By Alan Carasso
In this continuing series, we take 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 on the Japan Cup undercard Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse:
Sunday, November 24, 2024
6th-TOK, ¥13,720,000 ($89k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT
RHINO (JPN) (c, 2, Into Mischief–Princess Noor, by Not This Time) is the first foal for his dam, the $1.35-million topper at the 2020 OBS April Sale and subsequent 'TDN Rising Star' who posted her most important victory in that year's GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes for Zedan Racing and Bob Baffert. Katsumi Yoshida paid $2.9 million for Princess Noor at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale with this colt in utero, while her dam–Sheza Smoke Show (Wilko)–fetched $1 million in foal to Tapit at the same event in 2022. That in-utero produce, a colt, was hammered down for $900,000 to Repole/Grandview Equine at Keeneland September this fall. B-Northern Farm
5th-TOK, ¥13,720,000 ($89k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600m
REALIZE CAMION (JPN) (c, 2, American Pharoah–Spiced Perfection, by Smiling Tiger) looks to give his sire a second Japanese debut winner in as many days with Ryan Moore at the controls, who guided Luxor Cafe to a win in the Saturday opener at headquarters. Winner of the 2018 GI La Brea Stakes and the GI Madison Stakes the following season, Spiced Perfection was led out unsold on a bid of $1.35 million at Keeneland November in 2019. She made the final start of her career in the colors of Haruya Yoshida in the 2020 GIII Winning Color Stakes, was bred the following spring and produced this colt in February 2022. Realize Carmion was sold on for the equivalent of $1,195,525 at the 2023 JRHA Select Yearling Sale. B-Oiwake Farm
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