Pedigree Insights
Andrew Caulfield, November 15, 2005–Sweep Tosho (Jpn) P EDIGREE INSIGHTS What is interesting about this list of male-conquering Japanese fillies, from an American viewpoint, is that BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Sweep Tosho and Rhein Kraft are both daughters of End Sweep. This son of Forty Niner defeated Dehere for Sunday, Kyoto, Japan the title of champion freshman sire in 1998, with a crop QUEEN ELIZABETH II COMMEMORATIVE CUP-G1 sired at a modest fee at Mockingbird Farm in Florida. He (Listed), ¥190,000,000, Kyoto, 11-13, 3yo/up, f/m, was one of three sons of Forty Niner to figure 2200mT, 2:12.50, gd. prominently among 1998’s freshman sires, as Tactical 1--SWEEP TOSHO (JPN), 123, f, 4, by End Sweep Advantage took third place and Twining sixth. 1st Dam: Tabatha Tosho (Jpn), by Dancing Brave End Sweep’s achievements in 1998 included setting 2nd Dam: Samantha Tosho (Jpn), by Tosho Boy (Jpn) a record total of 33 individual winners from a crop of 3rd Dam: Marble Tosho (Jpn), by Dandy Lute (Fr) 74 named foals. That total of 33 winners included the O-Tosho Sangyo; B-Tosho Sangyo Corp; T-A Japanese colt South Vigorous, who went on to win 16 Tsurudome; J-K Ikezoe; ¥103,906,000. Lifetime of his 33 starts, including a string of group sprint Record: 16 starts, 7 wins, ¥572,020,000. successes at the ages of six and seven. Another of this first crop’s durable performers was Nany’s Sweep, winner of the GI Santa Monica H. as a five-year-old, Only last week I commented on the apparent and its other members included the graded-place reluctance of American trainers to allow their best getters Sweeping Story, High Wire Act, Grand End fillies and mares to tackle the males.
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