KI Farm

Canadian champion Curlin's Voyage (Curlin) (hip 413), in foal to Flightline, became the second million-dollar offering of the first session of the Keeneland January sale when bringing $1 million from Tomoyuki Nakamura of KI Farm. Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, the 7-year-old mare, who was a supplemental entry to the sale, was named champion 2-year-old filly in Canada in 2019 and followed up as champion 3-year-old filly the following season.

Danon Smash (Jpn) finally broke through at the highest level in Japan with a neck defeat of boom mare Resistencia (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) in Chukyo's G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen on Sunday.  The Danox Inc. colourbearer followed in his sire's hoofprints, who captured the 1200-metre grass feature in 2013. Sent off at 5-1, the Takayuki Yasuda trainee assumed position off the fence near the back of the field as the 2020 Takamatsunomiya Kinen winner Mozu Superflare (Speightstown) rocketed straight to the front. That rival remained glued to the fence and set...