2024 Japanese Racing

[lurkey mclurker]

black blossom (kitasan black x pollen [ire]) is drop-dead gorgeous

Nakayama Festa
@NakayamaFesuta1
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12h
Black Blossom won the Kyoto 10R Hozukyo Stakes Allowance today!

he suffers from tendon injury and had to rest in Northern Farm for sometime, this was his comeback race after recovering for 2 years!

he is now 4 wins out of 5 races

his running reminded people of his father

https://twitter.com/NakayamaFesuta1/sta ... 4907715885

[tachyon]

black blossom (kitasan black x pollen [ire]) is drop-dead gorgeous

Nakayama Festa
@NakayamaFesuta1
·
12h
Black Blossom won the Kyoto 10R Hozukyo Stakes Allowance today!

he suffers from tendon injury and had to rest in Northern Farm for sometime, this was his comeback race after recovering for 2 years!

he is now 4 wins out of 5 races

his running reminded people of his father

https://twitter.com/NakayamaFesuta1/sta ... 4907715885

Agreed!
Look forward to seeing him step up to grade stakes levels soon
He is registered as black, by the way.

[Starine]

Black Blossom certainly looks promising. Who is his trainer?

[brunanas]

Black Blossom certainly looks promising. Who is his trainer?

Takashi Saito. trainer of Chrono Genesis, Killer Ability, among others.

[Starine]

Black Blossom certainly looks promising. Who is his trainer?

Takashi Saito. trainer of Chrono Genesis, Killer Ability, among others.

Thank you. He looks to have some real ability; hopefully he will stick around.

[tachyon]

-- from Bloodhorse Daily (Naohiro Goda)

''Do Deuce Leads Fan Vote for Takarazuka Kinen''
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... zuka-kinen

-- Final result of the fans ballot for the 2024 Takarazuka Kinen (Top 20)

1 Do Deuce(JPN) (Heart's Cry) H5 238,367
2 Liverty Island(JPN) (Duramente) F4 195,182
3 Bellagio Opera(JPN) (Lord Kanaloa) C4 141,489
4 Durezza(JPN) (Duramente) C4 140,122
5 Justin Palace(JPN) (Deep Impact) H5 137,979
6 T O Royal(JPN) (Leontes) H6 136,150
7 Deep Bond(JPN) (Kizuna) H7 132,146
8 Justin Milano (Kizuna) C3 110,239
9 Jantar Mantar(JPN) (Palace Malice) C3 95,490
10 Sol Oriens(JPN) (Kitasan Black) C4 90,633
11 Tastiera(JPN) (Satono Crown) C4 87,831
12 Namur(JPN) (Harbinger) M5 84,022
13 Brede Weg(JPN) (Lord Kanaloa) F4 82,365
14 Regaleira(JPN) (Suave Richard) F3 80,832
15 Jack d'Or(JPN) (Maurice) H6 79,979
16 Stars on Earth(JPN) (Duramente) M5 64,887
17 Stellenbosch(JPN) (Epiphaneia) F3 57,184
18 Ten Happy Rose(JPN) (Epiphaneia) M6 55,572
19 Ascoli Piceno(JPN) (Daiwa Major) F3 53,543
20 Lemon Pop(USA) (Lemon Drop Kid) H6 51,164

Do Deuce topped the poll with 238,367 votes, surpassing last year's leader Equinox and setting a new record for the highest number of votes in history.

[tachyon]

KYOTO 11R
THE TAKARAZUKA KINEN(G1)

June 23, 2024, 2200m, Turf, Post time 15:40
INT DSN, Special Weight, 3-Year-Olds & Up, Open Class, Value of race: 421,900,000 Yen



#JRA Takarazuka Kinen (G1, 15:40, June 23)
https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedu ... azuka.html
Barrier Draw https://japanracing.jp/_news2024/240621.html
Preview https://japanracing.jp/_news2024/240618.html
Comments https://japanracing.jp/_news2024/240621-02.html
Data Analysis https://japanracing.jp/_news2024/240617.html
Programme

https://en.netkeiba.com/race/shutuba.ht ... top_spmenu

[MySaladDays]

-- from Bloodhorse Daily (Naohiro Goda)

''Do Deuce Leads Fan Vote for Takarazuka Kinen''
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... zuka-kinen

I put a win/place on Bellagio Opera. He only ran 3rd. I was excited before the race and thought he would win.

[Flanders]

-- from Bloodhorse Daily (Naohiro Goda)

''Do Deuce Leads Fan Vote for Takarazuka Kinen''
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... zuka-kinen

I put a win/place on Bellagio Opera. He only ran 3rd. I was excited before the race and thought he would win.

I'm really confused. This race is later tonight. The above that Tachyon posted is the post position numbers.

[tachyon]

Well I thought that Takarazuka Kinen poll ''final results'' I had posted above earlier, in which Bellagio Opera was 3rd, caused confusion.
I apologize for everything, haha!

Yes, it's about 5 hours to post for the G1.
It's raining in Kyoto and turf will be soft.
I do hope that Do Deuce will live up to the expectation today but I don't know if he likes this type of going.

[Palace Malice]

Well... Do Douce and Justin Palace were disappointing.

