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King Kamehameha’s Jun Light Bolt Crowned At Chukyo

In a dramatic finish to Sunday's G1 Champions Cup at Chukyo, Jun Light Bolt (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) collared G2 UAE Derby hero Crown Pride (Jpn) (Reach The Crown {Jpn}) by a neck just before the wire.

Sent off at 6-1 in this 1800-metre contest, the 5-year-old entire settled one off the rail in midpack as Red Soldado (Jpn) (Majestic Warrior) dashed to the front. That rival, setting an uncontested pace, got away with middling fractions on the backstretch, with the first 1000 metres covered in 1:02.40. As a result, the field was keeping closer order and racing room was at a premium as they approached the far turn.

Still on the engine 400 metres from home, Red Soldado was facing a stiff challenge from Crown Pride to his outside. Jun Light Bolt, meanwhile, was within striking distance, and was asked by pilot Yukito Ishikawa shortly after the quarter pole. Rumbling home ominously well, the dark bay set his sights on new leader Crown Pride, as 1-2 favourite T O Keynes (Jpn) (Sinister Minister) was winding up to his inside. The Yasuo Tomomichi runner hit a superior gear however, and thrust his neck in front three jumps from the line. The stalking Hapi (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) was 1 1/4 lengths back in third, another neck behind T O Keynes, who had covered extra ground in the race.

“I can't find any other word to describe this other than 'happy',” said Ishikawa, who was winning his first Group 1 race in Japan. “I tried to feel the horse's rhythm and was confident that if we can find an open space after entering the lane, he would burst out. The colt responded so well that I knew we could win. Though I have yet to feel my first Group 1 win, I would like to savor this joy from now on.”

Although a four-time winner and listed-placed over the turf, the Northern Farm-bred reinvented himself when trying the dirt for the first time in July, running second in the Listed July S. at Fukushima. He earned his first black-type score outright in the Listed BSN Sho at Niigata in August, and continued his upward trajectory with a three-quarter-length score in the G3 Sirius S. going 1900 metres over this strip on Oct. 1.

 

Pedigree Notes

The deceased King Kamehameha has left 94 stakes winners and 65 group winners, with Jun Light Bolt his 15th at the highest level. Four of his stakes winners are out of Special Week (Jpn) mares, including G1 Asahi Hai Tuturity S. victor Leontes (Jpn), and G3 Falcon S. scorer Tagano Grandpa (Jpn), besides Sunday's winner.

Despite never finding the winner's circle, Special Groove (Jpn) (Special Week {Jpn}) has done the job as a broodmare, with a pair of stakes winners among her quintet of scorers to show from six runners of racing age. Jun Light Bolt's year-older half brother Groove It (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {GB}) won at Group 3 level in Japan, and his juvenile half-sister Pure Groove (Jpn) (Drefong) has plenty of time to build on her first two starts. Special Groove foaled colts by Drefong and Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Third dam Air Groove (Jpn) (Tony Bin {Ire}) was named Japanese Horse of the Year in 1997, and at stud she left fellow Japanese champion Admire Groove (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), herself the dam of Japanese Champion 3-Year-Old Colt and late sire Duramente (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}). Another of Air Groove's progeny is Shadai stallion Rulership (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), who won the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

 

