Manhattan Cafe’s Queens Ring In Line for Oka Sho

Sunday, Hanshin, Japan 
HOCHI HAI FILLIES’ REVUE-G2, ¥97,400,000, Hanshin, 3-15, 3yo, f, 1400mT, 1:22.50, fm. 
1–@#QUEENS RING (JPN), 119, f, 3, Manhattan Cafe (Jpn) 
     1st Dam: Aqua Ring (Jpn), by Anabaa 
     2nd Dam: Sea Ring (Fr), by Bering (GB) 
     3rd Dam: Blue River (Fr), by Riverman 
O-Tetsuya Yoshida; B-Shadai Farm; T-Keiji 
Yoshimura; J-Mirco Demuro. ¥51,330,000. Lifetime 
Record: 3-3-0-0. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the 
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 
2–Perfica (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Zenno Rob Roy (Jpn)– 
Stealin’ Kisses, by Sky Mesa. O-Koji Maeda; B-North 
Hills. ¥20,380,000. 
3–Moon Express (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Admire Moon (Jpn)– 
Amore Pegasus (Jpn), by Mejiro Ryan (Jpn). O-Laurel 
Racing; B-Saka Farm. ¥13,190,000. 
Margins: 3/4, HF, HF. Odds: 2.60, 16.40, 3.60. 
Click for the JRA chart and video. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 
Queens Ring remained unbeaten in three starts and put herself firmly in line for the Apr. 12 G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) with a score in this prep. A first-out winner going nine furlongs at Nakayama Dec. 21, Queens Ring followed up with a two-length score over a mile in allowance company over that same strip Jan. 17. Wheeling back another furlong here, the dark bay dropped back to travel in the second half of the field immediately after breaking from gate 17 of 18. Swinging wide off the turn, Queens Ring used the length of the stretch to reel in her rivals under a confident Mirco Demuro and post an ultimately comfortable victory.