Quantum of Light (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) was still perfect to break into the leaderboards as it went head-to-head with the boys with an impressive rally win during G3 Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen in Chukyo on Sunday.
The public’s second pick with a 2-1 scoreline in this 1600 meters jumped a little too far from the gate and was sent home early, ahead of just two competitors in over 800 metres. Speed setting (GB) (Displaying {GB}) showed the way. When the original leader rounded the far corner, the winner began his rally and was drawn into a wide stretch of more than a dozen lengths to close in on the leader. While racing out into the middle of the field for a clear run, she knocked out all of her weary opponents in the final 200 meters and trailed far to win by a margin in a Defined Speed Setting. . Toho Galleon (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) has a third length back.
Genealogical notes:
As the lead winner in the 1600 meters for newcomers to Tokyo in November, Light Quantum was the first pony among the winners of the GI Gamely S. 2016 Illuminant (Quality Sugar), who also won the GII Monrovia S. in 2017 and sold for $1.1 million at Fasig-Tipton in November to Shadai Farms later that year. Her dam was appreciated by the American Horse of the Year Bricks And Mortar, and Illuminant was covered by Epiphaneia (Jpn) last year. Quantum of light is from the last of 11 times Japanese Champion Sire and Hall of Famer Deep Impact and his 154th group winner. Her grandmother is a multi-stakes winner of Sparkling Numbers (Polish Numbers), who herself is the half-sister of Smart Sunny (Smarten). Her third dam was third-place winner Sunny Sparkler (Sunny Clime).
Sunday, Chukyo, Japan
SHOES NIKKAN SHINZAN KINEN-G3¥72,800,000, Chukyo, 1-8, 3yo, 1600mT, 1:33.70, fm.
first-LIGHT QUANTUM (JPN), 119, f, 3, by Deep Impact (Jpn)
Dam One: Illuminant (GISW, $536,243), by Quality Sugar
2nd smack: Sparkling numbers, according to Polish numbers
3rd Dam: Sunny Sparkler, by Sunny Clime
THE FIRST TEAM WIN, FIRST TEAM TO WIN. Racehorse O-Shadai;
B-Shadai Farm (Jpn); T-Koshiro Take; J-Yutaka Take;
40,308,000 yen. Lifetime record: 2-2-0-0, ¥47,308,000. click for
free of charge Equineline.com portfolio style pedigree. Nick works
Rating: A+++. *Multiply three plus *. click for
eNicks report & pedigree 5 cross.
2-Speed setting (GB)123, c, 3, Showcasing (GB)–Jet Setting
(Ire), by Fast Company (Ire). TYPE 1 BLACK. GROUP 1
BLACK TYPE. Automobile racing; B-North Farm (Jpn);
16,088,000 yen.
3–Toho Galleon (Jpn)123, c, 3, Real Steel (Jpn)–Devil’s Corner,
by Songandaprayer. (86,000,000 yen in ’21 JRHAJUL). 1ST BLACK
TYPE, GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Toho Corporation; B-Northern
Farm (Jpn); 10,044,000 yen.
Margins: 1, 1, NK. Rate: 2.00, 4.40, 5.80.
Also running: Suzuka Double (Jpn), Sunrise Peace (Jpn), Shinzen Izumo (Jpn), Kvasir (Jpn). click for JRA chart.
