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U.S-Bred & -Sired Runners in Japan: Nov. 27 & 28, 2021

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 and Tokyo Racecourses. Click here for a preview of Sunday's G1 Longines Japan Cup at Tokyo, which has drawn four of the last six winners of the course-and-distance G1 Tokyo Yushun. Last year's Triple Crown hero Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) will start a warm favorite over this year's Derby winner Shahryar (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}):

Saturday, November 27, 2021
5th-HSN, ¥13,400,000 ($118k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT
HYPER STORM (f, 2, Stormy Atlantic–Queen's Turf {Jpn}, by Deep Impact {Jpn}) is the first produce for her dam, purchased for nearly $490K as a foal at the 2012 JRHA Select Sales who made a successful career debut as the favorite in a 1400-meter newcomers event on the dirt at this track nearly seven years ago. The May foal's second dam is a full-sister to Furioso (Jpn) (Brian's Time), a nine-time stakes winner and runner-up in the G1 February S. on the dirt in Japan. B-Winchester Farm (KY)

6th-TOK, ¥13,400,000 ($118k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600m
SUCCESS LAUREL (JPN) (c, 2, Mastery–Courtesan, by Street Sense) is the first Japanese-foaled produce out of her dam, a two-time stakes winner and twice Grade III-placed on the turf for Ramona Bass and Christophe Clement. Purchased in utero for $250K at KEENOV in 2018, the bay was knocked down for better than $426K as a yearling at the 2020 Hokkaido Summer Yearling Sale, the third-priciest of his freshman sire (by Candy Ride {Arg})'s first-crop yearlings reported as sold. Pretty Discreet (Private Account), the dam of GISW sire and 'TDN Rising Star' Discreet Cat (Forestry), GISW Discreetly Mine (Mineshaft) and SW & MGISP Pretty Wild (Wild Again) serves as the colt's third dam. B-Oshima Bokujo

6th-HSN, ¥13,400,000 ($118k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
SHAILENE (f, 2, Arrogate–Amen Hallelujah, by Montbrook), a $150K KEESEP yearling acquisition, was knocked down to Katsumi Yoshida for an even $1 million at this year's OBS April sale–second in price only to likely champion 'TDN Rising Star' and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile hero Corniche (Quality Road)–after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 flat. MGSW and four-time Grade I-placed Amen Hallelujah was purchased by the Courtelis's Town & Country for $950K in foal to Distorted Humor at KEENOV in 2013. She changed hands for $80K pregnant to Union Rags at the same auction last year and was RNAd for $135K at this year's KEENOV sale. B-Town & Country Horse Farms LLC (KY)

 

 

 

FOOLISH HOBBY (f, 2, Arrogate–Flatter Up, by Flatter) gives her sire a second crack at a third Japanese winner in this same heat. A daughter of the Grade III-placed Flatter Up, the gray was sold for $260K at last year's Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling Showcase and made $450K at the auction house's Gulfstream Sale after covering two furlongs in a slick :21 1/5 (see below). The filly's granddam, Tenacious Tina (Benchmark), who is responsible for MGSP Tina Tina (Paddy O'Prado), is a half-sister to young sire and GISW Midnight Storm (Pioneerof the Nile). Three Chimneys purchased Flatter Up with this foal in utero for $300K at KEENOV in 2018. B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC (KY)

 

 

Saturday, November 28, 2021
5th-TOK, ¥14,360,000 ($127k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1600m
ISHTAR (JPN) (f, 3, American Pharoah–Mohini {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) is a full-sister to U.S.-bred Pista, a Group 3 winner in England and Group 1-placed in France, whose dam was covered once again by American Pharoah before her export to Japan in 2017. The bay filly is out of a daughter of champion Denebola (Storm Cat), granddam of G1 Prix de Diane heroine Senga (Blame) and SW Bolting (War Front), while her champion third dam Coup de Genie (Mr. Prospector)–a full-sister to Machiavellian–was responsible for the dam of Japanese-based sire Bago (Fr) (Nashwan), G1SW Maxios (GB) (Monsun {Ger}) and SW/MGSP Beta (GB) (Selkirk). B-Northern Farm

