By Heather Anderson
Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) sired a new stakes winner on Saturday with Dantsu Elan (Jpn), who clawed out a nose victory in the G3 Fantasy Stakes at Kyoto.
Fourth choice, the filly was under a tight hold and raced just behind the first flight as the field raced right-handed down the backstretch. Mozu Nana Star (Jpn) (Mozu Ascot {Jpn}) held a clear advantage, but was under fire from Bel Be Stallone (Jpn) (Strong Return {Jpn}), just off of her shoulder. The tightly bunched field fanned out once they hit the straight. Dantsu Elan ranged up with long strides inside the final furlong and just pipped Mozu Nana Star by a nose, with a like margin back to Bel Be Stallone in third in a three-way blanket finish. Voulezvous (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}) was a half-length behind that trio in fourth.
Dantsu Elan, a winner of a newcomers race over 1600 metres at Niigata in August, entered the Fantasy off a third-place run in the Rindo Sho at Kyoto over this trip on Oct. 5.
Pedigree Notes
Japan's 2012/2013 champion sprinter and miler and 2013 Horse of the Year, Lord Kanaloa now has 55 stakes winners, 36 of them at group level internationally.
Sent to Japan after selling for $120,000 at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale to JS Company in foal to Omaha Beach, Mischievous Misty (Into Mischief) delivered that resulting filly on Apr. 2, 2020 who is unnamed. The latest foals out of the stakes-placed mare are a yearling filly by Contrail (Jpn) and a weanling colt by Saturnalia (Jpn). This is the extended family of American Champion Sprinter Kona Gold (Java Gold), who won the 2000 GI Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Saturday, Kyoto, Japan
KBS KYOTO SHO FANTASY STAKES-G3, ¥56,370,000, Kyoto, 11-2, 2yo, f, 1400mT, 1:22.80, vsf.
1–DANTSU ELAN (JPN), 121, f, 2, by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)
1st Dam: Mischievous Misty (SP-US), by Into Mischief
2nd Dam: Kona Kat, by Mountain Cat
3rd Dam: Double Sunrise, by Slew o' Gold
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Tetsuji Yamamoto;
B-Miyauchi Farm (Jpn); T-Masaru Honda; J-Taisei Danno;
¥29,539,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, ¥39,472,000. Click for
the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick
Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Mozu Nana Star (Jpn), 121, f, 2, Mozu Ascot–Grand Prix
Angel (Jpn), by Agnes Digital. 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP
BLACK TYPE. O-Capital System; B-Kiyoshi Uemura (Jpn);
¥12,154,000.
3–Bel Be Stallone (Jpn), 121, f, 2, Strong Return (Jpn)–T M
Nadeshiko (Jpn), by Zenno Rob Roy (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST
GROUP BLACK TYPE. (¥3,410,000 Ylg '23 JBBAHOK). O-Toshiya
Miyazaki; B-Taniguchi Farm (Jpn); ¥7,377,000.
Margins: NS, NS, HF. Odds: 8.50, 18.50, 84.70.
Also Ran: Voulezvous (Jpn), Kawakita Mana Lea (Jpn), Sourire Mignon (Jpn), Castle Lake (Jpn), Water Airy (Jpn), Nishinocoupdecoeur (Jpn), Tamamo Tea Cup (Jpn), Karpuz Pelus (Jpn), Gorgeous (Jpn), Water Gerbera (Jpn), Lavendel (Jpn), Hi Fi Speed (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video.
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