Japanese Powerhouse Operation Northern Farm Snaps Up Emily Upjohn

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Northern Farm has snapped up multiple Group 1 winner Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who is reported to be in foal to the unbeaten Breeders' Cup Classic winner Flightline. 

Emily Upjohn was famously sourced by Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock for just 60,000gns at the Book 2 session of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in 2020.

Trained by John and Thady Gosden, Emily Upjohn won five of her 16 starts and won over £1.2 million in prize-money. Emily Upjohn's career-highlight came when winning the G1 Champions Fillies and Mares at Ascot on British Champions Day in 2022, while she was also successful at the highest level when landing the Coronation Cup at Epsom in 2023. 

Confirming that the six-year-old mare had been sold to the powerhouse Japanese breeding operation, part-owner Jon Shack told the Nick Luck Daily Podcast, “It was always understood that I was in for Emily Upjohn's racing career. The breeding side of things is very intricate and complicated and it occupies a huge number of years ahead and I'm now officially a pensioner. My Dad is quite elderly and we just decided that the racing side was of more interest to us.”

He continued, “But I had my best time ever involved with the Lloyd Webbers and Simon Marsh [Watership Down Stud]. In reality, the best partners anyone could wish for in the world and together we went on an amazing adventure throughout the world. I have a large photo of her and every day I look at her and think, 'what a magnificent, beautiful animal she was.'

“I wish her new owners well. For commercial reasons, everyone was in agreement that there was an opportunity for Emily Upjohn to continue her next career in Kentucky or Japan. Everyone was in agreement on that.”

Emily Upjohn was last seen finishing down the field in the Breeders' Cup Turf, after which it is understood she paid a visit to Flightline at Lane's End Stud. 

Confirming that news, Shack concluded, “Yes, that's what I have heard, that she is in foal to Flightline. She was covered in February.”

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