Via JN Campbell
With mostly elderly athletes drawn for Thursday’s G1 Tokyo Daishoten S. at Ohi Racecourse, a field of 13 people, plus a mare, made their way to a well-deserved victory. .
Final winner, battle test Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), entered the race with his most successful campaign to date. In 2022 alone, the 5-year-old has scored winnings in three of his last four starts with the last taking place on November 27 at Hanshin Racecourse with a 2 1/2 length in Canopus S.
Chased with a score difference of just over 3-1, Bay agreed to race to the back of the team, as the field passed through the stands. It’s a Shonan Nadeshiko (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), who had planned to take them all the way, when the mare picked up speed Casino Fountain (Jpn) (Casino Drive) is pursuing closely.
At the far corner, it was time for the ultimate winner to move, and he did it by following the overland path to the outside. That swinging motion allowed him to get past the fading leads, and with good energy at the end, he kicked home along the way with a 1 3/4 length and won the top G1 first. Notturno (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}), one of the youngest athletes in the group took second place; while, cheap fancy, Meisho Hario (Jpn) (Pyro) was forced to finish third.
Genealogical notes:
The winner was not only Horse of the Year but his horse also came from a powerful family. She produced Casale (Jpn) in 2015, a dirty game of Manhattan Cafe (Jpn), earning $222,886 and she was also bred back to the champion, yielding a pony named is Miyaji Hayakaze (Jpn) in 2016. Her last recording of a live pony is Dantsu Capri (Jpn) (Mikki Island {Jpn}) in 2019. click for graph & videotapes.
Thursday, Oi, Japan
TOKYO DAISHOTEN-G1¥170,000,000, Oi, 12-29, 3yo/up, 2000m, 2:05.00, gd.
first-USHBA TESORO (JPN), 126, h, 5, Orfevre (Jpn)
First Dam: Millefeui Attach (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn)
Second Dam: Sixieme Sens, by Septieme Ciel
3rd Dam: Samalex (GB), by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire)
GROUP 1 1 WIN. (25,000,000 yen wnlg ’17 JRHAJUL). O-Kenji Ryotokuji
Organization; B-Chiyoda Farm; T-Noboru Takagi; J-Kazuo Yokoyama;
100,000,000 yen. Lifetime record: 7-7-1-5.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++ ***Triple Plus***
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2-Notturno (Jpn)121, c, 3, by Heart’s Cry (Jpn)–Sheikh’s
Serenade, by Unbridled’s Song. O-Makoto Kaneko Corporation;
B-Farm Shimokobe; 35,000,000 yen.
3–Meisho Hario (Jpn)126, h, 5, by Pyro–Meisho Ohi (Jpn), by
Manhattan Cafe (Jpn). O-Yoshio Matsumoto; B-Mishima
Bokujo; 20,000,000 yen.
Margins: 1 3/4, 2 1/2, 1; Ratio: 3.30, 6.10, 1.30.
Also runs: Sunrise Hope (Jpn), Light Warrior (Jpn), Shonan Nadeshiko (Jpn), Lucky Dream (Jpn), Gold Heuer (Jpn), Miyagi Zao (Jpn), Casino Fountain (Jpn), Dos Hearts (Jpn) , Red Galan (Jpn), Rinzo Channel (Jpn), Atomic Force (Jpn).
