Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted August 16, 2019 Journalists Share Posted August 16, 2019 In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes 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 Kokura and Niigata Racecourses, featuring the return to action of Group 3 winner Mozu Superflare (Speightstown): Sunday, August 18, 20191st-KOK, ¥9,550,000 ($90k), Maiden, 2yo, 1000m FLAMINGO FLIGHT (f, 2, Flatter–Well, by Well Decorated) was bet down to 3-1 for her 1400-meter debut over soft Chukyo turf July 20 and turned in a creditable fourth-place effort (video, gate 6). Switching to the dirt and shortening up for this, the full-sister to ‘TDN Rising Star’ and MGSW & MGISP Kobe’s Back and to GSW Well Spelled (Spellbinder) cost connections $180K at last year’s Keeneland September Sale. B-Joanne R Mummert & John C Barrett Jr (KY) 5th-NII, ¥13,400,000 ($126k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT JET MAX (c, 2, Goldencents–Song’n Dance, by Carson City) is a half-brother to a pair of stakes-placed gallopers, including Catsadiva (Tale of the Cat) from the same Storm Cat sire line who broke her maiden in her belated career debut in 2016. The first runner in Japan for his successful young stallion, Jet Max was a $72K KEESEP grad turned $100K OBSMAR breezer (:20 4/5). His yearling half-sister by Tapizar is cataloged as hip 2660 for this year’s KEESEP sale. B-C Kidder & N Cole (KY) 11th-KOK, Kitakyushu Kinen-G3, ¥74.6m ($703k), 3/up, 1200mT MOZU SUPERFLARE (f, 4, Speightstown–Christies Treasure, by Belong to Me), a $125K KEESEP acquisition, has earned about 10 times that amount and broke through at the pattern level with a front-running score in the G3 Ocean S. at Nakayama Mar. 2 (see below, gate 14). A half-sister to GSW Sacristy (Pulpit) and to the dam of Australian G1SW Qafila (Aus) (Not a Single Doubt {Aus}) and hailing from the family of GISWs Purge (Pulpit) and Jersey Girl (Belong to Me), Mozu Superflare’s yearling relation is a colt from the first crop of Exaggerator cataloged as hip 761 for KEESEP. B-Alpha Delta Stables LLC (KY) The post Notable US-Breds in Japan: Sunday, August 18, 2019 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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