Kita Wing (Jpn) (Danon Ballade {Jpn}) found the class relief to her liking and successfully atoned for a 14th-place finish in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies a month ago with a head victory in thrilling fashion in the G3 Fairy S. at Nakayama Monday. The 3-year-old filly previously captured a juvenile maiden event at Niigata last August before her successful stakes debut a week later.
It wasn't the smoothest of breaks for the filly–who last year captured the G3 Niigata Nisai S.–this time around, but it didn't matter as she was content to drop well back off the early pace set by My Reine (Logotype {Jpn}) for the first 200 metres and then Speed of Light (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) for the next 600 metres, rating in front of just one rival until the far turn. As the leader and the chasing pack behind her rounded the bend, the winner was asked for run and while hugging the rail began picking off her tiring rivals one by one. At the top of the stretch she squeezed through the tightest of holes and took command within a dozen strides, pulling to a clear lead with victory in sight, only the storming Make a Snatch (Rulership {Jpn}) to worry about in the late stages.
Pedigree Notes
This Mill Farm homebred scored a fourth stakes win for the Deep Impact son Danon Ballade (Jpn), who has only 127 registered foals from five crops of racing age so far. His most notable win was in the 2012 G2 American Jockey Club Cup at Nakayama. Kita Wing is Kitano Ritsumei's second foal and first stakes winner, and is the only graded or group winner out of an I'll Have Another broodmare from 16 foals of racing age. Kitano Ritsumei, who is a half-sister to MSW & MGSP Stormy Sea (Jpn) (Admire Moon {Jpn}), also has a 2-year-old filly by Greater London (Jpn) and a yearling full sister to Kita Wing.
Monday, Nakayama, Japan
FAIRY S.-G3, ¥71,450,000, Nakayama, 1-19, 3yo, f, 1600mT, 1:34.30, fm.
1–KITA WING (JPN), 119, f, 3, by Danon Ballade (Jpn)
1st Dam: Kitano Ritsumei (Jpn), by I'll Have Another
2nd Dam: Liebestraume (Jpn), by Zenno El Cid (Ire)
3rd Dam: Mount Mogami (Jpn), by Mogami (Fr)
O/B-Mill Farm (Jpn); T-Shigeyuki Kojima; J-Makoto Sugihara;
¥37,595,000. Lifetime: 5-3-0-0, ¥75,280,000. Click for
the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick
Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Make a Snatch (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Rulership (Jpn)–Snatch Mind
(Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP
BLACK TYPE. O-Silk Racing; B-Shiraoi Farm (Jpn); ¥15,170,000.
3--Speed of Light (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)–Silent Sonic
(Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn). O-Hidaka Breeders Union;
B-Sakurai Farm (Jpn); ¥9,385,000.
Margins: HD, 1 3/4, HD. Odds: 34.80, 11.60, 10.30.
Also Ran: Brown Wave (Jpn), Roc Star (Jpn), Antano Ballade (Jpn), Mississippi Tesoro (Jpn), Iconostasis (Jpn), My Reine (Jpn), Dunato Selene (Jpn), Hip Hop Soul (Jpn), Mitama (Jpn), Chihaya (Jpn), Energy Chime (Jpn), Divertision (Jpn), Blue in Green (Jpn). Click for the JRA Chart.
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