American Pharoah's Children

[Diver52]

That apple did not fall far from the tree! Thanks, Tachyon.

[Mylute]

Merneith Blows Away Oaklawn Field in Maiden Win
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... maiden-win

[Mylute]

Basquiat (o/o Divalarious, by Distorted Humor) won his debut, a seven furlong MSW on dirt at Gulfstream Park.

[ThreeMustangs]

Ocean Atlantique was a very easy winner at Saint Cloud. He is inbred 4x3 to Storm Cat. Dissemble, his second dam, is the dam of Leroidesanimaux and is a half-sister to blue hen Hasili.

Ocean Atlantique won the listed Prix de Suresnes at Deauville today by 5L. He was second in his return at Longchamp on 14 May.

[Mylute]

Basquiat was fourth in Race 8 at Belmont. (6/4/2020).

J Z My Man was fourth in Race 9 at Churchill Downs. (6/5/2020).*

Merneith was third in the G2 Santa Anita Oaks (6/6/2020).

*Broadcast just said that J Z My Man recently underwent a 10-hour surgery to remove a benign tumor. He showed a lot of heart today considering.

[Mylute]

Son Monarch of Egypt is entered to run in the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas tomorrow at the Curragh. It will be his first race since finishing fifth behind Pinatubo in the G1 Dewhurst last October. He is currently at odds of 20-1.

He is also entered in the G1 Ascot Commonwealth Cup next Friday at Royal Ascot.

Daughter Elfin Queen has so far been entered in the G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh this Saturday, the G2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot next Tuesday, and the G1 Pretty Polly Stakes on June 28. It will be interesting what race she actually gets in the gate for. She is also entered in the G1 Irish Oaks in July.

[Mylute]

Monarch of Egypt was seventh.

[Mylute]

Monarch of Egypt is wheeling back for the G3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot this week.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... sey-stakes

ETA: Monarch of Egypt ran a good race to be a narrowly beaten second by Molatham.

[Mylute]

Turned Aside was second in the Sir Cat Stakes at Belmont.

[Mylute]

Sweet Melania won the G3 Wonder Again Stakes.

[tachyon]

Wow!
He can be something special!

Cafe Pharoah(USA), 2007C. American Pharoah(USA) x Mary's Follies(USA) by More Than Ready(USA), crushes the field in the G3 Unicorn Stakes 1600m dirt at Tokyo.
He remains undefeated 3 for 3.







https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001314504/

-- replay of the G3 Unicorn Stakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVieIyXWVPM
1st 16 Cafe Pharoah(USA) [American Pharoah(USA) x Mary's Follies(USA) by More Than Ready(USA)] C3 56 01:34.9
2nd 1 Dieu du Vin(JPN) [Declaration of War(USA) x Jealous Cat(USA) by Tapit(USA)] 56 01:35.7 5
3rd 6 Kenshinko(JPN) [Pyro(USA) x Matriarca(JPN) by Cryptic Rascal(USA)] C3 56 01:36.0 1 3/4
4th 11 Thunder Blitz(JPN) C3 56 01:36.2 1
5th 15 Kitano Octopus(JPN) C3 56 01:36.2 NK
6th 14 Full Flat(USA) C3 56 01:36.6 2 1/2
7th 12 Kids Agacha(JPN) C3 56 01:36.6 HD
8th 7 Sunrise Hope(JPN) C3 56 01:36.9 2
9th 5 Lecce Baroque(USA) F3 54 01:37.0 NK
10th 9 Meisho Bengal(JPN) C3 56 01:37.0 NS
11th 3 Lovely Angel(JPN) F3 54 01:37.2 1 1/4
12th 8 Aurora Tesoro(USA) C3 56 01:37.4 1
13th 13 Tagano Beauty(JPN) C3 56 01:37.9 3
14th 2 Machaon Blanc(JPN) C3 56 01:37.9 NK
15th 10 Satono Rafale(JPN) C3 56 01:38.7 5
16th 4 Apollo Abelia(JPN) C3 56 01:39.6 5

[Diver52]

That was impressive! Thanks!

