(26th Dec 16)

SATONO DIAMOND(JPN) won year-end championship in Japan

Kitasan Black, four-year-old colt who won three G1s including G1/Japan Cup, and Satono Diamond, three-year-old colt who won G1/Kikuka Sho, Japanese-St Leger, fought out a thrilling finish for G1/Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse on Christmas Day, and Satono Diamond, JRHA graduate, caught Kitasan Black at the final stride by neck.
Satono Diamod, first foal out of Malpensa, multiple G1 winner at Argentine, is bred by Northern Farm and offered at the foal session of JRHA Select sale in 2013. He was bought by Hajime Satomi for 230,000,000yen, US$2.254,902 at the exchange rate on the sales day, the second highest price at the session.
Trained by Yasutoshi Ikee at Ritto Training Center, Satono Diamond has won six races, including four Graded Stakes, from eight starts and earned 674,960,000yen, nearly three times of his own price at the sale.
Satono Diamond is kept in training in 2017 and the connection plans the campaign in Europe during the second half of the year.

Satono Diamond

Sire: Deep Impact
Dam: Malpensa
Sire of Dam: Orpen
H3
Consigned: Northern Farm

(12th Dec 16)

SATONO CROWN(JPN) won Hong Kong Vase for Japan and for JRHA

Japanese-trained horses bought at JRHA Select Sale at Sha Tin on the day of Hong Kong International races, delivered the strongest challenge on homestretch to win G1/Hong Kong Vase over 2,400m.
Highland Reel, winner of four Graded One Stakes including the last edition of Hong Kong Vase and the 1 to 2 red-hot favorite in the field, tried to make all, however, Satono Crown's late kick was so much impressive and he caught Highland Real at 20 meters to go.
Satono Crown was bought at the yearling session of JRHA Select Sale in 2013 by Hajime Satomi for 58,000,000yen, US$568,628 at the exchange rate of the sales day. Hong Kong Vase is his fourth Graded Stakes and the first Graded One Stakes. The son of Marju has now earned approximately 352,500,000yen, US$3.05 million, which is roughly six times of the price when he was bought at JRHA.

Satono Crown

Sire: Marju
Dam: Jioconda
Sire of Dam: Rossini
H4
Consigned: Northern Farm

(9th Dec 16)

JRHA sends Japanese representatives at Hong Kong International Races

Japan sends no fewer than 13 runners, the biggest ever and arguably the strongest ever delegation, to the Hong Kong International Races, the year-end World Championship on turf, on December 11th at Sha Tin, and two of them are JRHA graduates.
Satono Aladdin, five-year-old horse by Deep Impact, who is one of three Japanese-trained horses in the field of G1/Hong Kong Mile, which carries the total purse of HK$23,000,000, was bought at foal session of JRHA Select Sale in 2011 by Hajime Satomi for 130,000,000yen, US$1,585,366 at the exchange rate on the sales day. He has won two Graded Stakes so far and placed in G1/Yasuda Kinen. British Bookmaker, Coral supports him as 9 to 2 favorite for Hong Kong Mile.
Satono Crown, four-year-old colt by Marju, who is one of three Japanese-trained horses in the field of G1/Hong Kong Vase, which carries the total purse of HK$16,500,000, was bought at the yearling session of JRHA Select Sale in 2013 by Hajime Satomi for 58,000,000yen, US$568,628 at the exchange rate of the sales day. Satono Crown, winner of three graded stakes, holds the International Rating 117, which is the third highest rating in the field of G1/Hong Kong Vase, when he won G2/Kyoto Kinen in February 2016.

(21st Nov 16)

MIKKI ISLE (JPN) grabbed his second G1 title

The 2014 NHK Mile Cup winner Mikki Isle clinched his second G1 title in the Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse on November 20. The field was very competitive which included Satono Aladdin, the multiple graded stakes winner and the 2011 JRHA Select Sale graduate, Isla Bonita, the 2014 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) winner, and Young Man Power who had succeeded to be undefeated in three recent starts.
Mikki Isle, a five-year-old horse by Deep Impact, was sent to the race favorite and set the pace as planned, with Neorealism sitting handy from second. The two dueled fiercely in the stretch, however Mikki Isle shifted into another top gear at 100m remaining and shook off Isla Bonita by a head.
After winning the G1 NHK Mile Cup in 2014, Mikki Isle finished disappointing in 1600m-races but showed better performances in the shorter distance, finishing second in the G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1200m) in March and the G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) in October respectively. He captured seven wins, four seconds and one third in 18 career starts. The race was actually no without controversy. When Mikki Isle and Neorealism dueled strongly down the stretch, Mikki Isle appeared to hang out, forcing Neorealism into the path of Satono Aladdin, the Yutaka Take-ridden Decipher and another JRHA Select Sale graduate Danon Shark, all of whom were gaining fast. After stewards' inquiry for about ten minutes, the result stood, with Mikki Isle declared the winner.
Trained by Ritto Training Centre based Hidetaka Otonashi, Mikki Isle who was bred by Northern Farm, was offered to the 2012 JRHA July Select Yearling Session and bought by Mizuki Noda for 76,000,000yen. He is out of Rock of Gibraltar mare Star Isle. Mikki Isle has now earned approximately US $3.8 million.

