Natural Rise (Jpn)

Natural Rise (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) earned his first black-type badge with an open-length win in the Listed Haneda Hia, the first leg of the Japan Dirt Triple Crown at Oi on Tuesday. A winner of both a newcomer race at Sapporo last July and the Cattleya Stakes (Cond.) at Tokyo in November, the colt was fourth at Kawasaki. He bounced back with a victory in the Keihin Hai locally near the end of March. Quickly into stride, the 3-10 favourite soon stalked in third as the field headed into the...