Sunday, Chukyo, Japan
CHAMPIONS CUP-G1, ¥232,920,000, Chukyo, 12-4, 3yo/up, 1800m, 1:51.90, gd.
1–JUN LIGHT BOLT (JPN), 126, h, 5, by King Kamehameha (Jpn)
                1st Dam: Special Groove (Jpn), by Special Week (Jpn)
                2nd Dam: Sonic Groove (Jpn), by French Deputy
                3rd Dam:  Air Groove (Jpn), by Tony Bin (Ire)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (¥120,000,000 Ylg '18 JRHAJUL). O-Junji
Kawai; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Yasuo Tomomichi; J-Yukito
Ishikawa; ¥123,444,000. Lifetime Record: 25-7-5-2. *1/2 to
Groove It (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), GSW-Jpn, $969,081. Click
   for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk
   Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Crown Pride (Jpn), 121, c, 3, Reach the Crown (Jpn)–Emmy's
Pride(Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK
   TYPE. O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Shadai Farm (Jpn); ¥48,984,000.
3–Hapi (Jpn), 123, c, 3, Kizuna (Jpn)–Queen Pirates (Jpn), by
King Kamehameha (Jpn). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Toshio
Terada; B-North Hills (Jpn); ¥30,492,000.
Margins: NK, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 6.90, 13.30, 14.90.
Also Ran: T O Keynes (Jpn), Shamal (Jpn), Sunrise Hope (Jpn), Smashing Hearts (Jpn), Notturno (Jpn), Auvergne (Jpn), Tagano Beauty (Jpn), Red Galant (Jpn), Gloria Mundi (Jpn), Sakura Allure (Jpn), Badenweiler (Jpn), Sunrise Nova (Jpn), Red Soldado (Jpn).
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Kitasan Black Filly Scores Bullseye In The Artemis

Striving to maintain her unbeaten record in Saturday's G3 Artemis S., Ravel (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) managed that feat by a neck over the favoured Liberty Island (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) in the 1600-metre feature in Tokyo.

Sent off as the 6-1 third choice on the back of her one-length triumph in a Kokura maiden in July, the Northern Farm-bred and U Carrot Farm colourbearer was not the quickest away and dropped anchor last but one as Alice Verite (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) established a slight advantage over the pressing duo of Dynato Selene (Jpn) (Red Falx {Jpn}) and Masculine (Jpn) (One And Only {Jpn}). Unhurried on the bend, Ravel swooped widest of all in the lane, but still had most of the field to get by as Alice Verite set sail for home at the quarter-pole.

Closing with gusto, the bay had the leader in her sights inside the final furlong and wore that foe down in deep stretch, before withstanding the late charge of Liberty Island. It was another neck back in third to a game Alice Verite.

 

Pedigree Notes

By two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Kitasan Black (Jpn), himself a son of Deep Impact (Jpn)'s full-brother Black Tide (Jpn), Ravel is the third black-type winner and third group winner for her sire, whose oldest foals are just 3-year-olds. She joins the colts and Group 2 scorers Gaia Force (Jpn) and Equinox (Jpn), with the latter also second in both the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) and G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese St Leger). Equinox leaves from gate seven in Sunday's G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn). Like Gaia Force, the bay carries inbreeding to the influential Sunday Silence.

Ravel's damline has inhabited the Land of the Rising Sun since the late 40s, and she is the third foal and winner for G3 Fairy S. third Sambre Et Meuse (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) after the G3 Falcon S. placegetter Westerwald (Jpn) (Novellist {Ire}) and G2 Tulip Sho heroine Namur (Jpn). That daughter of Harbinger (GB) played the bridesmaid in the G1 Shuka Sho (Japanese Fillies St Leger) and was third in the G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) this season.

One of four black-type horses out of her winning dam Vite Marcher (Jpn) (French Deputy), Sambre Et Meuse is a half-sister to none other than 2021 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff victrix Marche Lorraine (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}).

 