[tachyon]

-- from Bloodhorse Daily (Naohiro Goda)

''Do Deuce Leads Fan Vote for Takarazuka Kinen''
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... zuka-kinen

I put a win/place on Bellagio Opera. He only ran 3rd. I was excited before the race and thought he would win.

OMG you were absolutely right!!!
It looked like Bellagio would be the winner at the eighth pole indeed.
But he finished 3rd!!!!!!!

[tachyon]

What a dramatic race!!
It was Blow the Horn who liked the soft.
Super Epiphaneia does it again!!!!!
Good 2nd for Sol Oriens.

[tachyon]

Blow the Horn(JPN), 2019H. Epiphaneia(JPN) x Halteclere(JPN) by Durandal(JPN), captured his first G1 title in the Takarazuka Kinen 2200m turf at Kyoto on June 23rd 2024.
That was the first G1 victory for the young rider Akira Sugawara, too.




-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZg913sTmBs





Blow the Horn(JPN)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001313401/
21: 7-3-4

[Flanders]

I just looked up his pedigree. Really awesome to see his 4th dam is Obeah, the dam of Go For Wand. I loved her.

[Starine]

King's Sword Looms as New Japanese Dirt Racing Star
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... acing-star

[tachyon]

Once again Sinister Minster(USA) proves to be a prominent sire of the dirt racing in Japan.


King's Sword(JPN)

[tachyon]

-- from netkeiba.com

''First half of 2024 ends full of records and memories from 12 elite races''
https://en.netkeiba.com/news/news_detail.html?id=1235

This spring's flat G1 season consisted of 12 races, each won by a different jockey, a rare occurrence.
--------

This must be very rare!!!!!
12 different jockeys are as follows:

Yusuke Fujioka (Peptide Nile - February Stakes）
Ryusei Sakai (Mad Cool - Takanomiya Kinen)
Kazuo Yokoyama (Bellagio Opera - Osaka Hai)
Joao Moreira (Stellenbosch - Oka Sho)
Keita Tosaki (Justin Milano - Satsuki Sho)
Yuji Hishida (T O Royal - Tenno Sho Spring)
Yuga Kawada (Jantar Mantar - NHK Mile Cup)
Akihide Tsumura (Ten Happy Rose - Victoria Mile)
Christophe Lemaire (Cervinia - Yushun Himba)
Norihiro Yokoyama (Danon Decile - Tokyo Yushun)
James Mcdonald (Romantic Warrior - Yasuda Kinen)
Akira Sugawara (Blow the Horn - Takarazuka Kinen)

[tachyon]

-- from netkeiba.com

''Epiphaneia responsible for four G1s in phenomenal first half of the year''

https://en.netkeiba.com/news/news_detail.html?id=1236

This spring, progeny of Epiphaneia have been particularly dominant. .......

Epiphaneia's progeny have shown their versatility by excelling across various distances, from mile races to Classic distances, and under different track conditions, from fast to tough conditions......

And Epiphaneia(JPN)(Symboli Kris s x Cesario by Special Week) was the only stallion who sired multiple JRA G1 winners during the first half of the year.
Here below are the list of the G1 siring stallions in that period.

Epiphaneia(JPN) : Stellenbosch - Oka Sho, Ten Happy Rose - Victoria Mile, Danon Decile - Tokyo Yushun, Blow the Horn - Takarazuka Kinen
King Kamehameha(JPN) : Peptide Nile - February Stakes
Dark Angel(IRE) : Mad Cool - Takamatsunomiya Kinen
Lord Kanaloa(JPN) : Bellagio Opera - Osaka Hai
Kizuna(JPN) : Justin Milano - Satsuki Sho
Leontes(JPN) : T O royal - Tenno Sho Spring
Palace Malice(USA) : Jantar Mantar - NHK Mile Cup
Harbinger(GB) : Cervinia - Yushun Himba
Acclamation(USA) : Romantic Warrior - Yasuda Kinen

[Missbeholder]

Bring on Forever Young!!!!

Ramjet(JPN)(Majestic Warrior) won the Jpn1 Tokyo Derby, 2nd leg of the Japan's Dirt Triple Crown, by 6 lengths.
I can't wait for the Japan Dirt Classic in October!!



-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUboX25Pnz8

-- result
https://www.goracing.jp/english/upload/ ... RESULT.pdf

This is just very weird! A filly just broke her maiden for fun under Rosario for Asmussen in the 4th at CD. It was her 8th lifetime start all in MSWs at FG and CD. The weirdness comes from the fact that her silks are seemingly identical to the ones carried by this Ramjet! The only difference I could see (and it's a pretty big one) is the cap color. Rosario wore a cap with the turquoise and red colors of the silks, while the cap for Ramjet is solid yellow!

The owner of the Asmussen filly (her name is Mugen, by the way) is Koji Maeda, which does sound Japanese to me though I can't be sure, but I see no other reason why the two horses should be connected.

I tried to post a link to the replay off of NYRABETS, but it didn't work. So if anyone cares to see this, just queue up a replay of Race #4 at CD today and note the silks of the winner. It piqued my curiosity and I'd love to hear any thoughts!!