Cover image courtesy of the JHRA
Leading the way in regards to Australian interest at the sale were two sons of our Group 1 winners - Lot 433 by Kizuna (Jpn) out of the G1 Golden Slipper S. and G1 Moir S. heroine She Will Reign (Manhattan Rain) and Lot 481 by Rey de Oro (Jpn) out of the G1 Robert Sangster S. winner Driefontein (Fastnet Rock).
Sold by Northern Farm to Hirosaki Toshihiro for 210,000,000 Yen (AU$1.934 million), She Will Reign’s colt by a G1 Japanese Derby winner is a half-brother to the Group 2 placed winner Danon Tornado (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}).
She Will Reign is a full sister to the G2 Silver Slipper S. winner Time To Reign out of a granddaughter of the Silver Slipper S. winning G1 AJC Oaks runner up Sunshine Sally (Cheraw {Ire}).
Lot 433 - Kizuna (Jpn) x She Will Reign | Image courtesy of the JHRA
Driefontein’s colt by a Japanese Derby and G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) winner is a half-brother to the five times winner Chuwa Heart (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry). He sold for 26,000,000 Yen (AU$239,693) to Haramura Masatoshi.
Driefontein is out of the Listed Creswick S. winner Follow Gold (Export Price {Fr}), also grandam of the Listed Hawkesbury Ladies Day Cup winner Black On Gold (Sebring).
The G1 ATC Derby and G1 Australian Guineas winner Shamrocker (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}) made her way to Japan in 2013 where she has produced three winners. Her lightly raced unplaced daughter Trifolium (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) was Lot 543 sold by Northern Farm to Tsukada Yoshihiro for 26,000,000 Yen (AU$239,661).
“Driefontein’s colt by a Japanese Derby and G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) winner is a half-brother to the five times winner Chuwa Heart. He sold for 26,000,000 Yen ($AUD239,693) to Haramura Masatoshi.”
Shamrocker is a full sister to the G2 Doomben Roses winner Bohemian Lily (NZ) and the G3 Taranaki Cup winner Vernanme (NZ) and a half-sister to the G1 Auckland Cup winner Rock Diva (NZ) (Lucky Unicorn).
Horlicks’ family back in Japan
Another with strong Australian connections was Lot 412, a Contrail (Jpn) half-brother to the multiple city (Brisbane and Sydney) winner Rock Amore (Fastnet Rock) out of the Flemington winner Nicamorae (More Than Ready {USA}) - half-sister to the Group 1 gallopers Nicconi and Niconero (Danzero) from the prolific Froth (NZ) (Faux Tirage {GB}) family.
A family which enjoyed one of its best moments in Japan - the record breaking G1 Japan Cup win recorded by the wonderful grey Horlicks (NZ) (Three Legs {GB}). Amaba Reiji Farm sold this colt to Haruki Satomi for 54,000,000 Yen (AU$497,422).
Lot 412 - Contrail (Jpn) X Nicamorae | Image courtesy of the JHRA
Earlier in the day Kuwata Bokujo sold a Saturnalia (Jpn) colt - Lot 316 - to Yokoi Yoshiaki for 27,000,000 Yen (AU$238,716). His stakes winning dam Asuka Biren (Jpn) (Black Tide {Jpn}) has as her third dam the Group 3 mare Truly Special (Ire) (Caerleon {USA}) - grandam of the G1 ATC Oaks and G1 Empire Rose S. winner Collette (Hallowed Crown).
Not long after that a Indy Chap (Jpn) colt out of the Australian bred mare Gienah (Redoute’s Choice) - Lot 327 - was sold by Northern Farm to Mirai Racing for 70,000,000 Yen (AU$644,965).
Gienah is a half-sister to the Group 3 placed Zarzali (Hussonet {USA}), dam of the German based stakes placegetter Zacape (Ire) (Fastnet Rock) from the family of the unbeaten champ Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar {USA}).
“Earlier in the day Kuwata Bokujo sold a Saturnalia (Jpn) colt - Lot 316 - to Yokoi Yoshiaki for 27,000,000 Yen (AU$238,716).”
The four times Group 1 winner Montefelia (Kermadec {NZ}) had a relation sell from Maekawakikaku Co to Xanthus Bloodstock for 42,000,000 Yen (AU$386,940). This colt by Kitasan Black (Jpn) shares the same third dam - the Listed Oaks Trial S. winner Ausherra (USA) (Diesis {GB}) - as Montefelia who retired to stud last year, served by Alabama Express.
Gosford winner produces a good result
Lot 361, a 46,000,000 Yen (AU$423,755) purchase for Haramura Masatoshi from Shadai Farm, is out of the Gosford winner Achondrite (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) whose half-sister Akari (Snitzel) won the Listed Desirable S. at Flemington.
Lot 383 also has an Australian stakes winner in her pedigree, the Saturnalia half-sister to the stakes placed Carrick A Rede (Jpn) (Kizuna) having as her third dam the dual Group winner Beauty Is Truth (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) whose son The United States (Ire) won the G1 Ranvet S., the G2 Moonee Valley Cup and the G2 Crystal Mile.
