The first of five sessions of the Hokkaido Summer Yearling Sale in Japan took place on Monday, with a daughter of King Kamehameha (Jpn) (lot 130) taking top billing when sold to Tetsuhide Kunimoto for ¥22,140,000 (US$220,682). Consigned by Itaka Bojuko, the bay descends from the productive producer Morning Devotion (Affirmed), responsible for dual Classic winner Balanchine (Storm Bird) and group winners Red Slippers (Nureyev) and Romanov (Ire) (Nureyev), who have in turn become successful producers.
Tatsuzou Nakano bought the next two highest-priced lots, both colts: a son of Johannesburg (lot 276) for ¥17,820,000 (US$177,622) and a son of Henny Hughes (lot 118) for ¥17,280,000 (US$172,240).
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