Earning his first group tally earlier this March, 3-year-old Meisho Tabaru (Jpn) (Gold Ship {Jpn}) went to the front and never looked back while adding his second career group score in Sunday's G2 Kobe Shimbun Hai (Japanese St. Leger Trial at Chukyo.
Striding purposefully to the front soon after the start, the free-wheeling 5-1 chance held a clear advantage down the backstretch and through the far turn. Still in front by open lengths straightening for home, Meisho Tabaru started to feel the effects of his early efforts as June Take (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) broke clear from the pack and bore down on the pacesetter down the stretch, however, the frontrunner had just enough left in the tank to fend off the G2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai victor by a half-length at the wire. Shonan la Punta (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) was a clear third.
The winner of one of three starts at two, recorded in a 2000-meter test at Hanshin in December, the Meisho Tabaru won the 1800-meter Tsubaki Sho at Kyoto in February before adding a victory in Mar. 23 G3 Mainichi Hai over the soft turf. Most recently, he was a well-beaten 17th while stepping into Group 1 company for the Apr. 14 Satsuki Sho at Nakayama.
Pedigree Notes:
By Japanese champion 3-year-old and Classic winner Gold Ship, Meisho Tabaru is out of Meisho Tsubakuro, a half-sister to Group 2 scorer Meisho Kamaku (Jpn) (Grass Wonder). The 10-year-old daughter of French Deputy is responsible for three foals, all of them winners, with Meisho Tabaru standing out as the most accomplished.
Sunday, Chukyo, Japan
KOBE SHIMBUN HAI-G2, ¥105,020,000, Chukyo, 9-22, 3yo, 2200mT, 2:11.80, gd.
1–MEISHO TABARU (JPN), 126, c, 3, Gold Ship (Jpn)
1st Dam: Meisho Tsubakuro (Jpn), by French Deputy
2nd Dam: Dancing Happiness (Jpn),
by Dance in the Dark (Jpn)
3rd Dam: Meisho Sachikaze (Jpn), by Crystal Glitters
O-Yoshio Matsumoto; B-Mishima Bokujo (Jpn); T-Mamoru
Ishibashi; J-Suguru Hamanaka; ¥55,064,000. Lifetime Record:
7-4-0-0, ¥114,481,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.
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free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–June Take (Jpn), 126, c, 3, Kizuna (Jpn)–Admire Sabrina (Jpn),
by Symboli Kris S. O-Jun Yoshikawa; B-Hidaka Farm (Jpn);
¥22,304,000.
3–Shonan la Punta (Jpn), 126, c, 3, Kizuna (Jpn)–Furia Azteca
(Arz), by Zensational. (¥94,000,000 Ylg '22 JRHAJUL).
O-Tetsuhide Kunimoto; B-Shadai Farm (Jpn); ¥14,152,000.
Margins: HF, 2, 1 3/4. Odds: 5.40, 5.90, 8.20.
Also ran: All Saints (Jpn), Meliorem (Jpn), Byzantine Dream (Jpn), Baddeleyte (Jpn), Yamanin Stellata (Jpn), Willem (Jpn), Mr G T (Jpn), West Now (Jpn), Trust Boss (Jpn), Go Johnny Go (Jpn), Integrate (Jpn). Scratched: Submariner (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video.
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