2022 Japanese Racing

[tachyon]

Fantastic wins in Dubai! So will we see Crown Pride for the Derby? I'm hoping!

I don't imagine that Teruya Yoshida will miss the opportunity to race his horse in the Kentucky Derby.
They will come, as long as the horse is fine.

Crown Pride and his sire Reach the Crown(JPN) could have been unknown.
But I do think that he has an impeccable pedigree to contest the most prestigious race in the world!!!



https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001312737/

[tachyon]

I thought I read that both of Naran Huleg's parents were both dirt specialists -- is that true? If so, it makes his upset all the more surprising.

Yes it's true.
But I would say Naran Huleg had some turf flavor, too.
His sire Gold Allure, one the greatest sons of Sunday Silence along with Stay Gold, Deep Impact, Heart's Cry etc, was the most reputable dirt runner of Sunday Silence and he had sired many graded winners and champions solely on the dirt and he has got his first G1 winner on the turf here.
But Gold Allure handled turf well as he managed to finish 5th in the Tokyo Yushun.
His dam Kelley's Beauty(JPN) was a modest dirt performer in NAR circuit.
But her first foal Impress Winner(JPN)(by Fusaichi Concorde) was a turf G2 placed.

By the way, some of the old racing fans in Japan are delighted with Naran Huleg's victory, as he has Tamamo Cross(JPN), great champion in 1980s, as his second dam's sire.
It's very rare to find his name in big winners' pedigrees.


Tamamo Cross(JPN)

[Starine]

Thanks for the bit of trivia on Tamamo Cross. What an interesting pedigree he had, with Fortino on top and Swaps on the bottom.

[tachyon]

Thanks for the bit of trivia on Tamamo Cross. What an interesting pedigree he had, with Fortino on top and Swaps on the bottom.

Grey Sovereign thrived in Japan especially through Zeddaan and Fortino!

Tamamo Cross was the best rival of Oguri Cap, one of the six heroes who made appearance in JRA's new promo video earlier.
The match-up between Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross was called ''the summit of the greys''.
Tamamo Cross defeated Oguri Cap in the Tenno Sho Autumn and in the Japan Cup, while Oguri Cap turned the table in the Arima Kinen.

#5. Oguri Cap : Ultra-popular grey who changed the time with his honest performances (and went out a miraculous winner in the 1990 Arima Kinen)

https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000177650/


Which horse was the most popular of the six in Japan?
Maybe . . . Oguri Cap in 1990 . . . . But I really don't know!!!

Tamamo Cross

JRA Hero Retsuden Gallery #25
https://jra.jp/gallery/ads/heroes/index.html

[tachyon]

Fantastic wins in Dubai! So will we see Crown Pride for the Derby? I'm hoping!

I don't imagine that Teruya Yoshida will miss the opportunity to race his horse in the Kentucky Derby.
They will come, as long as the horse is fine.

Crown Pride and his sire Reach the Crown(JPN) could have been unknown.
But I do think that he has an impeccable pedigree to contest the most prestigious race in the world!!!



https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001312737/

Crown Pride will NOT return home after Dubai.
His connections have announced today that he would go directly to the states!!!!!!
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0043d ... bdc4bb852a

[Mylute]

EPIC

[Palace Malice]

Fantastic wins in Dubai! So will we see Crown Pride for the Derby? I'm hoping!

I don't imagine that Teruya Yoshida will miss the opportunity to race his horse in the Kentucky Derby.
They will come, as long as the horse is fine.

Crown Pride and his sire Reach the Crown(JPN) could have been unknown.
But I do think that he has an impeccable pedigree to contest the most prestigious race in the world!!!



https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001312737/

Crown Pride will NOT return home after Dubai.
His connections have announced today that he would go directly to the states!!!!!!
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0043d ... bdc4bb852a

I hope they let Damian Lane on. Imagine winning the race with a Japanese horse and Australian jockey

[djacks211]

Fantastic wins in Dubai! So will we see Crown Pride for the Derby? I'm hoping!

I don't imagine that Teruya Yoshida will miss the opportunity to race his horse in the Kentucky Derby.
They will come, as long as the horse is fine.

