Oeuf d'Oeuf. Has a funny name and funny face. Epi's child and not Golshi's lol (guess you can call him Eggyphaneia). Won an allowance today. Egg. https://x.com/jsmntea/status/2106617926703038659
https://x.com/yuu_ka5963/status/2106616720630984728/photo/2
https://x.com/cocoarini/status/2106691934462894125
Link to screenshotted post: https://x.com/jra_special/status/2107006652448919574?s=46
Post to a photo of Tabaru provided by his groom: https://x.com/gendai_keiba/status/2106998277426258263?s=46
In fact, the photo attached has all the horses in it, with none left out in the back.
For comparison, here are the cumulative length differences of the Arc renewals this decade:
All at more than 10+ lengths difference.
What an extremely strong field. All are duking it out, and we witnessing history as Daryz becomes the first colt who won the Arc twice since Alleged in 1977-1978 is just the cherry on top.
What an amazing Arc renewal.
Born in 1988
His name was Hishi Masaru (Dam was Cream'n Crimson, out of Vaguely Noble), even tho his name was later re-used like two times- he produced decent results in japan. Many japanese's fan were excited for his career cuz of having Secretariat as his dad(Nepo baby lol). Unfortunately he got the Maruzensky treatment because he was an foreign bred horse, but his team managed to make him dominate his 3yo career by winning and placing in multiple graded races:
Kisaragi Sho(G3) 1st
Mainichi Hai(G3) 1st
Kyoto Yonsai Tokubets(G2) 1st
New Zealand Trophy Yonsai Stakes(G2) 2rd
Kyoto Daishoten(G2) 2rd
He faced the likes of Tokai Teio, Mejiro Mcqueen, Mejiro Palmer, and Ikuno Dictus.
He would end his career by placing 13th in the Topaze Stake(op race) after finishing 9th in the Arima Kinen. He didn't sired any noteworthy offsprings during his stud season and passed away on March 6, 2018
Also idk why this was the only photo on netkeiba that shows him during his active career, the rest are his retirement pics.
Also there were Astrogate and On Air, but they didn't really did that great- with On Air winning only 2 of his 5 starts (Debut and the Hiiragi Sho which is an allowance race), and Astrogate winning 2 of 8 starts also( Winning his maiden(second try after his debut) and the Yamabuki Sho which was again also an allowance race)
Try not to laugh.
Even as an amateur I have heard of atleast 7 of these horses.
Would have thought Dancing Brave and Sea the Stars would be 1 and 2 though.
After, looking more into their careers, I now realize that ranking these horses is a fool’s errand.
That being said though, some of them have had some ridiculous careers.
3-year-old horses that have been announced to participate in Tenno Sho Autumn as of now: Realize Sirius, Matenro Gale.
Ka Ying Rising (rated 135, ahead of Black Caviar's 132) had his Everest trial at Randwick this morning, and Ninja edged him. Both were under a hold.
Before the trial, David Hayes said: "He doesn't have to win, but he probably will." He also said he wanted to see how the horse handled an Australian slow track.
My take: trials under a hold tell you who's fit, not who's faster. Purton's job was to give him a hit-out and get him used to Randwick, not to win a trial. Ninja looks spot on, though, and that's worth noting.
But I'll put the question to you:
Does a trial loss mean anything for a horse at this level?
Does Ninja's run change your view of The Everest on the 17th?
Is anyone in the field actually close to KYR, or is it a race for 2nd? (Tempted ran 2nd to him last year.)
Itterasshai, currently in a 3-win streak, will continue to run with jockey Keita Tosaki in Japan Dirt Classic (JDC), the third leg of the NAR Dirt Triple Crown. He will face Finger with Ryusei Sakai.
NGL, that 2nd place in the Kyoto Daishoten really was a surprise, I expected him to be fully washed out by now.
Considering that he likely won't be able to enter Akiten or Japan Cup and there are almost 3 months until the Arima, what can we expect to be his next race?
I was thinking that the Copa Republica Argentina could make sense but I don't know if it's too close in time. The Stayers Stakes is also and option but despite him placing in both Hanshin Daishoten and HaruTen he's unrpoven over 3200m. It also is pretty close to the Arima if he manages to get in via fan vote.