Takaya Shimakawa followed up his earlier purchase of a ﾥ170 million Deep Impact (Jpn) colt at the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale on July 8ﾠby going to ﾥ105 million (about $1,029,412)ﾠfor aﾠclassy filly by King Kamehameha (Jpn) who is a full sister to multiple Japanese GII winner To the Glory (Jpn). Produced by Japanese champion mareﾠTo the Victory (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), who finished second in the 2001 GI Dubai World Cup against international male runners, the filly is from the family of GI Belmont Stakes winner Creme Fraiche. “I thought the price was too expensive, but everyone recommended this filly, so I bought her,” said aﾠsmiling Shimakawa. Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm consigned the filly to the sale.
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