Saturday, Tokyo, Japan
ARTEMIS S.-G3, ¥56,110,000, Tokyo, 10-29, 2yo, f, 1600mT, 1:33.80, fm.
1–RAVEL (JPN), 119, f, 2, by Kitasan Black (Jpn)
               1st Dam: Sambre et Meuse (Jpn), by Daiwa Major (Jpn)
               2nd Dam: Vite Marcher (Jpn), by French Deputy
               3rd Dam: Kyoei March (Jpn), by Dancing Brave
O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Yoshito Yahagi;
J-Ryusei Sakai. ¥29,357,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. *1/2 to
Westerwald (Jpn) (Novellist {Ire}), GSP-Jpn, $761,865; and
Namur (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}), GSW & MG1SP-Jpn, $1,309,898.
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Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Liberty Island (Jpn), 119, f, 2, Duramente (Jpn)–Yankee Rose
(Aus), by All American (Aus). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP
   BLACK TYPE. O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn);
¥12,102,000.
3–Alice Verite (Jpn), 119, f, 2, Kizuna (Jpn)–Lumiere Verite, by
Cozzene. 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Makoto
Kato; B-North Hills (Jpn); ¥7,351,000.
Margins: NK, NK, HF. Odds: 6.90, 0.40, 14.70.
Also Ran: Dane Balance (Jpn), Malaki Naia (Jpn), Dynato Selene (Jpn), Masculine (Jpn), Kosei Maria (Jpn), Mississippi Tesoro (Jpn), Nishino Kofuku (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart and video.

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Deep Impact’s Auguste Rodin Powers Clear Of Futurity Rivals

Coolmore and Westerberg's 'TDN Rising Star' and G2 Golden Fleece S. victor Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}–Rhododendron {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) allayed any and all concerns that his ability may be blunted by the heavy going and powered through the mud at Doncaster to register a record-breaking 11th renewal for Aidan O'Brien in Saturday's G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy. The trainer admitted a late scratching might be on the cards if conditions were not suitable for the July 2 Naas maiden winner, but was pleasantly surprised by the state of the Town Moor turf once Ryan Moore gave positive feedback following the rider's first ride of the day earlier on the card. O'Brien confirmed participation after inspecting the course with his team. The 9-4 favourite was settled off the searching early pace and raced at the back of a three-strong stands' side group led by stablemate Salt Lake City (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who raced fourth overall. While the multiple Group-placed Listed Chesham S. victor Holloway Boy (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}) was committed approaching the quarter-mile pole, Auguste Rodin had cruised closer from halfway and powered to the front entering the final furlong when that rival veered across the track and relinquished control. Impressive under a measure of Moore rousting thereafter, he lengthened clear of fellow 'TDN Rising Star' Epictetus (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who ran on well to finish 3 1/2 lengths adrift at the line. With the stands' side rail preventing Holloway Boy from joining the crowd, the errant 9-2 chance kept on with gusto and was 1 3/4 lengths back in third.

“He's a lovely horse and the lads have always loved him,” the winning trainer revealed. “He's out of Rhododendron and by Deep Impact. It was amazing to send a mare to Deep Impact and it turns out he's from his last crop. He's a very smart horse, but we were worried about the ground. He's got a lovely attitude, he's a fine, big horse and a lovely mover. He has everything you'd look for in a good horse.”

Auguste Rodin is now 5-1 joint-favourite for next year's G1 2000 Guineas and 3-1 ante-post choice for the G1 Derby. Both are on the radar, according to O'Brien. “It depends on what the lads want to do, as always, but I'd imagine he'd have no trouble starting off in a Guineas and then go on after that. He's a very smart horse and he'll be happy going up to a mile-and-a-quarter and even a mile-and-a-half in the Derby. It's very exciting.”

Moore was impressed too and added, “I wouldn't say the race worked out as well as planned, but he's a very good horse. Since the start of the year he always showed he had a lot of quality, but he just hadn't quite done what we thought he might. We always thought there was more there. He does everything with plenty of pace and he's got a lot of quality. He had to win two races today because they were always ahead on the other side and then he had to hold off Frankie [aboard Epictetus]. He had to beat him first and then, when Holloway Boy came over, he had to see him off too. He was comfortable on the ground, but he's such a fluent mover you are never sure if the holding ground is going to suit them.”

