YOSHIDA winning Turf Classic Stakes-Gr1 YOSHIDA winning Woodward Stakes-Gr1 Horsephotos.com Bob Coglianese Photos, Inc.

YOSHIDA(JPN) 2015 Graduate Dual Gr.1 Winner in U.S. on both Turf & Dirt JRHA

DAY1 Mon, July 8 DAY2 Tue, July 9 240 Yearlinɡs 200 foals Northern Horse Park, Hokkaido, JAPAN

The most prestigious and largest sale in Japan. The sales complex at Northern Horse Park is located in Hokkaido, about 15 minutes drive from the New Chitose Airport where 1 hour and half flight from Tokyo. Notable Sale Graduates 2005 A lot of Champions and Gr. winners have been 2002 Graduate graduated from the JRHA Select Sale and some of them Champion Sire in Japan since 2012 & are also highly successful as sires and broodmares. 2006 JRA Price: 70,000,000 yen 2004 -G1(2400m) Horse of the Year Earnings: 1,454,551,000 yen 2004 JRA Horse of the Year

2000 Graduate Price: 90,000,000 yen Earnings: 1,135,652,000 yen

2007 Dubai Duty Free-G1(1777m) 2007 JRA Horse of the Year

2003 Graduate Price: 16,000,000 yen Admire Moon Earnings: 1,187,730,000 yen ©M.Takahashi

2014 Dubai Duty Free-G1(1800m) 2014 JRA Best Older Horse

2007 Graduate Price: 12,000,000 yen 2006 -JPN1(2500m) Earnings: 909,398,000 yen ©M.Takahashi Did you know? Dam of is also our graduate. Also her sire was catalogued in the 2008 foal session. Fusaichi Pandora 2003 Graduate Price: 87,000,000 yen Earnings: 378,110,000 yen 2006 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup-G1(2200m)

Japanese super filly Almond Eye(JPN), who won Dubai Turf-Gr1 in March 2019, is by Lord Kanaloa(JPN) out of a sale graduate Fusaichi Pandora(JPN) by (USA). Fusaichi Pandra won the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup-G1 over 2,200m in Kyoto in 2006. ©M.Takahashi - 2 - Recent Gr.1 Winning Graduates

*As of May 12.2019

Yoshida Woodward & Turf Classic winner in the U.S.A.

2015 Graduate 2014 Graduate Price Price 94,000,000 yen 155,000,000 yen ▼ ▼ Earnings Earnings US$ 2,179,770 615,713,000 yen

Woodward Stakes (9f) Osaka Hai (2000m) ©Bob Coglianese Photos, Inc.

Admire Mars©Bob Coglianese Photos, Inc. Epoca D’Oro 2018 JRA Best 2-y-o Colt 2019 NHK Mile Cup winner

2017 Graduate 2015 Graduate Price Price 52,000,000 yen 34,000,000 yen ▼ ▼ Earnings Earnings 273,525,000 yen 276,364,000 yen

NHK Mile Cup (1600m) (2000m) 2019 winner 2018 JRA Best 2-y-o Filly

2016 Graduate 2017 Graduate Price Price 22,000,000 yen 90,000,000 yen ▼ ▼ Earnings Earnings 208,258,000 yen 172,369,000 yen

Victoria Mile (1600m) (1600m)

Past 5 Years Results Year Lot Sold Highest Bottom Average Median 2014 475 404 260,000,000yen 4,000,000yen 31,126,361yen 22,000,000yen 2015 470 394 235,000,000yen 5,000,000yen 33,435,279yen 25,000,000yen 2016 479 390 280,000,000yen 4,000,000yen 38,313,077yen 26,000,000yen 2017 462 406 580,000,000yen 5,000,000yen 42,677,340yen 30,000,000yen 2018 464 415 290,000,000yen 5,000,000yen 43,178,313yen 30,000,000yen The average price is somewhat higher than the other sales in Japan because the JRHA Select Sale provides only with the best quality. However, plenty of good horses such as champions Admire Moon or Just a Way have come from mid or low bidding range. - 3 - How Much Do You Know About Japan's Racing?

Japanese bred is so expensive, and the training fee in Japan costs much. Is that true? Yes, Japanese bred horses are very expensive, so as the training fees in Japan. However, you have a greater chance to win in the world richest racing circuit if you get top quality thoroughbreds from the JRHA Select Sale. Why don' t you invest your money on the world-class thoroughbreds to race in the world best racing?

