2023 Japanese Racing

tachyon · Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:47 am

Squeaky wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:35 pm When is Mystic Lore running again?

It's not yet known as he is now at the farm and working there.
Here’s a recent pick of his.

https://twitter.com/MysticLore_Gen/stat ... 5763576833

tachyon · Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:55 am

tachyon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:37 pm Ushba Tesoro(JPN)(Orfevre), 2023 DWC winner, is likely to run in the Arc at Longchamp later this year.
He is going to be the first Japan-based ''dirt specialist'' to run in the biggest race in Europe!!
Will he handle the soft turf at Longchamp?
There's been a speculation among the racing community in Japan that the best dirt horse could handle better the bottomless going at Longchamp than Japanese turf specialists.

Ushba Tesoro(JPN)(Orfevre), 2023 DWC winner, will run in the BC Classic instead of the Arc!!!!
His owner changed his mind and announced that today.
Yuga Kawada will retain the mount at Santa Anita!!

Northport · Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:24 pm

Fun fun fun.

If I were the Breeder’s Cup, I’d be thrilled that the top two horses from Dubai World Cup night are targeting their races.

I would be concerned for FranceGalop that said top horses are swerving the Arc so early in the year.

SukiSatsuki · Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:35 pm

Has it been confirmed equinox is gonna run in the breeders cup

Northport · Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:04 pm

I don’t think any horse is confirmed to run in the Breeder’s Cup until the last week of October, they had said it was on their radar moreso than the Arc

Squeaky · Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:23 pm

tachyon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:47 am
Squeaky wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:35 pm When is Mystic Lore running again?
It's not yet known as he is now at the farm and working there.
Here’s a recent pick of his.

https://twitter.com/MysticLore_Gen/stat ... 5763576833

Glad that it seems they are letting him grow into his big frame and not rushing him.

tachyon · Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:47 am

-- from Netkeiba.com news

''Centennial Park Kyoto Racecourse is set to open its gates this weekend''
https://en.netkeiba.com/news/news_detail.html?id=189

''Entire turf course resurfaced at the new Kyoto Racecourse''
https://en.netkeiba.com/news/news_detail.html?id=190

-- from JRA official channel (youtube)

''Renewal of Kyoto Racecourse''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eUlSvNzVdw

MySaladDays · Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:48 pm

Flanders wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:14 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wttHj5pQQ8 <--- this includes prerace (I like this one better cause shows the photo afterwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaMsFo1_3GE <--- only the race

Flanders, need more help as I watch this a few more times. #3 is Derma Sotogake and #6 is Continuar, right?

I loved this clip, thanks so much again.

Flanders · Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:51 pm

MySaladDays wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:48 pm
Flanders wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:14 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wttHj5pQQ8 <--- this includes prerace (I like this one better cause shows the photo afterwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaMsFo1_3GE <--- only the race
Flanders, need more help as I watch this a few more times. #3 is Derma Sotogake and #6 is Continuar, right?

I loved this clip, thanks so much again.

No other way. #6 is Derma Sotogake and #3 is Continuar. The 6 won.

MySaladDays · Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:11 pm

tachyon wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 3:41 am Sol Oriens(JPN), 2020C. Kitasan Black(JPN) x Skia(FR) by Motivator(GB), won the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) 2000m turf at Nakayama flying from second-last to remain unbeaten 3 for 3 under Takeshi Yokoyama on April 16th 2023.

Curious what the estimated attendance for this would be, judging from the photos, quite a lot.

I attended AR Derby and never missed once in over 20 years except during pandemic year, and I think it was just shy of 70K this time.....and i probably won't go again, sadly. it was like a cross between Spring Break and a mini-KY Derby. I could handle those crowds when I was younger; today.....not so much.

MySaladDays · Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:13 pm

Flanders wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:51 pm No other way. #6 is Derma Sotogake and #3 is Continuar. The 6 won.

