Fresh off a winning launching over this journey at Chukyo versus newbies on Sept. 24, Obamburumai (Jpn) (Discreet Cat) stunned the G2 Keio Hai Nisai S. field at Tokyo on Saturday, winning by a length at chances of 50-1.
Visibly lathered on his shoulders in the preliminaries, the bay stalked from 3rd along the backstretch as From Sunset (Bolt d’Oro) was pushed by Speed Of Light (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn} ). Conserving every inch of ground versus the rail on the bend, he was requested for his quote inside the last quarter-mile. Guided to the beyond the embattled pacesetters, the child of Pink Gerbera (Jpn) (Deep Effect {Jpn}) moved equipments and motored away to score with a degree of convenience at the wire. From Sunset was a nose much better than Speed Of Light in the placements.
Pedigree Notes
Darley stallion Discreet Cat now has 38 stakes winners to his credit, 15 of them at group level following Obamburumai’s rating. Initially based at Darley’s American arm near Lexington, the 2006 GI Stogie Mile hero was moved to Darley’s Japanese department in 2017 where he has actually been based since. Leading the charge for his children is the double GI Carter H. hero Papas Caps, while his GI Del Mar Oaks heroine Discreet Marq has actually given that produced noted winner Ideas Of June (Ire) (Galileo {Ire} ). GI Beholder Mile S. heroine Secret Spice and GI Chandelier S. victress Secret Compass complete his Group 1 winners Stateside, with Taksim (Brz) landing a top-flight race in Brazil.
Although winless in 11 starts, Pink Gerbera did location 2nd in a one-mile maiden for 3-year-olds at Hanshin. Her very first foal, the Ceres Hunt (Jpn) gelding Fuyu Shogun (Jpn), is a winner, and with Obamburumai’s triumph, she has a perfect fruit and vegetables record. Her yearling is a filly by Maurice (Jpn) and Pink Gerbera likewise has a weanling filly by Rulership (Jpn).
2nd dam Le Sucre (Jpn) (Sakura Bakushin O {Jpn}) foaled the stakes winner and double G1 Prix de la Foret 3rd Entscheiden (Jpn) (Deep Effect {Jpn} ), along with 2 other numerous Japanese group winners in Bien Fait (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) and Blanc Bonheur (Jpn) (Deep Effect {Jpn} ). The last-named was 3rd in the G1 Hanshin S. GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and GI Florida Derby victor turned prominent sire and broodmare sire Unbridled’s Tune (Unchecked) is under the 4th dam, Trolley Tune (Caro {Ire} ).
Saturday, Tokyo, Japan
KEIO HAI NISAI S.-G2, ¥ 72,910,000, Tokyo, 11-5, 2yo, 1400mT, 1:20.90, fm.
1– OBAMBURUMAI (JPN), 121, c, 2, Discreet Cat
first Dam: Pink Gerbera (Jpn), by Deep Effect (Jpn)
second Dam: Le Sucre (Jpn), by Sakura Bakushin O (Jpn)
3rd Dam: Asian Meteor, by Unbridled
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN O-Koji Oka; B-Sunday
Hills; T-Keiji Yoshimura; J-Takeshi Yokoyama; ¥ 38,637,000.
Life Time Record: 2-2-0-0. Click for the
totally free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree Werk Nick
Ranking: C. Click for the eNicks report & & 5-cross pedigree
2– From Sunset, 121, c, 2, Bolt d’Oro– Silly Cause, by Giant’s
Causeway. 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE
($ 200,000 Ylg ’21 KEESEP; $900,000 2yo ’22 OBSMAR).
O-Susumu Fujita; B-Springhouse Farm (KY); ¥ 15,182,000.
3– Speed of Light (Jpn), 119, f, 2, Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)– Quiet
Sonic (Jpn), by Deep Effect (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST
GROUP BLACK TYPE O-Hidaka Breeders Union; B-Sakurai
Farm (Jpn); ¥ 9,591,000.
Margins: 1, NO, NK. Chances: 50.00, 55.50, 15.60.
Likewise Ran: Speed Setting (GB), Yakushima (GB), Boukephalas (Jpn), Miss Yokohama (Jpn), Energy Chime (Jpn), Noble Run (Jpn), Antano Ballad (Jpn), Marble Macaron (Jpn), Miscela Dorata (Jpn), Ask Dream More (Jpn), London Strategy (Jpn), Rosso Rampante (Jpn), Saimon Olive (Jpn), Schon Prima (Jpn), Vision Beach (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart and video
