HANSHIN , JPN
| 1 | Nakayama Festa (JPN) | Margin: | TrueNicks: C | ¥135,948,000 |
2006 | Bay Colt | Stay Gold (JPN) - Dear Wink (JPN), Tight Spot
Sire: Stay Gold (JPN), Dark Bay or Brown, 1994. Lifetime: 25 yearlings sold, median $204,626.
Broodmare Sire: Tight Spot, Bay, 1987.
Sale History:
Japan Racing Horse Association Sale of Yearlings and Weanlings 2007, $81,040.
| 2 | Buena Vista (JPN) | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: B+ | ¥54,128,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Special Week (JPN) - Biwa Heidi (JPN), Caerleon
Sire: Special Week (JPN), Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Lifetime: 17 yearlings sold, median $162,300.
Broodmare Sire: Caerleon, Bay, 1980.
| 3 | Earnestly (JPN) | Margin: ½ | TrueNicks: D | ¥33,564,000 |
2005 | Bay Horse | Grass Wonder - Lettre d'Amour (JPN), Tony Bin (IRE)
Sire: Grass Wonder, Chestnut, 1995. Lifetime: 24 yearlings sold, median $18,610.
Broodmare Sire: Tony Bin (IRE), Bay, 1983. In 2009: 1.65 AEI.
Others: DREAM JOURNEY (JPN); NEVER BOUCHON (JPN); MEISHO BELUGA (JPN); SMART GEAR (JPN); JAGUAR MAIL (JPN); NAMURA CRESCENT (JPN); FORGETTABLE (JPN); I KO PIKO (JPN); MEINER ANSWER (JPN); LOGI UNIVERSE (JPN); TOP COMING (JPN); AXION (JPN); SEIUN WONDER (JPN); MAKIHATA CYBORG (JPN).
Scratched: COPANO JINGU (JPN).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nakayama Festa (JPN) | SHIBATA YOSHITOMI | NINOMIYA YOSHITAKA |
| 2 | Buena Vista (JPN) | YOKOYAMA NORIHIRO | MATSUDA HIROYOSHI |
| 3 | Earnestly (JPN) | SATO TETSUZO | SASAKI SHOZO |
| 4 | DREAM JOURNEY (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 5 | NEVER BOUCHON (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 6 | MEISHO BELUGA (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 7 | SMART GEAR (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 8 | JAGUAR MAIL (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 9 | NAMURA CRESCENT (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 10 | FORGETTABLE (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 11 | I KO PIKO (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 12 | MEINER ANSWER (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 13 | LOGI UNIVERSE (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 14 | TOP COMING (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 15 | AXION (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 16 | SEIUN WONDER (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 17 | MAKIHATA CYBORG (JPN) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
Through the remainder of the year, I am going to recount some of my most memorable experiences/moments in racing over the past 40 years. We begin with Rachel Alexandra's victory in the 2009 Woodward Stakes to kick off Saratoga's 150th anniversary. [More]