My bad, TY, I should have done my due dilligence here.

tachyon · Sat Apr 22, 2023 7:31 am

Team Japan at Churchill Downs!

https://twitter.com/CoadyPhoto/status/1 ... 7701319683

@CoadyPhoto

https://twitter.com/KeibaKate/status/16 ... 5518320662

@KeibaKate

https://twitter.com/sdeckerphoto/status ... 6782712833

@sdeckerphoto

tachyon · Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:13 am

2022 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Shahryar(JPN)(Deep Impact) will be aimed at the G1 BC Turf at Santa Anita.

tachyon · Tue Apr 25, 2023 8:06 am

2022 Dubai Turf & 2023 Saudi Cup (dirt) winner Panthalassa(JPN)(Lord Kanaloa) will be aimed at the G1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood!!
And, if he is fine after the Sussex, he may run in the G1 International Stakes at York, too!!

That's why I like his trainer Yoshito Yahagi!!

I will not be surprised if he can love the European turf.
One of his most impressive performance in his career has been his maiden win on the soft turf at Kyoto in 2019.

-- replay of Kyoto 3R 2000m turf maiden on Oct 12th 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS8cNg0Wzh8

’’Panthalassa will head to the British G1 Sussex Stakes’’
https://en.netkeiba.com/news/news_detail.html?id=204

MySaladDays · Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:02 am

tachyon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:55 am [Ushba Tesoro(JPN)(Orfevre), 2023 DWC winner, will run in the BC Classic instead of the Arc!!!!
His owner changed his mind and announced that today.
Yuga Kawada will retain the mount at Santa Anita!!

That's big ,,,,,big ...... Amazing.

And segwaying from Orfevre ---, perhaps I am not as up on my history of Japanese racing as I should be, but "getting there"........as I was doing some research on Rasmussen Factor of some horses in the Derby (inbreeding to superior matriarchs) I learned from the Rasmussen/Faversham book that, while many are always pointing to Sunday Silence as the success of Japanese breeding, it was actaully Northern Taste who turned "modern" Japanese breeding around.

"If you ask the Yoshida’s about what Northern Taste meant to them, to this day they still beam with pride. His success laid the foundations for Shadai Stallion Station and helped the business flourish beyond measure. Teruya Yoshida has always said “Northern Taste bought all of the stallions and broodmares that we have.”

I needed a break from studying up on the KY Derby horses, and names like Kitasan Black, Orfevre, Shonan Pandora, Screen Hero, Gold Actor, Gold Ship, Stay Gold, Dream Journey, Maurice, Duramente, Rulership, Kiseki, Let’s Go Donki, d Le Vent Se Leve, Scarlet Bouquet, Daiwa Major and Daiwa Scarlet grabbed my interest, and then I got lead into the wonderful world of Northern Taste!--------I really was not aware of all his history as a broodmare sire.

gOOD ARTCILE

"https://pastthewire.com/northern-taste/

tachyon · Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:48 am

MySaladDays wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:02 am
tachyon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:55 am [Ushba Tesoro(JPN)(Orfevre), 2023 DWC winner, will run in the BC Classic instead of the Arc!!!!
His owner changed his mind and announced that today.
Yuga Kawada will retain the mount at Santa Anita!!

That's big ,,,,,big ...... Amazing.

And segwaying from Orfevre ---, perhaps I am not as up on my history of Japanese racing as I should be, but "getting there"........as I was doing some research on Rasmussen Factor of some horses in the Derby (inbreeding to superior matriarchs) I learned from the Rasmussen/Faversham book that, while many are always pointing to Sunday Silence as the success of Japanese breeding, it was actaully Northern Taste who turned "modern" Japanese breeding around.

"If you ask the Yoshida’s about what Northern Taste meant to them, to this day they still beam with pride. His success laid the foundations for Shadai Stallion Station and helped the business flourish beyond measure. Teruya Yoshida has always said “Northern Taste bought all of the stallions and broodmares that we have.”

