Notable US-Breds in Japan: Dec. 22 & 23, 2018

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In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Hanshin Racecourse:

Saturday, December 22, 2018
2nd-HSN, ¥9,550,000 ($86k), Maiden, 2yo, 1800m
BASIN STREET (c, 2, Curlin–Judith Basin, by Danzig) makes his second trip to the post, having finished a respectable fourth going this trip on his Kyoto debut Nov. 24 (see below, gate 6). A May foal, his first two dams are devoid of black-type, but his third dam is Lassie Dear (Buckpasser), whose daughter Weekend Surprise (Secretariat) produced the legendary A. P. Indy (Seattle Slew) and Classic winner Summer Squall (Storm Bird) among others. Basin Street was a $72K KEENOV weanling, a $110K KEESEP yearling and a $250K OBSMAR juvenile. B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY)

 

 

6th-HSN, ¥13,400,000 ($120k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m
SMART ALCHEMY (c, 2, Super Saver–Runway Model, by Petionville), a $45K KEESEP yearling acquisition, is out of the 2004 GII Darley Alcibiades S. winner and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ third who was represented this year by ‘TDN Rising Star’ McKinzie (Street Sense), winner of the GI Pennsylvania Derby first off a lengthy absence and pointing for next Wednesday’s GI Malibu S. The colt’s stakes-winning second dam Ticket to Houston (Houston) also bred SW & MGSP Mambo Train (Kingmambo). B-Summer Wind Equine (KY)

Sunday, December 23, 2018
4th-HSN, ¥9,550,000 ($86k), Maiden, 2yo, 2000mT
LE LIEN FORT (f, 2, Noble Mission {GB}–Clare Skies Ahead, by Sky Classic) debuted at this track in October over a 1200-meter trip that was always likely to be insufficient and she finished eighth in a field of 13. This extended distance should be much more to her liking, as her dam was a stakes winner and twice Grade III-placed going long on the grass and her damsire was a Grade I winner and track-record setter over 12 furlongs. B-Dr Stephen G & Debbie Jackson (KY)

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