Mikki Isle

Sire: Deep Impact
Dam: Star Isle
Sire of Dam: Rock of Gibraltar
C5
Consigned: Northern Farm

(24th Oct 16)

JRHA dominates Kikuka Sho, Japanese St Leger

Japan Racng Horse Association(JRHA), the organizer of Select Sale in July, is very much proud of the result of G1/Kikuka Sho, Japanese St Leger, on October 23rd at Kyoto, because it was not only half of the field, nine out of eighteen runners, are JRHA graduates, but also both of the winner and the runner-up were bought at JRHA.
Satono Diamond, winner of the 77th running of Kikuka Sho, was bought at the foal session of JRHA Select Sale in 2013 by Hajime Satomi for 230,000,000yen, approximately US$2.25 million. The total earning by the colt by Deep Impact so far, 225,601,000yen, is just short of his own price.
Rainbow Line, who finished second to Satono Diamond in the final leg of Triple Crown for three-year-old, was bought at the yearling session of JRHA Select Sale in 2014 by Sanseisha Co.Ltd for 50,000,000yen, US$490,197. The colt by Stay Gold has earned 110,720,000yen, which is more than twice of his price.

Satono Diamond

Sire: Deep Impact
Dam: Malpensa
Sire of Dam: Orpen
H3
Consigned: Northern Farm

(12th Oct 16)

Encouraging new from Europe

JRHA is pleased to receive the pleasant news from Germany that Warring States made the successful debut on October 3rd at Hoppegarten, where the 2-y-o colt by Victoire Pisa won the maiden over 1600m, carrying the silk of Qatar Racing. Warring State, out of Ciliege, was bought by David Redvers at the foal session of 2014 JRHA July Sale for 46,000,000yen, US$450,981 at the exchange rate of sales day. Though Warring State was beaten in G1/Criterium de Saint-Cloud next start, he showed a lot of talent when he won the maiden.
It is another good news for JRHA that Fierce Impact, who was also bought at the foal session of 2014 JRHA July Sale by David Redvers for 66,000,000yen, US$647,059, won the maiden over 8 furlongs at Yarmouth. It was the first start for the colt by Deep Impact out of Keiai Garbera, who now is trained by David Simcock for Qatar Racing.
JRHA express sincerely congratulations to Qatar Racing and David Redvers, and wish both of JRHA graduates will develop well for thee three-year-old season.

(12th Jul 16)

Lots of fireworks at the foal session of JRHA Select Sale

Hip#328, colt by Deep Impact out of Elusive Wave, was bought by Hajime Satomi for 280,000,000yen, US$2,718,447 at the exchange rate of the day, the co-highest price at the session.
The he fifth foal out of the winner of G1/French 1000 Guineas is the consignment from Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm.
"This horse has everything and this is my pick of the day", Hajime Satomi said after the purchase. "I look for horses who can be competitive in the highest level and I am sure this is the one. I thought my limit was 300 million, and am happy to acquire him within my budget."
Under-bidder was M.V.Magnier, who attended the JRHA Select Sale for the first time.
Later the session, Hajime Satomi paid the same amount of money, 280,000,000yen, to acquire hip#389, full-brother to Satono Diamond, which Satomi bought at the foal session of 2013 JRHA Select Sale for 230,000,000yen and finished second in the Japanese Derby earlier this year.
."When I saw him about a month ago at Northern Farm, he did not look so well", Satomi commented about the colt by Deep Impact consigned by Northern Racing. "He lost his mother (Malpensa died on April 12th due to colic), and it might affect on his condition. However, I found he improved a lot when I saw him yesterday at the sales ground and I decided I would buy him". Under-bidder was Takaya Shimakawa.
At the foal session of 2016 JRHA Select Sale, 173 lots were sold for 6,811,500,000yen in total, which is 12.2% more than the previous year, and the average price, 39,372,832yen, is 19.4% higher than the previous year and the new record at the foal session, The previous record was 37,739,819yen, established in 2006.
The gross sale through the two-day session, 14,942,100,000yen, is 13.4% more than last year and the new record at JRHA. And he average price through two days, 38,313,077yen, is 14.6% higher than 2015 and the new record at JRHA as well.
"This is much better result than I expected", Teruya Yoshida, Acting Chairman of JRHA commented after the sale. "I worried about the general economy, which has been in an unstable state since the Brexit. But I am very delighted to see that it did not affect on the market here. And I am very delighted to see international byers are very active."
The full result and detailed statistics are available on JRHA's website.
http://www.jrha-selectsale.com

(11th Jul 16)

Record breaking market at the yearling session of JRHA Select Sale

Hip#107, colt by Deep Impact out of Awesome Feather, was bought by Tetsumi Kurokawa of KT Racing for 260,000,000yen, US$2.6 million, the highest price at the foal session of JRHA Select Sale conducted on Monday July 11th at Northern Horse Park.
"My racing manager visited Northern Farm for several times and picked up this one as the best lot in the catalogue" said Kurokawa, who runs investment managing company based at Tokyo. "I saw him at the sale ground on Sunday, and found he is very nice individual. I am very happy to get such nice young talented horse, although the price is more than I expected. It is my dream to win Japanese Derby with his colt." The second foal out of Eclipse Award Two-Year-Old Fillies' Champion will be trained by Yasuo Tomomichi.
247 lots went through the sale ring and 217 of them were sold for 8,130,600,000yen in total. This is record breaking figure at the foal session, which eclipsed the previous record established last year for 14.4%. And the average price at the session, 37,468,203yen, is 10.8% higher than the last year and the new record at the session as well.
"I was worried about the general economy, which has been unstable after the Brexit", Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm, leading consignor, commented after the sale. "Therefore, this result is much more than I expected. I would like to thank all who support the market."
The full result and detailed statistics are available on JRHA's website.
http://www.jrha-selectsale.com
The foal session of 2016 JRHA Select Sale starts at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday.