama S. and GI Beholder Mile, was purchased for $4.7 million by Katsumi Yoshida at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed Sale and was then sent to England, where she was bred to Kingman at Juddmonte Farms' Banstead Manor Stud before shipping to Yoshida's Northern Farm in Japan.

Campaigned by Peter Callahan and trained by Kenny McPeek, Swiss Skydiver retired in 2021 with a career line of 16-7-3-2, $2,216,480. She was honored with the Eclipse Award as 2020's champion 3-year-old filly.

 

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Produce of Grade I Mares On Display at Hanshin

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 Hanshin Racecourse:

Saturday, April 15, 2023
2nd-HSN, ¥10,480,000 ($79k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m
AUDIBLE CALL (GB) (f, 3, Medaglia d'Oro–Callback, by Street Sense), whose dam won the 2015 GI Las Virgenes S. and sold to Katsumi Yoshida for an even $2 million with this filly in utero at Keeneland November in 2019, got her career off to a promising start with a sound runner-up effort behind Kazumi Yoshida's Giuoco Piano (Justify) going Tokyo's one-turn mile Feb. 19 (see below, SC 15). Also sold for $2.8 million at Fasig-Tipton November following her 3-year-old season, the mare is also the dam of the Grade III-placed Tommy Bee (Medaglia d'Oro) and is a half-sister to SW Defy Gravity (Bandini). B-Northern Farm

 

 

Sunday, April 16, 2023
5th-HSN, ¥14,880,000 ($112k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m
KEEP SMILING (JPN) (f, 3, Quality Road–Weep No More, by Mineshaft), a bang-up second on debut Dec. 17, was very impressive in graduating by four lengths at odds-on going this distance at Nakayama Feb. 25 (see below, SC 7). Upset winner of the 2016 GI Central Bank Ashland S., Weep No More is a half-sister to Grade III winner Current (Curlin) and to the Morea (Indian Charlie), the dam of the SW & GSP Half Is Enough (Frosted). The filly's third dam is 2001 GI Kentucky Oaks victress Flute (Seattle Slew). B-Northern Farm

 

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Duramente’s Dura Erede Ekes Out Hopeful Win

Making his fifth career start and his first in Group 1 company in Wednesday's G1 Hopeful S. at Nakayama, Dura Erede (Jpn) parlayed a close fourth-place finish last out in the G2 Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai S. on Nov. 19 to claim victory at odds of 89-1 by a nose over 17-1 outsider and pacesetter Top Knife (Jpn).

The colt received a stalking trip to the outside of the frontrunner for the first mile before reaching even terms with his leading rival at the top of the stretch. After falling back briefly within the last furlong, dug in gamely in the final yards to surge past the wire in front by the narrowest of margins.

“It's the same good feeling as when I won my first G1 race in Germany–I'm very happy,” winning jockey Bauyrzhan Murzabayev said. “I couldn't tell if we won, it was so close, but my colt broke well and it was the plan to chase the pace in second so everything went well. After two close seconds last weekend, I'm so happy that I came in first in the last Grade 1 race of the year.”

Favored Mikki Cappuccino finished fifth at odds of 3-1.

Pedigree Notes:
Dura Erede is the fourth Grade 1 winner for the late stallion Duramente, who died in August of 2021 at age nine. Dura Erede is the first foal out of the unplaced Orfevre (Jpn) mare Marchesa, who is out of the Argentine MG1W Malpensa (Arg) and therefore a half to Japanese champion and MG1SW winner Satono Diamond (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).

Wednesday, Nakayama, Japan
HOPEFUL S.-G1, ¥135,820,000, Nakayama, 12-28, 2yo, 2000mT, 2:01.50, fm.
1–DURA EREDE (JPN), 121, c, 2, by Duramente (Jpn)
      1st Dam: Marchesa (Jpn), by Orfevre (Jpn)
      2nd Dam: Malpensa (Arg), by Orpen
      3rd Dam: Marsella (Arg), by Southern Halo
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (¥100,000,000 yrl '21 JRHAJUL).
O-Three H Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Manabu Ikezoe;
J-Bauyrzhan Murzabayev; ¥71,274,000. Lifetime Record:
5-2-1-0. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A++
Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Top Knife (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Declaration of War–Be Wind (Jpn),
by Spinning World. O-Koji Yasuhara; B-Kineusu Farm (Jpn);
¥28,364,000.
3–King's Reign (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Rulership (Jpn)–Touching Speech
(Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP
BLACK TYPE. O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn);
¥18,1582,000.
Margins: NO, 1 1/4, NK; Odds: 89.60, 17.70, 17.20.
Also Ran: Phantom Thief (Jpn), Mikki Cappuccino (Jpn), Seven Magician (Jpn), Hearts Concerto (Jpn), Serendipity (Jpn), Sea Wiard (Jpn), J Palms (Jpn), Gruner Green (Jpn), Wurttemberg (Jpn), Born in Grande (Jpn), Jun Tsubamegaeshi (Jpn), Fate (Jpn), Gastrique (Jpn), Monde Plume (Jpn), Ska Paradise (Jpn).
Click for the JRA chart & video.

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