Expensive American Pharoah Colt Makes Belated First Start at Hakodate

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In this continuing series, we take 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 Kokura and Hakodate Racecourses:

Saturday, July 19, 2025
5th-KOK, ¥14,250,000 ($96k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1200mT
OUT THE LAW (c, 2, Tiz the Law–Davida, by Animal Kingdom) is closely related to Social Code (Constitution), twice stakes-placed in Canada this season, and is out of an unraced daughter of SW & MGSP Beyond The Waves (Ocean Crest), whose seven winners from eight to the races includes Horse of the Year and five-time Grade I winner Bricks and Mortar (Giant's Causeway), now a sire in Japan, as well as MSW Beyond Smart (Smart Strike) and GSW Emerald Beech (Maria's Mon). A $12,000 Keeneland November weanling, Out the Law was sold on for ¥11 million ($68,391) at the Hokkaido Selection Yearling Sale last July. Narvick International purchased Davida for $30,000 at KEENOV in 2023 and the mare foaled a full-brother to Out the Law in Japan last March. O-Mire Racing; B-CHC Inc (KY); T-Kenta Fujino.

Sunday, July 20, 2025
4th-HAK, ¥10,600,000 ($71k), Maiden, 3yo, 1700m
DANON RUSSELL (c, 3, American Pharoah–Snowy Winter, by Elusive Quality) is out of a stakes-winning and Group 1-placed dam who was led out unsold on a bid of $625,000 in foal to Gun Runner at Keeneland January in 2023 just before this colt was hammered down for $225,000. Sold to John McCormack for $650,000 the following September, the March foal is a maternal grandson of SW & GSP Pamona Ball (Pleasantly Perfect), also the dam of GSW Pamina (Street Cry {Ire}) and MSW Hieronymus (Giralamo). Snowy Winter changed hands for $570,000 at Fasig-Tipton November in 2023 and the Not This Time colt she was carrying at the time fetched $400,000 at FTKNOV last fall. The aforementioned Gun Runner colt was RNAd for $400,000 at this year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale. Rachel King, who rode American Pharoah's son Luxor Cafe to victory in the Listed Hyacinth Stakes this past February, has the call for the latter's conditioner Noriyuki Hori. O-Danox Co Ltd; B-Barronstown Stud (KY); T-Noriyuki Hori

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