Notable US-Bred/-Sired Runners in Japan: June 30 & July 1, 2018

[Wandering Eyes]

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 Chukyo and Hakodate Racecourses, including the return to graded company for a talented 3-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic:

Saturday, June 30, 2018
5th-CKO, ¥13,400,000 ($121k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT
SEEDIG KAZUMA (JPN) (c, 2, (Midnight Lute–Crisis of Spirit, by Vindication) is the first Japanese-bred produce for his stakes-winning dam, a half-sister to GSW Govenor Charlie (Midnight Lute), who like his sire was raced by Mike Pegram and was trained by Bob Baffert. Acquired in utero for $120K at KEENOV in 2015, the dark bay counts Pegram’s two-time Eclipse Award winner Silverbulletday (Silver Deputy) as his third dam. The latter is also the granddam of 2018 freshman sire Shakin It Up (Midnight Lute). B-Mishima Bokujo

Sunday, July 1, 2018
7th-HAK, ¥14,250,000 ($129k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1000m
TEN MOHS (f, 4, Speightstown–Lemon Kiss, by Lemon Drop Kid) cost $230K at KEESEP in 2015 and has earned her keep with a pair of wins and four minor placings from 10 career runs. The half-sister to GISW Lochte (Medaglia d’Oro) and to MSP Inscom (Distorted Humor), whose dam is a full-sister to MGSW Kiss the Kid, looks to snap a five-race skid, having finished a latest third over course and distance June 17 (gate 4). B-Mark Gittins (KY)

11th-CKO, CBC Sho-G3, ¥74,600,000 ($675k), 3yo/up, 1200mT
ASAKUSA GENKI (c, 3, Stormy Atlantic–Amelia, by Dixieland Band), a Group 3 winner at two, returned from a brief freshening to complete a US-bred 1-2 behind the talented Mr Melody (Scat Daddy) in the G3 Falcon S. Mar. 17 (see below, gate 7). He missed the break from gate 2 when a fast-finishing fifth in the Listed Aoi S. at Kyoto May 26 (video) and faces elders for the first time here. A $210K KEESEP acquisition, the bay is one of five black-type winners for his dam, including Japanese GSW Rabbit Run (Tapit), US MGSW Rainha Da Bateria (Broken Vow) and GSW Kindergarden Kid (Dynaformer). Also among his siblings is GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up He’s Had Enough (Tapit). His third dam is blue-hen Courtly Dee (Never Bend). B-Alexander-Groves-Matz (KY)

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