I needed a break from studying up on the KY Derby horses, and names like Kitasan Black, Orfevre, Shonan Pandora, Screen Hero, Gold Actor, Gold Ship, Stay Gold, Dream Journey, Maurice, Duramente, Rulership, Kiseki, Let’s Go Donki, d Le Vent Se Leve, Scarlet Bouquet, Daiwa Major and Daiwa Scarlet grabbed my interest, and then I got lead into the wonderful world of Northern Taste!--------I really was not aware of all his history as a broodmare sire.

gOOD ARTCILE

"https://pastthewire.com/northern-taste/

That's a very good article indeed!!!
Thanks for sharing.

It was in 1972 when Zenya Yoshida ordered his son Teruya Yoshida to pick up a Northern Dancer yearling with stallion prospect at the Saratoga Sale.
According to Teruya's memoir https://www.sanspo.com/article/20170503 ... KQCVCOLDI/, there were four or five Northern Dancer yearlings at that Saratoga Sale and it was Lady Victoria's 1971 chestnut colt who caught Teruya's eye in the book 4.

Northern Taste's influence to the Japanese racing is really immense, even if he was not an excellent sire of sires.
Yeah, by Orfevre, Ushba Tesoro is a descendant of Northern Taste.
Titleholder, by Duramente, who will be sent off the hot favorite in the G1 Tenno Sho Spring on Sunday has Northern Taste, too.

Northern Taste with Teruya Yoshida at Saint Cloud, France

tachyon · Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:50 am

-- from Tospo-Keiba.jp
https://tospo-keiba.jp/reporter-column/30925

Here's another pick of Team Japan at Churchill Downs!!

Derma Sotogake + Continuar + Mandarin Hero (trainer Terunobu Fujita on the right) + Kate Hunter

They celebrated Fujita's 700th career victory.

--- from bloodhorse

''Three things you might not know about Derma Sotogake''

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... a-sotogake

It's a fun video.

I thought it was a good sumo

SukiSatsuki · Fri Apr 28, 2023 1:59 pm

tachyon wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:50 am -- from Tospo-Keiba.jp
https://tospo-keiba.jp/reporter-column/30925

Here's another pick of Team Japan at Churchill Downs!!

Derma Sotogake + Continuar + Mandarin Hero (trainer Terunobu Fujita on the right) + Kate Hunter

They celebrated Fujita's 700th career victory.

--- from bloodhorse

''Three things you might not know about Derma Sotogake''
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... a-sotogake

It's a fun video.
I thought it was a good sumo

Oh that's cute

MySaladDays · Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:27 am

tachyon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:48 am That's a very good article indeed!!!
Thanks for sharing.

It was in 1972 when Zenya Yoshida ordered his son Teruya Yoshida to pick up a Northern Dancer yearling with stallion prospect at the Saratoga Sale.
According to Teruya's memoir https://www.sanspo.com/article/20170503 ... KQCVCOLDI/, there were four or five Northern Dancer yearlings at that Saratoga Sale and it was Lady Victoria's 1971 chestnut colt who caught Teruya's eye in the book 4.

Northern Taste's influence to the Japanese racing is really immense, even if he was not an excellent sire of sires.
Yeah, by Orfevre, Ushba Tesoro is a descendant of Northern Taste.
Titleholder, by Duramente, who will be sent off the hot favorite in the G1 Tenno Sho Spring on Sunday has Northern Taste, too.

Northern Taste with Teruya Yoshida at Saint Cloud, France

THank you for sharing more of the history and helping flesh out my knowledge about Northern Taste. I will read memoir on Saturday. This is fascinating stuff. I love that photograph so much! I know who I"ll be rooting for on Sunday.

tachyon · Sat Apr 29, 2023 1:57 am

KYOTO 11R

THE TENNO SHO(SPRING)(G1)

April 30, 2023, 3200m, Turf, Post time 15:40
INT DSN, Special Weight, 4-Year-Olds & Up, Open Class, Value of race: 423,100,000 Yen

-- @HorseRacing_JPN
Barrier Draw https://japanracing.jp/_news2023/230428.html
Preview https://japanracing.jp/_news2023/230425.html
Comments https://japanracing.jp/_news2023/230428-02.html
Data Analysis https://japanracing.jp/_news2023/230424.html
Race Programme https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/result ... /2023.html

Will the odds-on favorite Titleholder defend his title at the new Kyoto course?