Well-Related Tapit Colt Down To Debut at Chukyo

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 for this Saturday running at Chukyo and Nakayama Racecourses:

Saturday, September 28, 2024
4th-CKO, ¥13,720,000 ($95k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
GOLDEN KITE (c, 2, Tapit–L' Age d'Or, by Medaglia d'Oro), a $200,000 Keeneland September yearling last fall, breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 flat at this year's OBS March Sale and was hammered down to top trainer Mitsu Nakauchida for $600,000. An Apr. 21 foal, the chestnut is out of a daughter of GISW Mona de Momma (Speightstown), whose two winners from two to race includes MGISW and top young sire Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}). L' Age d'Or was sold to Blandford Bloodstock for $600,000 with this colt in utero at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale and her yearling colt by Uncle Mo was purchased by SF/Starlight/Madaket for $385,000 at the recently concluded September Sale. Top jockey Yuga Kawads takes the call. B-Newstead Corp (KY)

SPANNEND WILL (c, 2, War of Will–Spank, by Blame) is the latest to make the races out of a winning half-sister to three-time graded scorer Just Jenda (Menifee), herself the dam of the stakes-winning 'TDN Rising Star' Jenda's Agenda (Proud Citizen) and juvenile stakes winner Miss Alacrity (Munnings). Spannend Will cost owner Yoshihiro Tsukada $175,000 at KEESEP last fall. B-Wedgewood Farm (KY)

EGYPTIAN BLUE (c, 2, American Pharoah–Interrupted, by Broken Vow), a $130,000 KEESEP acquisition by Katsumi Yoshida, is out of a multiple stakes-winning and Grade III-placed half-sister to GISW Higher Power (Medaglia d'Oro) and GSW 'TDN Rising Star' Alternation (Distorted Humor). This is also the family of Canadian Horse of the Year Peaks and Valleys (Mt. Livermore). Egyptian Blue is inbred 4×3 to Unbridled. B-Summer Wind Equine LLC (KY)

5th-CKO, ¥13,720,000 ($95k), Newcomers, 2yo, 2000mT
ONE HEART (JPN) (f, 2, Karakontie {Jpn}–Divine Presence, by A.P. Indy) is a half-sister to 2022 GIII Dueling Grounds Derby winner Kitodan (Point of Entry) and GSP Market King (Into Mischief) and was purchased in utero for $50,000 at Keeneland November in 2021. Divine Presence is a daughter of Flaxman Holdings' outstanding Divine Proportions (Kingmambo), a dual Group 1 winner at two and victorious in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Prix d'Astarte in 2005. Two-time GI Breeders' Cup Mile heroine Miesque (Nureyev) appears 4×4 in the pedigree of One Heart, who sold for just over $87,000 as a foal at the 2022 JRHA Select Sale. B-Legend Farm

5th-NKY, ¥13,720,000 ($95k), Newcomers, 2yo, f, 1600mT
SATONO EVER (JPN) (f, 2, Justify–Chic Nistel {Arg}, by Van Nistelrooy) is the first foal from her dam, four times a winner at group level in Argentina and served by Justify prior to being exported in 2021. Chic Nistel is one of seven winners from seven to race out of a Group 3-winning mare, while third dam Cap Parade (Arg) (Parade Marshal) was a Group 3 winner and twice placed in Group 1 company. B-Tanikawa Stud