Japanese quartet arrives at new quarantine station

The four Japanese contenders aimed at Royal Randwick’s The Championships have arrived at the newly approved quarantine center at Canterbury Park racecourse on the outskirts of Sydney. “The float arrived at the Canterbury quarantine center a shade after 9 p.m. [Thursday],” The Championships International Liaison Manager Maurice Logue told Racingandsports.com.au. “They were in excellent condition, Real Impact only lost 4kg in the whole trip. They [connections] were very pleased with the condition they arrived in.”

To The World (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), a Group 2 winner at home last season and runner-up in both the 2000-meter G1 Satsuki Sho [Japanese 2000 Guineas] and 2500-meter G1 Arima Kinen–behind the retiring Gentildonna (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn})–is a fancied contender for the G1 Queen Elizabeth S. Apr. 11. Tosen Stardom (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), winner of the G3 Challenge Cup over 1800 meters last time out, is also expected to contest the 2000-meter race.World Ace (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who was last seen when fourth to Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) in the G1 Hong Kong Mile, is currently joint favorite for the G1 Doncaster Mile, Apr. 4., a race in which he will take on fellow citizenReal Impact (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). The 7-year-old became his sire’s first winner at the highest level when taking the G1 Yasuda Kinen back in 2011 and arrives in Australia on the back of a narrow victory in a Group 2 event over 1400 meters Dec. 27.