Sunday Racing's Luftstrom (Jpn) (Kinshasa no Kiseki {Aus}) maintained his unbeaten record with a half-length win in the 1600-metre G2 New Zealand Trophy at Nakayama on Saturday.
Second choice in the wagering at 7-2, the colt raced near the tail of the field one off the fence for the first half-mile. Unleashing a sizzling burst once spun to the outside of all but Win Greatest (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) nearing the final bend, he appeared to clip heels and was steadied. Balanced up by Shu Ishibashi, he regained his momentum and nipped Season's Gift (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) on the line. It was a neck back to Win Greatest in third.
A debut winner going this trip locally in January, the January foal made it two on the bounce in a Class 1 race here on Mar. 7.
Pedigree Notes
The eighth black-type winner for his sire, Luftstrom is the second foal and second winner for his dam, the three-time winner Hawaiian Wind, a granddaughter of Wind in Her Hair (Ire) (Alzao), herself the dam of the late, outstanding sire and Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), Japanese SW and sire Black Tide (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), SW New Beginning (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon {Jpn}) and GIII De La Rose H. victress Veil of Avalon (Thunder Gulch). This is also the extended family of Japanese champion Rey de Oro (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) and MGSW & G1 Queen Anne S. runner-up, the Jeremy (Danehill Dancer {Ire}).
Saturday, Nakayama, Japan
NEW ZEALAND TROPHY-G2, ¥105,140,000 (US$969,930/£778,993/€886,862), Nakayama, 4-11, 3yo, c/f, 1600mT, 1:33.00, fm.
1–LUFTSTROM (JPN), 123, c, 3, Kinshasa no Kiseki (Aus)
1st Dam: Hawaiian Wind (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn)
2nd Dam: Like the Wind (Jpn), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Wind in Her Hair (Ire), by Alzao
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Sunday Racing;
B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Noriyuki Hori; J-Shu Ishibashi.
¥55,148,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. Werk Nick Rating: A++.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Season's Gift (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Epiphaneia (Jpn)–Season's Best
(Jpn), by Zenno Rob Roy (Jpn). O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern
Farm(Jpn); ¥22,328,000.
3–Win Greatest (Jpn), 123, c, 3, Screen Hero (Jpn)–Great Catty
(Jpn), by Sakura Yutaka-Oh (Jpn). O-Win Inc.; B-CosmoView
Farm (Jpn); ¥14,164,000.
Margins: HF, NK, 2HF. Odds: 3.60, 6.20, 12.80.
Also Ran: Absolutismo (Jpn), Soul Train (Jpn), Harmony Magellan (Jpn), Aurora Flash (Ire), Kosoku Speed (Jpn), Great Horn (Jpn), Meiner Grit (Jpn), Shachi (Jpn), Fruitful Days (Jpn), Cagliostro (Jpn), Song of the Heart (Jpn), Pale Ale (Jpn), Café Cendrillon (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
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