Pedigree Notes
Auguste Rodin, one of his sire's 57 elite-level winners, is the lone foal produced by G1 Fillies' Mile, G1 Prix de l'Opera and G1 Lockinge S. victrix Rhododendron (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), herself a daughter of MG1SW G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Halfway To Heaven (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). Halfway To Heaven, who is out of MGSW G1 July Cup runner-up Cassandra Go (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), also produced seven-time Group 1 winner Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and MGSW sire Flying The Flag (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Descendants of Cassandra Go, herself a half-sister to MG1SP sire Verglas (Ire) (Highest Honor {Fr}), also include G3 Abernant S. and G3 Coral Charge victrix Tickled Pink (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and G3 Summer S. winner Theann (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire), the latter being the dam of GI First Lady S. and GI Rodeo S. victrix Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Tickled Pink's leading light is the tough-as-teak Victoria Road (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), who showed his mettle when annexing this term's Listed Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage and G3 Prix de Conde.

Saturday, Doncaster, Britain
VERTEM FUTURITY TROPHY S.-G1, £200,000, Doncaster, 10-22, 2yo, 8fT, 1:44.76, hy.
1–AUGUSTE RODIN (IRE), 129, c, 2, by Deep Impact (Jpn)
1st Dam: Rhododendron (Ire) (MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SP-Ire, GISP-US, $1,786,763), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Halfway To Heaven (Ire), by Pivotal (GB)
3rd Dam: Cassandra Go (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £118,400. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $235,895. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Epictetus (Ire), 129, c, 2, Kingman (GB)–Thistle Bird (GB), by Selkirk. 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. 'TDN Rising Star'. O/B-George Strawbridge (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden. £44,780.
3–Holloway Boy (GB), 129, c, 2, Ulysses (Ire)–Sultry (GB), by Pivotal (GB). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (60,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 60,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Nick White & Mrs Elaine Burke; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Karl Burke. £22,380.
Margins: 3HF, 1 3/4, 3 3/4. Odds: 2.25, 3.00, 4.50.
Also Ran: Dancing Magic (Ire), Salt Lake City (Ire), Captain Wierzba (GB), King Of Steel, Stormbuster (GB).

 

 

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Japanese Globetrotters Boost Record JRHA Select Sale

Clearance rates narrowly in excess of 95% for both days of the Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) Select Sale speak to the consistent demand for fledgling racehorses in the country where the leading bloodstock auction has once again set new high markers in all sectors of the market.

At the final count, 447 foals and yearlings (from 469 offered) changed hands for a new record aggregate of ¥25,762,500,000 (£159m/€187m), up 14% on last year's previous high. The average also increased significantly, by 12%, to ¥57,634,228 (£355,000/€419,000) for the sale as a whole. The foal session's contribution to that overall tally on Tuesday was ¥12,892,500,000 (£98m/€116m) spent on 225 foals from the 236 offered. That figure represented an 18% increase, while the average of ¥57,300,000 (£353,000/€417,000) was up by almost 12%.

“It was a record-breaking market here last year and I did not expect to beat it this year,” said leading breeder Teruya Yoshida of Shadai Farm, who is also the chairman of the JRHA. “The market was very strong from the top end through to the bottom end, and I am very impressed with the depth of buyers. High demand for young horses was kept thoughout the two days and the clearance rate of 95.3% is unbelievable.”

He added, “I am very happy to see that so many people are interested in enjoying ownership of racehorses and very glad to witness that they are very keen to make a big investment in the bloodstock market.”

Just as Ireland and Britain have lost the influential Galileo (Ire) and Pivotal (GB) from the stallion ranks in recent years, the Japanese breeding scene is now contemplating life after the big-hitters Deep Impact (Jpn) and King Kamehameha (Jpn), both of whom died in 2019.

Duramente (Jpn), a Classic-winning son of King Kamehameha, had been starting to hint at his own prowess, but he was lost to an attack of colitis last August leaving 629 foals from his four seasons at stud. With his eldest runners now four, Duramente is responsible for this season's G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas and G1 Oaks winner Southern Stars (Jpn), as well as Titleholder (Jpn), a member of his first crop who claimed last year's G1 Japanese St Leger and has added another two Group 1 wins to his record this season in the Tenno Sho and Takarazuka Kinen.

