Imported mares and their offspring in Japan

Izvestia · Thu Dec 12, 2013 3:05 pm

Not everyone follows international racing. I follow Canadian racing, coast-to-coast, and American racing. I watch to see who won the big races in Ireland, France, Australia, Germany, and Japan, but there are so many countries with so much racing, how can anyone follow it closely? Unless it's their job?

BaroqueAgain1 · Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:06 pm

I sure appreciate Lord Kanaloa, but I'm afraid one reason why his US fan base isn't as big as it should be is that it's hard for many of us to watch live racing from the other side of the globe.
TVG shows Japanese racing on Saturday nights, but it comes on pretty late for East Coast folks. TVG used to show more Aussie racing, but their coverage has been hit-and-miss lately. And I've never seen Hong Kong racing, although I think TVG had racing from Sha Tin when the network first got rolling 12-13 years ago.
Yes, I know races are available if you go hunting on YouTube, but those are lo-res replays. It's not quite the same as seeing races live on a big wide-screen TV.

Seeing (and maybe wagering on) live races is much more likely to build a fan base for the horses in foreign races. Reading about the races the next day is sort of impersonal.

Izvestia · Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:07 pm

The only time I really watched Hong Kong racing was when Silent Witness was still running. He was so amazing.

uma_nosuke · Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:17 am

Atom (JPN), 2yo c out of Shining Energy (USA), will be entered in Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (G1) for 2yos at Nakayama (11R, 1600m, turf), along with Asia Express (USA), Henny Hughes x Running Bobcats (USA), and Satono Rob Roy (JPN), Zenno Rob Roy x Vivacious Vivian (USA), on Sunday.

Race information:
http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/131210.html(preview)
http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/131213.html (barrier draw)
http://japanracing.jp/_races/2013races/ ... urity.html
http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/131213-02.html(comments from connections)
http://japanracing.jp/_news2013/pdf/131204-02.pdf (past performances)

Atom's workout on Wednesday:
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... 13/03&ua=4
Atom, inside

Satono Rob Roy
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... 13/05&ua=4

Asia Express
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... 13/06&ua=4

BaroqueAgain1 · Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:24 pm

I'm pretty sure TVG is showing Japanese racing Saturday night, so those of us who can stay up will be able to watch these well-bred youngsters.

uma_nosuke · Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:22 am

Asia Express won Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes. Atom, stuck inside, was 5th, Satono Rob Roy 8th. Th winner of the race is usually chosen as the JRA best 2yo colt every year, and the US bred chestnut will be the one this year.

replay:
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=

patrol video
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=

Another 2yo colt, who was excluded from the 2yo G1 race, equally caught the attention of racing fans this weekend.

Mikki Isle, out of Star Isle (IRE) (Rock of Gibraltar), was instead entered in an allowance race, Hiiragi Sho, at Nakayama, 1600m, on Saturday. He just broke his maiden at Kyoto, 1600m, on 2 Nov, clocking a record of 1 min 32.3 sec (wire to wire).

This time, he won (again wire to wire) with 1:34:2, which was 0.5sec faster than the 2yo G1 on Sunday, and the finishing time was on a par with the ones for1600m older horses at Nakayama on Saturday and Sunday. With his interesting racing style, he may be another 2yo to watch closely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdXvSeBh0Ig
Mikki Isle, #2

uma_nosuke · Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:28 pm

We have two foreign-bred 2yo colts entered in Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai (=2yos) Stakes (G3) at Hanshin, 2000m, today:

#2, Shingan (IRE), Invinsible Spirit x Madeira Mist (IRE)
#13, Seseri (USA), Curlin x Mine Inning (USA)

Another four colts out of foreign-bred mares are:
#3, Satono Aladdin, out of Magic Storm (USA)
#4, Danon McKinley, out of Beauty Contest (IRE)
#11, Monde Chat Luna, out of Wind In Her Hair (IRE), the dam of Deep Impact

http://japanracing.jp/en/information/jr ... esult.html

tachyon · Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:27 pm

-- from bloodhorse.com
'' King Kamehameha Son Dominates in Hong Kong ''
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... -hong-kong

This is also a great article about Lord Kanaloa(JPN) and his granddam Saratoga Dew(USA).
This is interesting read!!!

Bloodhorse wrote: Saratoga Dew was also a history maker

Northport · Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:21 pm

uma_nosuke wrote:We have two foreign-bred 2yo colts entered in Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai (=2yos) Stakes (G3) at Hanshin, 2000m, today:

#2, Shingan (IRE), Invinsible Spirit x Madeira Mist (IRE)
#13, Seseri (USA), Curlin x Mine Inning (USA)

Another four colts out of foreign-bred mares are:
#3, Satono Aladdin, out of Magic Storm (USA)
#4, Danon McKinley, out of Beauty Contest (IRE)
#11, Monde Chat Luna, out of Wind In Her Hair (IRE), the dam of Deep Impact

http://japanracing.jp/en/information/jr ... esult.html

Has Wind In Her Hair been retired from breeding or is she still active? She is turning 23 in 2014.

uma_nosuke · Sat Dec 21, 2013 11:12 pm

Northport wrote: Has Wind In Her Hair been retired from breeding or is she still active? She is turning 23 in 2014.

Yes, she has. Her last is a yearling filly by King Kamehameha.

