Godolphin Homebred Pyromancer Guts It Out In Derby Points Race

[Wandering Eyes]

Pyromancer (Jpn) (Pyro) extended his career record to three wins from as many starts with a narrow victory in Wednesday's $458,745 Listed Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki Racecourse, earning 20 points on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby in the process.

Content to stalk the early pace just outside of Idaten Shacho (Goldencents), the 13-10 second pick had favored and previously unbeaten Best Green (Jpn) (Smart Falcon {Jpn}) just off his flank and was outmoved by the 9-10 chalk nearing the straight. Boxing on gamely from between horses, Pyromancer got the better of that battle, then flashed past the post just in front as the filly Tamamo Freesia (Jpn) (Le Vent Se Leve {Jpn}) took a dive at him late.

None of the horses from the first leg of the four-race series, last month's Cattleya Stakes (allowance) won by Satono Voyage (Jpn) (Into Mischief), pressed on to the second of the races, leaving Pyromancer at the top of the table at the midway stage.

A debut winner over 1800 meters at Kyoto Oct. 5, Pyromancer made it two-for-two with a half-length success in a first-level allowance over that same course and distance Nov. 2. The dark bay was cutting back to the mile on Wednesday.

A 10th stakes winner for his Darley Japan-based stallion (by Pulpit–Wild Vision) and the 60th black-type winner from a daughter of Hard Spun, Pyromancer is one of two winners out of an unplaced half-sister to Triple Ace (Ire) (Shamardal), Group 2-placed at two on the turf in Japan. The French Classic-placed third dam was responsible for seven winners, including MGSW champion State Shinto (Pleasant Colony).

Centrifuge is also the dam of a yearling colt by Discreet Cat and a weanling colt by Tower of London (Jpn) (Raven's Pass).

The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby continues with the one-mile Listed Hyacinth Stakes in late February and the Fukuryu Stakes (allowance) at the back end of March.

Wednesday, Kawasaki, Japan
ZEN-NIPPON NISAI YUSHUN (Jpn-G1)-Listed, ¥71,400,000, Kawasaki, 12-17, 2yo, 1600m, 1:44.20, yl.
1–PYROMANCER (JPN), 123, c, 2, by Pyro
                1st Dam: Centrifuge (Jpn), by Hard Spun
                2nd Dam: Triple Pirouette, by Sunday Silence
                3rd Dam: Sha Tha, by Mr. Prospector
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Godolphin; B-Darley Japan Farm;
T-Keiji Yoshimura; J-Mirai Iwata; ¥42,000,000. Lifetime
Record: 3-3-0-0, ¥60,943,000.
2–Tamamo Freesia (Jpn), 121, f, 2, Le Vent Se Leve (Jpn)–
Tamamo El Dorado (Jpn), by Gold Allure (Jpn). O-Tamao Inc.;
B-Okada Farm; ¥14,700,000.
3–Best Green (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Smart Falcon (Jpn)–Peaceful Joy
(Jpn), by Pyro. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Yasuhide Kuninobu;
B-Kitajima Farm; ¥8,400,000.
Margins: NK, 1, 1HF. Odds: 1.30, 7.70, 0.90.
Also Ran: Ayasan Jotaro (Jpn), Cosmo Gigantea (Jpn), Life Of Raccoon (Jpn), Fleur d'Or (Jpn), Idaten Shacho, Balcanicus (Jpn). Click for the goracing.jp chart and VIDEO (SC 4).

 

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