Notable US-Bred Runners in Japan: Sunday, June 3, 2018

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In this ongoing 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 Hanshin and Tokyo Racecourses. The latter plays host to Sunday’s G1 Yasuda Kinen, which has attracted US-breds Dashing Blaze (Kitten’s Joy) and the progressive Mozu Ascot (Frankel {GB}), but this weekend also features the first 2-year-old races of the season in Japan, with young Coolmore stallions well represented:

Sunday, June 3, 2018
5th-Hanshin, ¥13,400,000 ($122k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT
PEACE PRAYER (c, 2, Declaration of War–Namaste’s Wish, by Pulpit) is the latest to make the races for his talented dam, a full-sister to GISW Purge, who was a stakes winner and Grade III-placed on the grass. Third dam Bid Gal (Bold Bidder) produced MGSW Valid Wager (Valid Appeal) and was a half-sister to Mepache, the dam of the talented Valid Expectations (Valid Appeal). A half-brother to SP Light the Night (Street Cry {Ire}), Peace Prayer was the most expensive of nine of his sire’s offspring to sell as foals at KEENOV in 2016, hammering for $200K. B-Jack Sims (KY)

5th-Tokyo, ¥13,400,000 ($122k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT
VOICE OF JOY (f, 2, Magician {Ire}–Sisheba, by Silent Name {Jpn}), a $9,500 KEENOV weanling and $35K FTK turf yearling, is bred on the reverse cross responsible for Saturday’s G1 Investec Derby favorite Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and is out of a half-sister to French SP Polysheba (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}). His third dam is Gana Facil (Le Fabuleux), herself the dam of 1990 GI Kentucky Derby and GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Unbridled, who also won the GI Secretariat S. on turf. B-Bryan Connors (KY)

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