2022 Japanese Racing

[tachyon]

Gendarme(USA), 2015H. Kitten's Joy(USA) x Believe(JPN) by Sunday Silence(USA), won the G1 Sprinters Stakes 1200m turf at Nakayama on Oct 2nd 2022 to emulate his dam Believe (the 2002 Sprinters Stakes winner) and become the first G1 winner for his sire Kitten's Joy in Japan.
Congratulations!!



-- replay (Japanese full version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=739TONZche8
-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLt9aPqlEhE
1st 2 Gendarme(USA) [Kitten's Joy(USA) x Believe(JPN) by Sunday Silence(USA)] H7 57 01:07.8
2nd 7 Win Marvel(JPN) [I'll Have Another(USA) x Cosmo Marvelous(JPN) by Fuji Kiseki(JPN)] C3 55 01:07.8 NK
3rd 6 Naran Huleg(JPN) [Gold Allure(JPN) x Kelley's Beauty(JPN) by Brian's Time(USA)] H6 57 01:08.0 3/4
4th 4 Diatonic(JPN) H7 57 01:08.0 NK
5th 9 Namura Clair(JPN) F3 53 01:08.0 HD
6th 5 Eighteen Girl(JPN) M6 55 01:08.1 NK
7th 11 Travesura(JPN) H7 57 01:08.1 NK
8th 16 Maria's Heart(USA) M6 55 01:08.3 3/4
9th 15 Schnell Meister(GER) C4 57 01:08.3 HD
10th 8 First Force(JPN) H6 57 01:08.3 NK
11th 12 Vento Voce(JPN) H5 57 01:08.4 1/2
12th 3 Meisho Mimosa(JPN) M5 55 01:08.5 1/2
13th 10 Taisei Vision(JPN) H5 57 01:08.5 NK
14th 13 Meikei Yell(JPN) F4 55 01:08.7 1 1/4
15th 1 T M Spada(JPN) F3 53 01:08.8 3/4
16th 14 Loving Answer(JPN) H8 57 01:08.9 1/2


Gendarme(USA)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001228749/
29-7-1-3

[Starine]

Congrats to blue-blooded Gendarme, who has always been a bit of a underachiever but appears to have finally put it all together at age 7. Props to the connections to persevering with him.

[tachyon]

Gendarme(USA) is likely to run in the G1 Hong Kong Sprint next.

[Starine]

Tachyon, will we see any Japanese horses at the Breeders Cup this year?

[tachyon]

Tachyon, will we see any Japanese horses at the Breeders Cup this year?

No Japanese horse will contest the Breeders Cup this year, sadly.
Songline has had throat issues recently.

[Miss Woodford]

Tachyon, will we see any Japanese horses at the Breeders Cup this year?

No Japanese horse will contest the Breeders Cup this year, sadly.
Songline has had throat issues recently.

Aww, I was really hoping to see Sodashi in the Mile

[tachyon]

Salios(JPN)(Heart's Cry) came back to the winner's circle in 2 years, as he won the G2 Mainichi Okan 1800m turf at Tokyo under Kohei Matsuyama renewing the course record time on Oct 9th 2022, to become the first horse to capture this stakes twice since Oguri Cap(JPN)(in 1988 & 1989).
The Mainichi Okan is a key lead-up G2 toward the G1 races in Autumn.


-- replay (Japanese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzv0jwYJIhQ
1st 3 Salios(JPN) [Heart's Cry(JPN) x Salomina(GER) by Lomitas(GB)] H5 56 01:44.1
2nd 9 Justin Cafe(JPN) [Epiphaneia(JPN) x Casino Boogie(JPN) by Workforce(GB)] C4 56 01:44.2 1/2
3rd 4 Danon the Kid(JPN) [Just a Way(JPN) x Epic Love(IRE) by Dansil(GB)] C4 56 01:44.3 3/4
4th 5 Lei Papale(JPN) M5 55 01:44.4 1
5th 2 North Bridge(JPN) C4 56 01:44.5 1/2
6th 6 Potager(JPN) H5 58 01:44.6 NK
7th 7 Kingston Boy(JPN) C4 56 01:44.8 1 1/4
8th 8 King of Koji(JPN) H6 57 01:45.2 2 1/2
9th 10 Happy Hour(JPN) H6 56 01:45.8 3 1/2
10th 1 Red Belle Aube(JPN) C4 56 01:46.2 2

Salios(JPN)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001237164/
14-5-2-2

[Starine]

Happy for Salios, who had the misfortune of being born in the same crop as Contrail.

[tachyon]

Cafe Pharoah(USA)(H5. American Pharoah) won the Jpn1 Mile Championship Nambu Hai 1600m dirt in a thriller finish under Yuichi Fukunaga at Morioka on Oct 10th 2022.
It seems that he likes one-turn left-handed mile the best!!