JRA Prize Money For your information, the JRHA Select Sale graduates won *Flat Race Japan’s top 3 Grade 1 races as follows: GRADE1 Gr.1 Japan Cup Zenno Rob Roy (2004), Deep Impact (2006), , , yen ─ , , yen 570 000 000 123 300 000 Admire Moon (2007) GRADE2 Arima Kinen Manhattan Café (2001), Zenno Rob Roy (2004), Gr.2 134,000,000 yen ─ 72,000,000 yen Deep Impact (2006), (2016) Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (2004), GRADE3 Gr.3 Deep Impact (2005), (2012) 77,300,000 yen ─ 55,600,000 yen LISTED ( OPEN ) RACE Listed or Open 49,000,000 yen ─ 26,600,000 yen

UNDER 16 MILLION YEN RACE ( 3 WINS CLASS ) Under 16 million yen race 34,620,000 yen ─ 33,880,000 yen

UNDER 10 MILLION YEN RACE ( 2 WINS CLASS ) Under 10 million yen race 28,600,000 yen ─ 21,000,000 yen

UNDER 5 MILLION YEN RACE ( 1 WIN CLASS ) Under 5 million yen race 19,950,000 yen ─ 13,720,000 yen

NEW COMER ( DEBUT ) RACE New Comer (Debut) race 13,400,000 yen ─ 11,400,000 yen

MAIDEN RACE Maiden race 9,550,000 yen

In addition,6-8% of the winning prize money is given to 6th, 7th and 8th place runners as the running subsidy.

JRA Individual Owner Registration (Non-Residents of Japan)

Application for JRA Owner Registrations (Non-Residents of Japan) is accepted for individual owners only and a racehorse can’t be shared with other owners.

Please visit JRA English website to make certain a complete details. ► http://japanracing.jp/en/about/jra/owner.html

For further information regarding the licensing foreign owners in Japan, please contact below.

Contact : Racing Department, Owner Registration Section (JRA) TEL : +81-3-3591-5251 E-mail: [email protected]

- 4 - Selected Voices #1 Elliot Walden President and CEO of WinStar Farm Purchaser and co-owner of multiple Gr1 winner YOSHIDA(JPN)

I love horses who give me a message, and YOSHIDA was the horse that was my favorite over there.

Please talk to us about the world-renowned JRHA and I was very impressed. Yoshida is by Heart's Cry, so he has sale which turned out to be very interesting for you. got Sunday Silence's bloodline which we were looking for when we In 2015, you were one of the Americans to go to the went to the sales in 2015. He also had great balance, and he had a Japanese sale and what made you go there and what great walk and movement. He was very strong, well balanced, had were your expectations heading to Japan? great neck and head, and had great presence about him. I love Well, we went to look at Empire Maker and also to think about horses who give me a message, and he was the horse that was my bringing different bloodlines back to America. I have always been favorite over there. We ended up buying three yearlings and two enamored with Sunday Silence and with his progeny, what he weanlings. He was the horse that we really wanted to come home did on the race track against Easy Goer and also what he has with. done through his sons over in Japan. So, we went over kind of to experience the sale and see Empire Maker and see if we could Please tell us about the foal sale in July, where the come home with something interesting. foals come to the ring accompanied by the dam of the foal. What was the impression to the sale? It’s a very interesting way they do that over there. The most Fabulous. You know, they did a great job, JRHA did the great job of interesting thing for me at the time was that they are going to have taking care of us. to take these foals home and wean them if we bought them, and guarantee them back to us at later date. How is that all going to Please talk a bit about management of the sale by work? The reputation they have at the sale worked extremely well. JRHA, and the atmosphere of the sale in Japan. It gave me the confidence to know that we are going to be able to It was very good atmosphere. I've been to a lot of sales all over the have a fair shot. So, to see them all out in the big field, 200 mares world. It was a great atmosphere, a very lively event. It was well out there with foals, literally standing there in a natural done, a lot of people there, a lot of energy and enthusiasm about environment. Seeing them walk with mothers, it's really cool. racing in Japan. You could feel that by being at the sale. For any other American buyers who may be going to What do you think about the quality of Japanese bred Japan. Do you think there is an opportunity for them horses? to buy an outstanding dirt horse at the sale? Improving all the time. I think that they came over here and bought I think so. I think they can buy any kind of horse. The key is that top bloodstock, they have done that for 20-30 years and starting they can buy a really good horse. Anytime you go to a sale, you to really show itself on the world stage. You know, you can go to hope and dream that you are going to buy a Grade 1 caliber horse. Dubai and see Japanese bred horses.We’re fortunate enough to I mean you don't go to a sale and just buy any horse, you go to try have bought Yoshida at the sale, the dual Grade 1 winner last year to buy a grade horse. With bloodlines with physical attributes that on both turf and dirt. Their horses are winning everywhere. those horses in Japan carry, you can buy any kind of horses in Japan. Please talk to us about the pedigree of Yoshida. And tell us about his conformation, when you saw him at Sunday Silence became the epical in Japan. the sale. What attracted you to him? Heart's Cry is one of his sons. Are there any other One of the attractions of buying Yoshida was that he was out of interesting to you in Japan right now? Hilda’s Passion, I saw her win in the Ballerina stakes at Saratoga, Deep Impact. He obviously is the world-class sire, and he is one of Cont.P6 - 5 - the top 2 or 3 sires in the world. I looked at all the Deep Impact’s but couldn’t afford them. That's why we went for Heart's Cry. Their whole industry is just continuing to improve and dedicated to excellence. I think their horsemanship and skills they have improved over 20 years, their bloodlines have improved, and their racing has improved now they are doing it on the world stage.