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Contrail Set To Bow Out In Japan Cup

Shinji Maeda's Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn} matched the feat of his late and much-missed sire by sweeping the three legs of the Japanese Triple Crown last season. Sunday afternoon at Toyko Racecourse, the homebred colt will look to add the G1 Longines Japan Cup to his resume in his final career trip to the races, an event won by Deep Impact in his penultimate start in 2006. The two-time Horse of the Year would go on to avenge his only defeat on Japanese soil in that year's G1 Arima Kinen.

One of four of his sire's Japanese Derby winners in this year's Japan Cup, Contrail was runner-up to Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) 12 months ago and has just two runs under his belt this term, a third to Lei Papale (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the G1 Osaka Hai over unsuitably easy ground in April and a sound runner-up effort to reigning G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) hero Efforia (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) in the 2000-metre G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) after becoming edgy in the stalls here at headquarters Oct. 31.

“The jockey [Yuichi Fukunaga said it too, but in the Tenno Sho (Autumn), if he had gotten a position closer to the eventual winner, the results would have been different,” commented Shigeki Miyauchi, assistant to trainer Yoshito Yahagi. “Contrail had been agitated in the gate and this is the sole concern remaining. There was no trouble after the race. He came out of it well and was back into training without a hitch. He has no problems in gate practice and, in an effort to help him mentally, we even started giving him pool work. It will be his last race, so I very much want him to win one more time.”

 

Shahryar (Jpn) became the seventh Derby winner overall for Deep Impact when slashing through late to best Efforia by a nose as a 10-1 chance May 30. The son of GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint victress Dubai Majesty (Essence of Dubai), a brother to Guineas winner Al Ain (Jpn), was the 4-5 favourite for the G2 Kobe Shimbun Hai over heavy Chukyo turf Sept. 26 and failed to land a serious blow in fourth. With fine weather forecast into the weekend, he should get firmer footing at Fuchu.

“He has a really beautiful stride, so from the results, all I can say is that suitability to the surface is what made the difference,” assistant trainer Nobuyuki Tashiro said. “After that, he went to the farm for a bit and returned with this race as our aim. There are a lot of strong older horses, but this year the 3-year-olds are getting good results and I think he'll give us a good race as well.”

Makahiki (Jpn), twice fourth in this race, and Wagnerian (Jpn), a short-odds third in 2019, are Deep Impact's other Derby winners, having succeeded in 2016 and 2018, respectively. Any of the four would become the first winner of the Japan Cup for Deep Impact since Gentildonna (Jpn) scored with Ryan Moore in 2013.

The Englishman has the call aboard Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}) this weekend, one of two Aidan O'Brien-trained gallopers to make the trip. The 5-year-old makes his 11th start of the season at a seventh different venue, having won the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in July and finished runner-up to Yibir (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) when last seen in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar Nov. 6. Yutaka Take has the mount aboard Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), trying an eighth different track this year. Winner of the G3 Ormonde S. at Chester in May and the G3 Meld S. at the Curragh, Japan exits a fourth in the Turf. Grand Glory (GB) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) is the third of the Euro invaders, having upset Audarya (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the G1 Darley Prix Romanet in August before just missing behind Rougir (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) in the G1 Prix de l'Opera at ParisLongchamp Oct. 3.

