I thought the same, Flanders!Flanders wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:15 amKind of strange, I went through the mares exported from Japan in 2022/2023 to see if any were bred to Saturnalia and none were unless I missed clicking on one to check and I went through twice to make sure. Google translate has a hard time with Japanese, to me the tweet translates to "It's a month late from the scheduled date, but it's just the right size." Is the real Japanese translation that the foal was born early?tachyon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 7:58 am Naoya Yoshida (in Kentucky) has just shared a pick of US-bred filly by Saturnalia(JPN) in his tweet.
https://twitter.com/NaoyaYoshidaUSA/sta ... 1630232583
filly(USA) - Saturnalia(JPN) x ?
Does anyone here know who this mare is?
I almost wonder if he got stallion wrong and its Air Twice(1/2 sister to Yuugiri). Since she was imported to the US, is owned by Sekie and Tsunebumi Yoshihara who have ties to Naoya Yoshida's Winchester Farm. Air Twice was in foal to Leontes (so 1/2 brother to Saturnalia). She wasn't due to have her foal until the end of March and she is a bay according to the Jockey Club.
If the Japanese Studbook was correct, Air Twice(USA) was bred to Leotes in 2022 and her due date was March 28th 2023.
https://www.studbook.jp/users/ja/Honba. ... 1055377876