When you are talking to buyers from , buyers from Europe, buyers from all over the world, what would you like to tell them about your experience going to Japan? How would you recommend them? My experience in 2015 going to the Japanese sale was great. I can just solely speak from my experience, the professionalism, excitement and energy around the sale, opportunities to see the horses in the way that you can make good decisions. Everything At the JRHA Select Sale 2015, #87 bay colt by Heart’s Cry out of they have was up to being the first-class horse sale. I would Hilda’s Passion was purchased for 94 million yen as a yearling by recommend that to anybody. The real key to that is that Japanese John McCormack on behalf of WinStar Farm. A picture after the bid, horses are running all over the world, and no matter what part of YOSHIDA with Mr. Elliot Walden (white cap) and Katsumi Yoshida (far left) . the world you live in or you race in, Japanese bred is the horse that you can take anywhere in the world and compete. ■

Selected Voices #2 Katsumi Yoshida CEO of Northern Farm, Leading Consigner for the JRHA Select Sale

We are confident with our horses, and we want everyone to see with their own eyes. Northern Farm and JRHA will welcome all buyers with the best hospitality possible.

World-class without doubt seen, they have a lot of speed, and we knew that before the The reason behind the outstanding sales result of the Select first crop started racing. sale is due to increasing number of buyers attending the sales, and the excellent performances by the horses from Talking about promising stallions at Shadai this sale. We don’t know how the sale results to be this year, Among the sires having first starters this year, but we have an excellent list of horses again. We are still drew my attention. I really liked the horse as a racehorse. on the process to prepare the list of the horses, but I can His progeny tend to be beautiful big horses. I would say they guarantee that it is world-class without doubt. would be better over the distance, but with a lot of speed. 's progeny are relatively big horses for Deep Impact's The next Deep Impact bloodline and very muscular. Real Impact’s progeny have It used to be Deep Impact solely making high prices, but plenty of speed. I like , and too. in recent years we have a variety of stallions making high Their progeny will start racing next year. We have plenty of prices too. Deep Impact is as popular as ever with Saxon Duramente's and Maurice’s at the sale this year. Maurice has Warrior's success, but if you for the next big thing I must a high profile amongst international buyers, with an excellent say it is Lord Kanaloa. His reputation is exceptionally high racing record in Hong Kong. He has also shuttled to Australia at the moment. His progeny have a lot more staying ability in the past. than we all expected, we never thought of them winning in a mile and a half race. They are very easy to ride and handle, It is tough to pick the best one out of first crop stallions. They which makes the process of breaking in so much easier all have good foals, but if I must say and and quicker. As a result, you rarely get utter failure by Lord Drefong would be my choice. Kitasan Black has produced Kanaloa, and still you can get an absolute superstar like stunning looking foals. Drefong has a different muscular Almond Eye out of a high-quality bunch. From what I have frame from Japanese horses, soft and flexible. We are

Cont.P7 - 6 - excited about what he can do here in Japan. We have a of spectacular names, and the list is full of black type horses number of very high-quality foals for the Select Sale. with their siblings and relatives.

The quality and bloodline of the broodmares It is imperative to have as many buyers as we can to the I don't want everyone to just focus on sires though, the Select Sale. We are confident with our horses, and we quality and bloodline of the broodmares is very important as want everyone to see with their own eyes. Northern Farm well. You would notice this if you look at the catalogs, but we and JRHA will welcome all buyers with the best hospitality have top quality grade 1 winning mares everywhere. It is full possible. ■

Selected Voices #3 Yasutoshi Ikee JRA Leading Trainer

"Alluring opportunity to dig up a gemstone." The Select Sale is a great learning arena for me. The world-renowned thoroughbred Deep Impact was sold as a foal at the 2002 JRHA Select Sale. Deep Impact was trained by Yasuo Ikee, father of Yasutoshi, and became Japanese Horse of the Year in both 2005 and 2006. He has been crowned with leading sire for seven consecutive years since 2012. Yasutoshi Ikee is well known as Ikee trained SATONO DIAMOND by Deep the trainer of , and he has trained a number of Deep Impact's progeny such Impact is one of the prominent sale as Satono Diamond which was also purchased in the JRHA Select Sale. graduates.

