Cavallerizzo Closes For Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes Tally

[Wandering Eyes]

The top five betting choices were the first five home in Japan's G1 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes on Sunday, with second choice Cavallerizzo closing to take the juvenile contest by three-quarters of a length. Diamond Knot (Bricks And Mortar), a 7-1 shot, was second, with the formerly undefeated favourite Admire Quads (Real Steel) gamely snatching third, a length behind.

Sent off at 13-5, the son of Saturnalia raced content in midfield well off the fence, with the first quarter covered in :23.20. At the half-mile marker, Diamond Knot was firmly in charge, with the lathered Cavallerizzo in good order as the field rounded the bend. In need of running room at the head of the straight, a gap slammed shut on the eventual winner and Christian Demuro called an audible and steered back to the inside. Rolling under a full head of steam, Cavallerizzo exploded late to just pass a stubborn Diamond Knot four jumps from the wire.

“After a normal start, I had a good position behind Yuga [Kawada],” said Cristian Demuro. “In the last corner I had a little bit of a trouble with another horse next to me but when I asked my horse to go inside, he had a good reaction, a good turn of foot. Christophe [Lemaire] was trying to escape but my horse was very strong in the end.”

A five-length winner at first asking at Chukyo in August, Cavallerizzo finished just a head short of Admire Quads in the G2 Daily Hai Nisai Stakes at Kyoto over this trip on November 15.

Pedigree Notes

G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) hero Saturnalia now counts six stakes winners among his progeny, five at the group level. Cavallerizzo is his first Group 1 winner worldwide. Like G3 Fantasy Stakes heroine Festival Hill, the colt is out of a Heart's Cry mare.

The first foal for his dam who won thrice from three to five, the son of Saturnalia is followed by a yearling filly by Lord Kanaloa and a weanling filly by Leontes. Balladist was covered by Justin Milano last spring. Second dam Balada Sale (Not For Sale) was a champion three-year-old filly in Argentina and won a pair of Group 1 races there. Balada Sale also left the multiple group winner and G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) third Satono Flag (Deep Impact). The classy G1 Polla de Potrillos hero-turned-sire Le Blues (Roman Ruler) is a half-brother to Balada Sale.

Sunday, Hanshin, Japan
ASAHI HAI FUTURITY STAKES-G1, ¥135,480,000, Hanshin, 12-21, 2yo, c/f, 1600mT, 1:33.20, sf.
1–CAVALLERIZZO (JPN), 123, c, 2, by Saturnalia (Jpn)
            1st Dam: Balladist (Jpn), by Heart's Cry (Jpn)
            2nd Dam: Balada Sale (Arg), by Not for Sale (Arg)
            3rd Dam: La Balada (Arg), by Confidential Talk
   1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN.
O-Silk Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Tatsuya Yoshioka;
J-Cristian Demuro; ¥71,036,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0,
¥93,624,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for
   the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the
   free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Diamond Knot (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Bricks And Mortar–Endless
Knot (Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE.
O-Makoto Kaneko Holdings; B-Bando Farm (Jpn); ¥28,296,000.
3–Admire Quads (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Real Steel (Jpn)–Date Line
(Jpn), by Zoffany (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE.
(¥66,000,000 Wlg '23 JRHAJUL). O-Junko Kondo; B-Northern
Farm (Jpn); ¥18,148,000.
Margins: 3/4, 1, HF. Odds: 2.60, 7.30, 2.10.
Also Ran: Ecoro Alba (Jpn), Realize Sirius (Jpn), Good Piece (GB), White Orchid (Jpn), Tagano Aralia (Jpn), Storm Thunder (Jpn),    Cosomo Red (Jpn), Corteo Soleil (Jpn), Kakuuchi (Jpn), Red Ligare (Jpn), Spe Luce (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video.

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