-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsptCoCguvQ
1st. Cafe Pharoah(USA)(American Pharoah)
2nd. Helios(JPN)(Orfevre)
3rd. Shamaru(JPN)(Smart Falcon)

[Starine]

Cafe Pharoah(USA)(H5. American Pharoah) won the Jpn1 Mile Championship Nambu Hai 1600m dirt in a thriller finish under Yuichi Fukunaga at Morioka on Oct 10th 2022.
It seems that he likes one-turn left-handed mile the best!!

Bring him to the States, I say!

[Mylute]

I saw an Instagram post implying that War Like Goddess was either invited to contest the Japan Cup, accepted said invitation, or that the Joe Hirsch was a qualifier for it. I can't find that post now.

[Flanders]

I saw an Instagram post implying that War Like Goddess was either invited to contest the Japan Cup, accepted said invitation, or that the Joe Hirsch was a qualifier for it. I can't find that post now.

this? https://www.instagram.com/p/CjfPUaDskHW/

It is very vague. The Joe Hirsch winner does get an invite so the post could just mean that.

[tachyon]

Tachyon, will we see any Japanese horses at the Breeders Cup this year?

No Japanese horse will contest the Breeders Cup this year, sadly.
Songline has had throat issues recently.

Aww, I was really hoping to see Sodashi in the Mile

Sodashi finished second to Izu Jo no Kiseki(JPN)(Epiphaneia) in the G2 Fuchu Himba Stakes 1800m turf at Tokyo today.
The Mile Championship(G1) at Hanshin next.


-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSr3DZVZWDk

[tachyon]

-- from TDN

''Stars on Earth Goes For Triple Crown in Shuka Sho''
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/s ... shuka-sho/

HANSHIN 11R

THE SHUKA SHO(G1)

October 16, 2022, 2000m, Turf, Post time 15:40
INT F&M DSN, Weight for Age, 3-Year-Olds, Open Class, Value of race: 214,800,000 Yen



HorseRacingInJapan
@HorseRacing_JPN

Barrier Draw https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/221014.html
Preview https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/221011-02.html
Comments https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/221014-02.html
Data Analysis https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/221011.html
JRA Race Programme https://japanracing.jp/_pdf/information ... 221016.pdf

[stark]

Anybody coming to the Breeders Cup this year?

[tachyon]

Anybody coming to the Breeders Cup this year?

Chain of Love(JPN)(M5. Heart's Cry) will run in the BC Filly and Mare Sprint.
She was 3rd in Saudi and 4th in Dubai earlier this year.

https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001236374/

-- replay of the listed Enif Stakes 1400m dirt at Chukyo Sep 10th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuBG3W9qPes

[Mylute]

If Sodashi came to the United States I would drive to wherever the BC is being held myself and buy nosebleeds.

[brunanas]

heartbreaking seeing Stars on Earth lose the last leg. wonder if a cleaner break would have made a difference

[tachyon]

heartbreaking seeing Stars on Earth lose the last leg. wonder if a cleaner break would have made a difference

Yes, that was heartbreaking.
Stars on Earth missed the break and was blocked throughout.
I think she remains the best filly but that's the racing.

[tachyon]

Stunning Rose(JPN), F3. King Kamehameha(JPN) x Rosa Blanca(JPN) by Kurofure(USA), captured the G1 Shuka Sho (the final leg of the Triple Crown for Fillies) 2000m turf at Hanshin under Ryusei Sakai on Oct 16th 2022.
That's her first G1 title and third group success.
She is King Kamehameha's final crop.


-- replay (Japanese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLZHqTH3ZM
-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anpLJc_6jmw
1st 7 Stunning Rose(JPN) [King Kamehameha(JPN) x Rosa Blanca(JPN) by Kurofune(USA)] F3 55 01:58.6
2nd 8 Namur(JPN) [Harbinger(GB) x Sambre et Meuse(JPN) by Daiwa Major(JPN)] F3 55 01:58.7 1/2
3rd 9 Stars on Earth(JPN) [Duramente(JPN) x Southern Stars(GB) by Smart Strike(CAN)] F3 55 01:58.7 NS
4th 6 Memory Raison(JPN) F3 55 01:59.0 2
5th 10 Art House(JPN) F3 55 01:59.0 NS
6th 11 Eglantyne(JPN) F3 55 01:59.0 HD
7th 15 Sound Vivace(JPN) F3 55 01:59.0 NS
8th 5 Storia(JPN) F3 55 01:59.0 NS
9th 16 Presage Lift(JPN) F3 55 01:59.2 3/4
10th 2 Lilac(JPN) F3 55 01:59.4 1 1/2
11th 1 Win Eclair(JPN) F3 55 01:59.4 NK
12th 12 Water Navillera(JPN) F3 55 01:59.4 NS
13th 13 Erika Vita(JPN) F3 55 01:59.5 NK
14th 4 Love Pyro(JPN) F3 55 01:59.8 1 3/4
15th 3 Tagano Finale(JPN) F3 55 01:59.9 1
16th 14 Bright on Base(JPN) F3 55 02:00.5 3 1/2

Stunning Rose(JPN)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001312144/
8-4-3-1