[Mylute]

It would be interesting if they shipped him over early to get a race in over here (provided they actually want to go to the Derby).

[tachyon]

-- Jockey Damian Lane on Cafe Pharoah after Unicorn Stakes victory (per @fujitvkeiba)

Part 1
https://twitter.com/fujitvkeiba/status/ ... 1603717120

Part 2
https://twitter.com/fujitvkeiba/status/ ... 1127160833

[Mylute]

Harvey's Lil Goil won the G3 Regret Stakes in impressive fashion.

She is now a stakes winner on dirt and turf.

[RugbyGirl]

We are a month until the first Australian bred APs turn 2 so here are some names and updates of what I know so far:

Osman colt out of Altair's Glow. To be trained by Anthony Cummings
Marcher colt out of Azumi (sister to Champion Alinghi). Sold at Magic Millions for A$750,000. To be trained by Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes (aka Team Hawkes)
Mrs America filly out of Dark Miss. No trainer listed
Southern Swoop filly out of Elegant Eagle. To be trained by Leon MacDonald & Andrew Gluyas in South Australia.
American Ruby filly out of Frontalis. Sold at Magic Millions for $140,000. No trainer listed.
Ambitious Intent filly out of Latest Plan (USA). Sold in New Zealand to China Horse Club for NZ$200,000. No trainer listed.
Princess Nefertiti filly out of Leamington (USA). Sold at Magic Millions for A$250,000. To be trained by Ciaron Maher & David Eustace.
Somethinfromnothin colt out of Nothin Leica Cat (dam of G2 winner). No trainer listed
Adair colt out of Phantom Queen (1/2 to G1 winner). Sold at Easter for A$400,000. To be trained by Team Hawkes.
Sonic The Hedgehog colt out of Shantha's Girl. In training with Mark Newnham.
Sable Island filly out of So Serene. In training with Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott.
Osool filly out of Star On High (1/2 sister to Peeping Fawn). No trainer listed.
Tuscan Star filly out of Tavarnelle. Sold at Easter for A$460,000. No trainer listed.
Wenet filly out of Whitula. To be trained by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott.
Mighty Willie colt out of Wind Bender. No trainer listed

[Mylute]

Sonic The Hedgehog colt out of Shantha's Girl. In training with Mark Newnham.

GOTTA GO FAST.

[CorridorZ75]

Sonic The Hedgehog colt out of Shantha's Girl. In training with Mark Newnham.

GOTTA GO FAST.

Wouldn't that name be protected under copyright? I know the Jockey Club in the States would likely ding it, but I guess not in Australia?

[Mylute]

Sonic The Hedgehog colt out of Shantha's Girl. In training with Mark Newnham.

GOTTA GO FAST.

Wouldn't that name be protected under copyright? I know the Jockey Club in the States would likely ding it, but I guess not in Australia?

Some groups aren't as militant about copyright as others (like Disney) and it's possible they asked SEGA and they OK'd it.

There have been horses in the US named after Pokemon, and there is actually a Canadian gelding named "Touch of Disney" because he has a perfect Mickey Mouse silhouette on his muzzle. In some cases, companies don't bother will "small-fry" copyright infringement (which I think a breeder naming their horse "Pikachu Princess" and 'Our Rapidash" probably qualifies as) because they, well, have bigger fish to fry in that department.

[Treve]

The thing as well with Copyright infringement, is that most companies don't care unless you stand to make money directly from using their intellectual property, or the use of their intellectual property could hurt their reputation or mislead people into association. Disney even just recently issued a statement that they were putting out a blanket license for all fanmade content and thus giving permission for all fanfiction authors, fanartists etc. to use their IP but on the flipside also including the notion that if you write a story for Star Wars, for instance, and Disney+ puts out a series with a similar plot, Disney cannot be accused of plagiarism.

When it comes to horses, you'd have to somehow demonstrate that using someone else's IP to name that horse either benefitted the connections financially, or hurt the IP holder's image, reputation or mislead people into believing there was an association there.

In other news, Cafe Pharoah training at Miho, really looks a lot like his sire right down to the tiny bit of white on the forehead!