Rabbit Run lived up to her pedigree in a big way Sunday, rallying belatedly to become the fifth group winner for her dam in the G2 Kansai Telecasting Sho Corp. Sho Rose S. at Hanshin. Rating near the rear of the strung out field through the first half-mile in :46.40, she began to inch her way towards the head of affairs. Coming with a strong run under Ryuji Wada out in the center of the course leaving the far turn, the $750,000 KEESEP yearling was closing fastest of all in the dying strides. Rabbit Run blew past stretch leader Kawakita Enka to win by 1 1/4 lengths, with Lys Gracieux completing the trifecta 3/4 of a length behind. Favoured Fan Dii Na (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a winner of the G3 Flower Cup at Nakayama in March, ran out of steam after making up some ground in early stretch and ran sixth.
A winner at first asking going 1400 metres over the Kyoto dirt on Nov. 26, Rabbit Run ran second returning as a sophomore in a Tokyo mile heat May 7 and turned in a sixth-place effort at Kyoto upped to 1800 metres May 21. She made her grass bow a winning one cut back to a mile at Chukyo July 22 and was 25-1 stepping up to group company Sunday.
Pedigree Notes…
Three-time champion sire Tapit brought his black-type scorers to 101 and fourth black-type winner in Japan after Rabbit Run's victory. She is a half sister to MGSW and GI Diana S. third Rainha Da Bateria (Broken Vow), GSW and GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational third-place finisher Kindergarden Kid (Dynaformer) and GSWs Assateague (Stormy Atlantic) and his full-brother Asakusa Genki (Stormy Atlantic). Rabbit run is a full-sister to GI Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile bridesmaid He's Had Enough and she is followed by recent G3 Kokura Nisai S. hero Asakusa Genki (Stormy Atlantic) and a weanling filly by Empire Maker. Amelia was bred back to that Gainesway Farm resident later this term. Third dam is Broodmare of the Year Courtly Dee (Never Bend), while her second dam is a MGSW full-sister to champion juvenile filly Althea (Alydar).
Sunday, Hanshin, Japan
KANSAI TELECASTING CORP.SHO ROSE S.-G2, ¥100,860,000, Hanshin, 9-17, 3yo f, 1800mT, 1:45.50, fm.
1–RABBIT RUN, 119, f, 3, by Tapit&log=#tot">Tapit
1st Dam: Amelia (SW, $179,565), by Dixieland Band
2nd Dam: Aquilegia, by Alydar
3rd Dam: Courtly Dee, by Never Bend
($750,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Kazuko Yoshida; B-Alexander
Groves Matz LLC; T-Katsuhiko Sumii; J-Ryuji Wada;
¥53,302,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, ¥70,702,000. *1/2 to
Kindergarten Kid (Dynaformer), GSW & GISP, $341,839;
Assateague (Stormy Atlantic), GSW, $398,059; Rainha Da
Bateria (Broken Vow), MGSW & GISP; Asakusa Genki (Stormy
Atlantic), GSW-Jpn, $360,466; and a full to He's Had Enough,
GISP, $492,910. **101st SW for her sire (by Pulpit). Werk Nick
Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.[bullet ad=”gainesway-consigned-by”][bullet ad=”us-bred-ky-bred-keen-grad”]2–Kawakita Enka (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Deep Impact (Jpn)–Kawakita
Love Pop (Jpn), by Kurofune. O-Yoshio Kawashima; B-Kida
Farm; ¥21,372,000.
3–Lys Gracieux (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Heart's Cry (Jpn)–Liliside (Fr), by
American Post(GB). O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm;
¥13,186,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, NO; Odds: 25.40, 20.40, 5.30.
Also Ran: Mirissa (Jpn), Meisho Owara (Jpn), Fan Dii Na (Jpn), Mozu Katchan (Jpn), Bright Moon (Jpn), Reine Minoru (Jpn), Miss Panthere (Jpn), Satono Alicia (Jpn), Queen Mambo (Jpn), Maids Of Honour (Jpn), Karakurenai (Jpn), Alonza Mona (Jpn), Black's Beach (Jpn), Hello Unicorn (Jpn), Yamakatsu Grace (Jpn).
Click for the Racing Post chart, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. JRA VIDEO.
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