Also by the G1 Japanese 2000 Guineas winner Saturnalia was Lot 394 sold by Orion Farm to Yoshimasa Ema for 28,000,000 Yen (AU$257,964). His Group 2 winning dam Enola Gay (USA) (Uncle Mo {USA}) is out of a full sister to Kooringal Stud’s Listed winner The Brothers War (USA).
Lot 383 - Saturnalia x Irish Sea | Image courtesy of the JHRA
Through the ring shortly after was Lot 401, a Northern Farm filly by Kitasan Black sold to Rodeo Farm for 200,000,000 Yen (AU$1.84 million). A daughter of the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches winner Dream And Do (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), she hails from the prolific Fanfreluche (Can) (Northern Dancer {Can}) that has enjoyed such great success in this part of the world courtesy of the likes of Flying Spur, Encosta De Lago and Home Affairs.
Lot 471 was sold by Okada Stud to Cosmo View Farm for 18,000,000 Yen (AU$165,944) . The son of the G1 Pennsylvania Derby winner Red Hot Charlie (USA) is out of a two times winning half-sister to the G2 Caulfield Cup winner Admire Rakti (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry). And Lot 475 sold by Pearl Thoroughbred to Kurimoto Mamoru for 15,000,000 Yen (AU$138,301) hails from the same family as the Listed VRC St Leger winner Cool Chap (High Chaparral {Ire}).
Sold for 50,000,000 Yen (AU$460,973) by Northern Farm to Ishikawa Tatsue was Lot 495, a colt by the multiple Group 1 winner Bricks And Mortar (USA) out of a two times winning half-sister to the G1 W.S Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry). Also from this family was Lot 523 sold by Shadai Farm to Haramura Masatoshi for 19,000,000 Yen (AU$175,126).
Maurice and Admire Mars prove popular
A number of stallions standing in Australia in New Zealand had foals sold, kicking off with Arrowfield Stud’s Maurice (Jpn) who had eight youngsters sell.
The highest priced of those - a 44,000,000 Yen (AU$405,561) colt (Lot 369) sold by Niikappu Hashimoto Farm to Tsunefumi Kusama - is a bay out of the dual Group 3 winner Fairy Polka (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}).
Next best for Maurice was Lot 360 sold by Northern Farm to the Silk Horse Club for 40,000,000 Yen (AU$368,681). The bay colt is out of the dual Group 1 winner Sobradora Inc (Arg) (Include {USA}) who earned the title of Argentina’s Champion 3YO Filly.
Lot 360 - Maurice (Jpn) x Sobradora Inc (Arg) | Image courtesy of the JHRA
Meanwhile Lot 337, a chestnut filly out of a two times winning half-sister to the G3 Nisai S. winner Bell Lap (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry) was sold by Shunsuke Yoshida to Takeshi Yamaoto for 39,000,000 Yen (AU$359,485).
Another Japanese shuttler to Arrowfield is the multiple Group 1 winner Admire Mars (Jpn) who - having been represented by his first three winners last weekend - also had a number of weanlings go through the ring.
And he enjoyed early success courtesy of Lot 343 sold by Northern Farm to Nakamizu Hideki for 120,000,000 Yen (AU$1.105 million). The chestnut filly is a half-sister to the Listed winner Desierto (Jpn) (Drefong {USA}) from the family of Duramente (Jpn).
“Lot 337, a chestnut filly out of a two times winning half-sister to the G3 Nisai S. winner Bell Lap (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry) was sold by Shunsuke Yoshida to Takeshi Yamaoto for 39,000,000 Yen (AU$359,485).”
Another good result for Admire Mars was Lot 473 sold by Northern Farm to Charles-De-Gaulle for 58,000,000 Yen (AU$534,739). The bay colt is the second foal for a half-sister to the G1 Woodward S. winner Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry) and the Group 3 winner Sanctuaire (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).
Lot 502, also by Admire Mars, fetched 41,000,000 Yen (AU$377,879) to the bid of Kondo Junko. Sold by Northern Farm, the chestnut colt is out of a half-sister to Paths Of Glory (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) who raced well in Australia - winning the G3 ATC JRA Plate and the Listed Wyong Gold Cup.
Coolmore Stud’s highly regarded shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) was well represented by Lot 345, a colt sold by Champions Farm to Hirosaki Toshihiro for 52,000,000 Yen (AU$479,366). He is out of the stakes placed Forever Be (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) whose dam is the Listed winner Nature Spirits (Fr) (Beat Hollow {GB}).
Lot 345 - Wootton Bassett (GB) x Forever Be (Ire) | Image courtesy of the JHRA
Also of interest for Coolmore was Lot 355 sold by Kimura Hidenori to DMM.com for 40,000,000 Yen (AU$368,698). The half-brother to the stakes winner Water’s Edge (USA) (Candy Ride {Arg}) out of the stakes placed Sandra (USA) (Bluegrass Cat {USA}) is a son of Justify (USA).
