Killer Ability

Killer Ability, a five-year-old son of Deep Impact, has been bought to stand in India at Nanoli Stud for a partnership which includes Equus and SKJ Thoroughbreds. Bred by Northern Farm from the GI Hollywood Starlet Stakes winner Killer Graces (Congaree), Killer Ability was a top two-year-old for trainer Takashi Saito, winning the G1 Hopeful Stakes over 2000m. He followed up the next season with victory in the G3 Chunichi Shimbun Hai. He was also sixth in the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) behind Do Deuce as well as finishing...

Highly impressive in winning a pair of juvenile starts last season, Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) makes Sunday's G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) his 3-year-old debut, but must overcome the widest draw in the field of 18 if he is to stretch his unbeaten mark to three. Receiving the always important endorsement of Christophe Lemaire for his career debut in an 1800-metre newcomers' event at Niigata at the end of August, the Silk Racing colorbearer settled handy to the pace and stormed clear to graduate by six powerful lengths....