Crown Pride and his sire Reach the Crown(JPN) could have been unknown.
But I do think that he has an impeccable pedigree to contest the most prestigious race in the world!!!



https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001312737/

Crown Pride will NOT return home after Dubai.
His connections have announced today that he would go directly to the states!!!!!!
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0043d ... bdc4bb852a

OMG that gave me shivers. My dream of one of Sunday Silence's relatives coming back to win the Derby is coming true!

[Starine]

Horse Of The Year Efforia To Make 4-Year-Old Debut In Sunday’s Osaka Hai
https://paulickreport.com/news/thorough ... osaka-hai/

[tachyon]

Kate Hunter on the Japanese horses success at DWC 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8iSk3-5cRA

[tachyon]

Horse Of The Year Efforia To Make 4-Year-Old Debut In Sunday’s Osaka Hai
https://paulickreport.com/news/thorough ... osaka-hai/

HANSHIN 11R
THE OSAKA HAI(G1)

April 3, 2022, 2000m, Turf, Post time 15:40
INT DSN, Special Weight, 4-Year-Olds & Up, Open Class, Value of race: 384,800,000 Yen


Barrier Draw https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/220401.html
Race card & result https://jra.jp/JRAEN/AP/common/main
Preview https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/220329.html
Comments https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/220401-02.html
Data Analysis https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/220328.html

[tachyon]

Good read!
I like Alan Porter's column on BH!!!!
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... her-status

Reach the Crown(JPN)

https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000991842/

[tachyon]

Potager (Deep Impact x Ginger Punch) wins the G1 Osaka Hai off odds 58 to 1.
Efforia 9th.

[Palace Malice]

Potager deserved a G1

But Efforia, no turn of foot at all

[tachyon]

-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS_GERbW_68　
1st 8 Potager(JPN) [Deep Impact(JPN) x Ginger Punch(USA) by Awesome Again(CAN)] H5 57 01:58.4
2nd 14 Lei Papale(JPN) [Deep Impact(JPN) x Shells Lei(JPN) by Kurofune(USA)] M5 55 01:58.5 NK
3rd 9 Arrivo(JPN) [Duramente(JPN) x Esmeraldina(USA) by Harlan's Holiday(USA)] C4 57 01:58.5 NS
4th 10 Hishi Iguazu(JPN) H6 57 01:58.7 1
5th 4 Jack d'Or(JPN) C4 57 01:58.9 1 1/4
6th 1 Scar Face(JPN) H6 57 01:58.9 NK
7th 15 African Gold(JPN) G7 57 01:59.0 1/2
8th 11 Stellaria(JPN) F4 55 01:59.0 NK
9th 6 Efforia(JPN) C4 57 01:59.1 1/2
10th 5 Akai Ito(JPN) M5 55 01:59.2 3/4
11th 13 King of Koji(JPN) H6 57 01:59.3 NK
12th 12 Shonan Bardi(JPN) H6 57 01:59.3 NS
13th 2 Red Genesis(JPN) C4 57 01:59.4 1
14th 16 Makahiki(JPN) H9 57 02:00.0 3 1/2
15th 3 Humidor(JPN) G6 57 02:00.3 1 1/2
16th 7 Win Marilyn(JPN) M5 55 02:00.7 2 1/2

[tachyon]

@Netkeiba has said:
''We are delighted that the traditional Kentucky Derby account has posted the Crown Pride video.''
Yes, I agree!!
https://twitter.com/KentuckyDerby/statu ... 2611181573

And Kentuckyderby.com posted a GREAT report, too.

''10 Pedigree fun facts: Crown Pride''
https://www.kentuckyderby.com/horses/ne ... rown-pride



@beebuckphoto

[Northport]

Love that Ginger Punch finally got her G1 winner!

[tachyon]

Love that Ginger Punch finally got her G1 winner!

Yeah it seemed to be only a matter of time until she got a G1 winner when her 3rd foal Rouge Buck, very talented, beat the boys easily in the G3 Kisaragi Sho at 3 in 2015.
But Rouge Buck couldn't reach to any G1 title while claiming four graded races during her career.
Seven years later, Ginger Punch's seventh foal Potager scored his first graded win at the highest level at 5.
It looks like he is still improving and I believe that he will be pointed to the G1 Takarazuaka Kinen in June next!


Potager this morning in Ritto.
He came out of the race fine.

[Starine]

Go, Potager! Good on Ginger Punch for getting that group I winner.

[Starine]

https://twitter.com/KeibaKate/status/15 ... ayfuw&s=19