The late stallion featured prominently among Monday's yearling results and, with a member of his final crop he topped the final day when the second foal of the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks winner Champagne Anyone (Street Sense) brought the hammer down at ¥320 million (£1.97m/€2.33m). The colt (lot 393) was offered by Shunsuke Yoshida, the son of Northern Farm owner Katsumi Yoshida who is now in his second year consigning, and was bought by Red Horse.

The death of Giant's Causeway was also much lamented, and this year's Select Sale has featured the first yearlings of his talented son Bricks And Mortar, a four-time Grade I winner, including the Breeders' Cup Turf, and one of four sires imported to Japan from America for the 2020 breeding season. His 11 yearlings in the sale were led by lot 104, a colt from the dual Group 3 winner and Classic-placed Maximum De Paris (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) who sold for Y135 million (£831,400/€982,800) from Shadai Farm to Hirosaki Toshihiro.

The 8-year-old stallion was also represented by 13 foals on Tuesday and these included the day's second-top lot (325). The graduate of Northern Farm was offered alongside his dam Awake (Jpn), a Group 2-placed daughter of Daughter Impact (Jpn) from the family of the globetrotting Stella Veloce (Jpn) (Bago {Fr}), and was sold for Y310 million (£1.9m/€2.25m) to Tetsuhide Kunimoto.

“I visited Northern Farm several times in the last few months and found that this colt, out of Awake, kept improving. That is what I like about him,” said Kunimoto. “To be frank, I do not know who [will be] the next leading sire, though I think Bricks And Mortar is a very suitable stallion for racing in Japan, as he is a turf champion himself and most of his yearlings look like sharp and speedy turf horses. This colt lets me have a dream.”

The Australian four-time Group 1 winner Mosheen (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) had her name in lights on Monday when her Maurice (Jpn) colt topped the yearling session at ¥450 million (£2.7m/€3.25m), and she made an appearance herself on Tuesday in the company of her colt foal by Epiphaneia (Jpn). Offered as lot 367 by breeder Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm, her youngest offspring was also in demand and sold for ¥300 million (£1.84m/€2.18m) to Ver Co Ltd. Epipheneia, whose leading offspring include the Fillies' Triple Crown winner Daring Tact (Jpn), was also the sire of another of the day's bestsellers, lot 353, another from Northern Farm and out of the GI Del Mar Debutante S. winner She's A Tiger (Tale Of The Cat). The top-priced filly among the foals, she was knocked down to Hiroyasu Takeuchi, racing manager of Nicks Co Ltd for ¥280 million (£1.72m/€2.03m).

“I studied her pedigree and am convinced she should have inherited a lot of speed,”  said Takeuchi. “She is very valuable as future broodmare as well and I believe she is worth paying this amount of money.”

Fifteen foals by Epiphaneia were sold on Tuesday for an average price of ¥111,100,000 (£684,000/€808,800).

Fourteen members of the first crop of G1 Japanese 2000 Guineas winner Saturnalia (Jpn) were for sale on Tuesday and the stock of the son of Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) received a thumbs-up from buyers, with two ending up among the top 10 lots of the day. These included lot 339, a three-parts-brother to G1 Mile Championship winner Stelvio (Jpn) (Lor Kanaloa {Jpn}) who fetched ¥300 million (£1.84m/€2.18m). Their dam L'Archetto (Jpn) (Falbrav {Ire}) had also provided one of the leading yearlings of the opening day–a colt by Rey De Oro (Jpn) who sold for ¥220 million. Both youngsters were bought by Kaneko Makoto of Deep Impact fame.

Concluding his review of the two-day sale, Teruya Yoshida added, “The quality of mares we have in Japan is very high and the quality of young horses offered here yesterday and today was very high as well. Japanese-bred horses are running very well in international races in the USA and Middle East, and I understand that it helps to boost this market.”

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