 

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Notable US-Bred Runners in Japan: Nov. 20 & 21, 2021

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 Tokyo and Hanshin Racecourses. The latter venue hosts a white-hot renewal of the G1 Mile Championship S. Sunday afternoon, where Gran Alegria (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn} x Tapitsfly) looks to defend her title in her final career start. Among the competition is G1 NHK Mile Cup hero Schnell Meister (Ger) (Kingman {GB}):

Saturday, November 20, 2021
4th-TOK, ¥13,400,000 ($117k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m
GLUTTON LASSIE (f, 2, American Pharoah–Brassy Lassie, by City Zip) cost $40K as a Keeneland September yearling last fall, but showed a good deal of improvement over the next six months and was hammered down for $350K at OBS March this spring after working an eighth of a mile in :10 flat. The February foal is out of a half-sister to GSW Saham (Lemon Drop Kid) and her third dam Ticket To Houston (Houston) produced MGSW/MGISP Runway Model (Petionville), the dam of 'TDN Rising Star', four-time GISW and Gainesway stallion McKinzie (Street Sense). Christophe Lemaire has accepted the call. B-Fleur De Lis Stable & Ashford Stud (KY)

5th-HSN, ¥13,400,000 ($117k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT
SUGAR FLOAT (f, 2, Mohaymen–She's Gonna Float, by Horse Chestnut {SAf}) is out of a half-sister to GSW & GISP Wild Shot (Tapit) who was acquired by this breeder for $14,000 at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton February Sale. The May-foaled gray filly, whose year-older half-brother Where's Joey (Tapizar) wired a field of Parx maidens Oct. 25, counts GISW Preach (Mr. Prospector) as her third dam. The latter accounted for the late, influential Pulpit as well as the dam of SW/GISP Endless Chatter (First Samurai) and SW/G1SP Whitecliffsofdover (War Front). B-Hidaka Farm (KY)

Sunday, November, 21, 2021
8th-TOK, ¥21,000,000 ($184k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 2100m
CAREERISM (c, 3, Upstart–Out of Goodbyes, by Out of Place) was second in his first two career appearances before scoring by open lengths in early May and following up in allowance company three weeks later. He'll face older rivals for the first time here, including 5-year-old Danon Luster (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a son of GI Kentucky Oaks winner Princess of Sylmar (Majestic Warrior). An $85K Fasig-Tipton November weanling, Careerism was sold for $120K at FTKJUL in 2019 and made $200K at the 202 OBSMAR sale. B-Golden Pedigree LLC (KY)

9th-HSN, ¥19,110,000 ($167k), Allowance, 2yo, 1400mT
PER AA (f, 2, American Pharoah–Nomee, by City Zip) validated 12-5 favoritism in a 1400-meter newcomers' event over the adjacent dirt oval Oct. 23 (see below, SC 1) and looks to make it two-for-two with a switch to the grass this weekend. The $210K KEENOV weanling purchase is out of an unraced half-sister to MGSW Secret Gypsy (Sea of Secrets), who was sold to Japanese interests at KEEJAN in 2011 and is the dam of six winners from seven to race. Secret Gypsy passed away in 2019. B-Zayat Stables LLC (KY)

 

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Japan Cup: O’Brien Sending Breeders’ Cup Runners Broome, Japan

Ballydoyle master Aidan O'Brien plans to send Breeders' Cup Turf second and fourth-place finishers Broome and Japan to the Nov. 28 Japan Cup, according to racingpost.com. The 1 1/2-mile contest at Tokyo Racecourse is worth ¥648 million (about US$5.6 million), and has also drawn Group 1 winner Grand Glory from the barn of trainer Gianluca Bietolini.

Broome, the 5-year-old son of Australia, won the Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud back in July. He also ran second in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, and in the Breeders' Cup he finished second, beaten a half-length by Yibir under jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr.

Japan, a 5-year-old son of Galileo, won a pair of Group 3 races in Europe this season and ran a big second in the G1 Sword Dancer Stakes at Saratoga in August, beaten just a neck by Gufo.

Grand Glory, a 5-year-old daughter of Olympic Glory, won the G1 Prix Jean Romanet and was beaten just a nose in the G1 Prix de l'Opera on Arc day. The Japan Cup will be the final race of her career.

Read more at racingpost.com.

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