What was the impression of Deep Impact, who was What kind of role the Select Sale had to you? trained by your father? How do I put this… "Alluring opportunity to dig up a gemstone." I saw him at the farm when he was a yearling. He was tiny but very We would have never achieved what we have without the Select playful, rearing up and bucking. His older brother, Black Tide was Sale. I am so excited about being part of the sale every year, and a very wild horse too, so I assumed they have a lot in common. of course I have experienced both bitter and sweet, but it is simply However, he had excellent movement. How could I say? He fun being part of it. The Select Sale has produced as many good moved like a cat, or some kind of feline family anyway. He had an horses as the September sale at Keeneland and the October sale extraordinarily fluid range of movement. He was very athletic. at Tattersalls, if not more. We can get our hands on the world-class thoroughbreds while we are still in Japan. Deep Impact has become a legendary racehorse. Deep Impact has reversed the idea of the ideal type of racehorses What do you seek when you look at horses at the everyone had. We used to believe a racehorse has to be large sale? framed to win a big race, but Deep Impact has changed it all. At the end of the day, it is your liking. I believe every trainer in the world agrees on that. You just have to look for a horse you want You won Grade 1 races with Satono Diamond, Mikki to train. I would buy a horse I like even if the horse has issues to a Queen and Satono Aladdin, they are all by Deep certain degree. When I’m buying a horse, I have a line of problems Impact sold at the Select Sale. in another and issues which can be managed or fixed in time. Grade 1 winner by Deep Impact trained by you. What can you tell us about Deep Impact’s progeny? What kind of the horses are to your liking? Many of them inherited the excellent physical ability Deep Impact If you mean the physical appearance, Satono Diamond is the had, like I mentioned earlier, great joint flexibility and a great turn perfect thoroughbred to me. We purchased him as a weanling, and of a foot. Deep Impact himself had a bit of baby face, had a very he already had the presence and attitude I love. We have managed narrow jaw. Deep Impact's progeny vary in sizes, but they all inherit to win two Grade 1 races with him. I am so grateful to the owner a class look about them. We used to believe in the idea a good and the horse. horse has a large jaw, but again Deep Impact reversed that notion. I sometimes think that Deep Impact is more than a thoroughbred. What could you tell to international buyers about the He is one step ahead of them. Select Sale? Cont.P8 - 7 - I understand it is a very expensive sale, however the quality of I mentioned about digging a gemstone in the sale earlier, but horses you can get meets the price very well. We have more also it is a great learning arena for me. They have both yearlings international owners registered with JRA now, so it is an option and foals, and they will eventually race in the top races in 2-3 to race them under the JRA with very rich prize money. I am years. I always remember the juveniles and how they turn out as sure there are plenty of Japanese bred horses who can win big racehorses. races like , one of Deep Impact’s progeny. I believe Japanese horses have potential to win on the dirt in the U.S. with So, you can get the answers in a few years. or without Deep Impact’s bloodline in them. We have good dirt That’s exactly right. After years of experience, you get better stallions in Japan too, and many stallions imported from the U.S. with your judgement. I always follow the horses from the Select I believe Japanese bred horses can run very competitive races in Sale, even the horses I didn’t bid on. I keep the catalog every the U.S., Europe and Oceania. Another thing I would like to add year, so I remember the evaluation I noted about each horse. I about the Select Sale is the great hospitality. When you go to the sometimes get it right, but of course you get it wrong as well. You sales overseas sometime you find it hard to get by, but the Select polish yourself each year and try to find the next good horse in the Sale has thorough hospitality. I believe it is the world best by far. following Select Sale. ■ Selected Voices #1-3 : Interviewed late March 2019

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Applying for Purchase Required ─── Any person who wishes to purchase at the Select Sale are required to apply and register by providing his/her name and address no later than five (5) days prior to the opening of the sale. Deposit of prepayment is required when you apply and register.

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Welcome to JRHA Select Sale !

July 8, Yearling session July 9, Foal session at Northern Horse Park

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For Catalogue & Travel Information Tel : 81-3-5385-4790 / Fax : 81-3-5385-4798 Regent Co., Ltd (JRHA representative for international clients) e-mail : [email protected]

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