Radio Nikkei Hai 2yo Stakes
replay
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=

patrol
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=

●Shingan - 14th
●Seseri - 13th

●Satono Aladdin - 3rd ; ''The pace was so slow that my horse couldn't find a way out smoothly. Ashamed of myself because I didn't allow him to run to the best of his ability." (jockey)
●Danon McKinley - 11th
●Monde Chat Luna - 6th

Seaside Bound, 2yo c, Big Brown x Stardom Bound (USA), finished 6th in a 1800m maiden at Hanshin on Saturday.

tachyon · Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:45 am

The G3 Radio Nikkei Hai 2yo stakes was won by One and Only(JPN), 2011C. Heart's Cry(JPN) x Virtue(JPN) by Taiki Shuttle(USA).
The winner's family caught my eye:
his fifth dam is GREAT Courtly Dee(USA)
and his thrid dam Ambrosine(USA) is the dam of the classic winner No Reason(JPN)(pensioned) and Great Journey(JPN)(stallion in France).
Introduced to Japan by Koji Maeda's North Hills in 1996, ex-Darley mare Ambrosine(USA) had a major impact to Japanese breeding.
One and Only(JPN) is a regally-bred horse, too.

One and Only pedigree (from JBIS)

http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001138783/pedigree/

Ridan_Remembered · Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:29 pm

The line breeding to Halo is interesting in this pedigree. Do you know if Halo's vicious temperament is being passed down through three and more generations? His son, Devil's Bag, supposedly was also nasty, but while Sunday could be aggressive, he wasn't vicious to the best of my knowledge.

I do believe the fact that Sunday was a son of Halo is one of the main reasons why U.S. breeders didn't support him. Plus Wishing Well, Sunday's dam, was not fashionably bred. In tail female, you have to go all the way back to Bell Mere, a full sister to the important stallion Beau Bere, and their dam, Cinna, before finding top level racehorses from this family.

Despite his temperament, Halo was a successful sire with a high-quality pedigree. He was by the excellent Hail to Reason, an important stamina influence, and Halo was a half-brother to the great racemare, Tosmah. Their dam, Cosmah, was a half-sister to Natalma, dam of Northern Dancer.

tachyon · Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:50 am

tachyon wrote:-- from bloodhorse.com
'' King Kamehameha Son Dominates in Hong Kong ''
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... -hong-kong

This is also a great article about Lord Kanaloa(JPN) and his granddam Saratoga Dew(USA).
This is interesting read!!!
Bloodhorse wrote: Saratoga Dew was also a history maker

Lord Kanaloa(JPN) has been named Japan's Horse of the Year 2013.

Congratulations!!!
He has become the first sprint specialist (even if he also won the Yasuda Kinen at a mile) to win the highest honor. (Taiki Shuttle, the HOTY 1998, was a sprinter/miler)

Lord Kanaloa's race records
http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001089850/record/

uma_nosuke · Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:07 am

●Amelie, 3yo filly, Distorted Humor x Azeri, was entered in a 1400m dirt allowance at Kyoto today. Check the result watching the replay:

http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=
Amelie, #3, with Christophe Lemaire aboard

●Mikki Isle, 3yo colt out of Star Isle, won Shinzan Kinen (G3, 1600m) at Kyoto with a race record today.　　The trainer says he wouldn't be pointed to the classic races in the spring. Instead, the NHK mile cup (G1) would be his main target.
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=
Mikki Isle, #12

patrol video:
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=

●Resent Rock, 3yo colt, Daiwa Major x Lady Indy (USA), won Kurotake Sho (1800m dirt allowance) at Nakayama on 11th Jan.
http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=
Resent Rock, #15

●Dilga (USA), 3yo filly, Curlin x Baghdaria (USA), broke her maiden (2200m, turf) at Kyoto today.

mariasmon · Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:27 pm

uma_nosuke wrote:●Amelie, 3yo filly, Distorted Humor x Azeri, was entered in a 1400m dirt allowance at Kyoto today. Check the result watching the replay:

http://web-cache.stream.ne.jp/web/jra/o ... pe=2&thum=
Amelie, #3, with Christophe Lemaire aboard

That was a bit heartbreaking.

uma_nosuke · Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:43 am

Really bad for my heart.

......

Striking Eye, 3yo c, Smart Strike x Golden Doc A, will make his debut soon.
http://hanshintc.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-9891.html

mariasmon · Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:31 am

uma_nosuke wrote:Really bad for my heart. ......

Striking Eye, 3yo c, Smart Strike x Golden Doc A, will make his debut soon.
http://hanshintc.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-9891.html

Loved Golden Doc A

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:44 pm

I have noticed that Japanese breeders purchased a lot of Unusual Heat fillies and mares over the past few years. Looks like the Japanese, at least, have an appreciation for that stallion, even if most Kentucky-based breeding operations have snubbed him over the years, dismissing him as merely a breeder of good Cal-breds. Hmph.

mariasmon · Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:15 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:I have noticed that Japanese breeders purchased a lot of Unusual Heat fillies and mares over the past few years. Looks like the Japanese, at least, have an appreciation for that stallion, even if most Kentucky-based breeding operations have snubbed him over the years, dismissing him as merely a breeder of good Cal-breds. Hmph.

Kate Hunter had a nice article in California Thoroughbred in 2012 (with great pics) that mentioned that the Japanese liked the idea of bringing Unusual Heat into their breeding programs.

http://t.co/c5Lmw62S

Izvestia · Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:09 pm

There is a lovely picture of Moscow Burning with her foal in that magazine. She was fantastic.