Lighthouse Bay Filly Debuts For Shadai at Nakayama

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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 Chukyo and Hanshin and Nakayama Racecourses:

Saturday, December 20, 2025
4th-NKY, ¥14,250,000 ($92k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
EXMOUTH (f, 2, Practical Joke–Lighthouse Bay, by Speightstown) looks to become the fifth winner from as many starters from her dam, winner of four of her eight trips to the post including a 21-1 upset of the GI Prioress Stakes at Saratoga in 2013. A half-sister to the stakes-placed Tammy Tap Tap Tap (Candy Ride {Arg}), Lighthouse Bay is also responsible for the 4-year-old colt Ecoro Eight (Take Charge Indy), a three-time winner in Japan, including a six-furlong allowance at this venue this past September. The visiting Tom Marquand has the riding assignment. O-Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd; B-Shadai Farm (KY); T-Taiki Chaki

6th-HSN, ¥14,250,000 ($92k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
SAN SEBA (JPN) (c, 2, Justify–Amortization {Ire}, by Kingman {GB}) is the first produce out of a mare who won two of seven starts in this country–one each for Chad Brown and George Weaver–before changing hands for $75,000 to the bid of Shimokobe Farm at Keeneland January in 2022. The colt's third dam Sulk (Ire) (Selkirk) was precocious enough to win the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac over a mile at two and later became a top stayer, finishing runner-up in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak and third in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks. Sulk is a half-sister to US champion Dank (GB) and G1SW Eagle Mountain. Yutaka Take rides. O-Monreve Co Ltd; B-Shimokobe Farm; T-Tatsuya Yoshioka

Sunday, December 21, 2025
5th-CKO, ¥14,250,000 ($92k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m
ELEGANT PHARAOH (f, 2, American Pharoah–Tap That App, by Tapit), a $40,000 Keeneland November weanling last fall, breezed an eighth of a mile in a smooth :10 2/5 and was hammered down for $185,000 at this year's OBS April Sale. The Mar. 21 foal is a granddaughter of GSP Conquest Curlgirl (Curlin), a half-sister to MSW & MGSP Easyfromthegitgo (Easy Goer) and GSW Sue's Good News (Woodman), the dam of GISW Tiz Miz Sue (Tiznow) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint hero Bulletin (City Zip) and the granddam of this year's GIII Gotham Stakes hero Flood Zone (Frosted). Pine Ridge Stable acquired Tap That App for $125,000 with Elegant Pharaoh in utero at Keeneland November in 2022. O-Kazuhiro Masuda; B-Pine Ridge Stable LLC (KY); T-Yuta Sato

 

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