JRHA Releases Select Sale Catalog
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Photo: Naoji Inada
The JRHA Select Sale has 243 foals catalogued for the foal session.
The Japan Racing Horse Association announced May 24 it has cataloged 248 yearlings and 243 foals for the JRHA Select Sale July 11-12 at Northern Horse Park near New Chitose Airport on Hokkaido.
The sale includes the progeny of first-crop yearling sires Orfevre, Lord Kanaloa, and Novellist as well as the first foals by Just a Way, the world's highest rated horse in 2014. Other top sires represented include proven stallions Deep Impact, Heart's Cry, King Kamehameha, and Screen Hero, all of whom have had top performers at recent international events, including A Shin Hikari, Real Steel, Duramente, Nuovo Record, and Maurice.
See the indices for the 2016 JRHA Select Sale
Cumulative results for the JHRA sale have seen regular gains in average price since 2011 and only one slip in median in the past five years, which occurred with a 1.2% decline in 2013. The overall results in 2015 produced a 7.4% gain in average to ¥33,435,279 (US$329,880) and a 13.6% rise in median to ¥25 million ($246,655).
The 2015 yearling session was the strongest it has been since 2011, producing a 20.7% gain in average to ¥33,830,952 ($333,783) and a 25% rise in median to ¥25 million.
Complete catalog pages with black-type information will become available on the website by May 29, and the printed catalogs will be sent out by June 4.
Top Foal Session Entries with North American Ties
378 c. Deep Impact - Cambina (won 2011 American Oaks Stakes, gr. IT)
381 f .Deep Impact - Sisterly Love (2013 Canadian champion older mare)
385 f. Heart's Cry - Hot Cha Cha (won 2009 Queen ElizabethⅡChallenge Cup, gr. IT)
451 f. Orfevre - Buy the Sport (won 2003 Gazelle Handicap, gr. I)
543 c. Lord Kanaloa - Ultra Blend (2011 Clement L.Hirsch Stakes, gr. I)
Top Yearling Session Entries with North American Ties
71 c. Deep Impact - Gabby's Golden Gal (won 2009 Acorn S. and Santa Monica H., both gr. I)
81 f. Deep Impact - Topliner, half sister to Star Billing (won Matriarch Stakes, gr. I)
99 c. Deep Impact - Champagne d'Oro (won Acorn S. and Test S., both gr. I)
107 c. Deep Impact - Awesome Feather (2010 Eclipse champion 2-year-old filly)
121 c. Stay Gold - Hot Cha Cha, Hot Cha Cha (won 2009 Queen ElizabethⅡChallenge Cup, gr. IT)
156 c. Deep Impact - Dubai Majesty (2010 Eclipse champion female sprinter)
172 c. Orfevre - Ermine (won Apple Blossom Handicap, gr. I)
191 f. Deep Impact － Franny Freud (won Prioress Stakes, gr. I)