Juvenile Champ Salutes at Chukyo

[Wandering Eyes]

Unbeaten as a juvenile with three wins including the G2 Saudi Arabia Royal Cup and the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S., Danon Premium scored in his sophomore bow, the G2 Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho in early March of last year. His winning streak was snapped when sixth stepping up to 2400 metres in the G1 Tokyo Yushun at the end of May, and the dark bay has been missing since.

The 5-2 second choice promptly settled in a relaxed third while saving all the real estate against the rails past the winning post the first time and dropped back to fifth through 1400 metres in 1:25.50. He was traveling ominously well as the field fanned out in the home straight, angled into the three path and swept home an 1 1/4-length winner. Lys Gracieux rallied to take second, 3/4 of a length in front of 2-1 favourite Air Windsor.

Pedigree Notes

The 2017 Japanese champion juvenile colt, out of the Irish MSW & MGSP Indiana Gal, is followed by the placed 3-year-old filly Premium Gift (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}).

Sunday, Chukyo, Japan
KINKO SHO-G2, ¥119,820,000 (US$1,078,135/£828,315/€959,543), Chukyo, 3-10, 4yo/up, 2000mT, 2:00.10, gd.
1–DANON PREMIUM (JPN), 123, c, 4, Deep Impact (Jpn)
1st Dam: Indiana Gal (Ire) (MSW & MGSP-Ire, $319,044), by Intikhab
                2nd Dam: Genial Jenny (Ire), by Danehill
                3rd Dam: Joma Kaanem (Ire), by Double Form (Ire)
O-Danox Inc.; B-K.I. Farm (Jpn); T-Mitsumasa Nakauchida;
J-Yuga Kawada; ¥62,924,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo
Colt-Jpn, G1SW-Jpn, 6-5-0-0. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for
   the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Lys Gracieux (Jpn), 121, m, 5, Heart’s Cry (Jpn)–Liliside (Fr),
by American Post (GB). O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm (Jpn);
¥25,264,000.
3–Air Windsor (Jpn), 123, h, 5, King Kamehameha (Jpn)–Air
Messiah (Jpn), by Sunday Silence. O-Lucky Field Inc.; B-Shadai
Farm (Jpn); ¥16,132,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, 2HF. Odds: 2.50, 7.70, 2.00.
Also Ran: Persian Knight (Jpn), Al Ain (Jpn), Gibeon (Jpn), Muito Obrigado (Jpn), Suzuka Devious (Jpn), Mozu Katchan (Jpn), Tanino Frankel (Ire), Satono Walkure (Jpn), Shonan Bach (Jpn), Maitres d’Art (Jpn).
Click for the JRA chart and video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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