Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted January 25, 2019 Journalists Share Posted January 25, 2019 Starlight Racing has acquired an interest in Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}), the 5-2 favorite for Saturday’s GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, from WinStar Farm, which campaigns the versatile MGISW along with China Horse Club and Head of Plains Racing. Starlight co-owned 2018 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year Justify (Scat Daddy) with the same powerful ownership group, and is also partners on GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational contender Audible (Into Mischief). Starlight had a lease-for-racing deal with SF Bloodstock for both Justify and Audible, and will also take no ownership in Yoshida’s breeding rights. Starlight campaigned Yoshida’s speedy dam Hilda’s Passion (Canadian Frontier). Just a $4200 weanling RNA, she’d go on to win eight of 14, including the 2011 GI Ballerina S., before selling to Katsumi Yoshida for $1,225,000 at Fasig-Tipton November that fall. “She was one of the most brilliant horses I’ve ever been around,” Starlight principal Jack Wolf said of the dam. “[WinStar President and CEO] Elliott [Walden] offered us a piece of [Yoshida] right after he bought him in Japan [for approximately $765,000 as weanling. At the time, I thought it was a bit too much to pay for the horse. Obviously I was wrong.” View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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