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Japanese Horse To Appear For Santa Anita Derby

Shanghai Bobby in Japan in 2020 | Horsephotos

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Mandarin Hero (Jpn) (Shanghai Bobby), a winner of four of 5 career commences in Japan, will make his next start off in the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 8 at Santa Anita.

Mandarin Hero races on the Nationwide Association of Racing (NAR) circuit, comprised of regional tracks predominantly presenting dirt racing and commonly thought of to be a slice down below the Japan Racing Association circuit. Mandarin Hero will be the 1st NAR horse to compete in the U.S., although Marche Lorraine (Jpn) (Orfevre Jpn) was a 4-time black-variety winner at NAR tracks right before upsetting the 2021 GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Del Mar.

Mandarin Hero, just one of 24 winners from the very first Japanese crop of 2012 Eclipse Award-winning juvenile male Shanghai Bobby, was undefeated in four begins as a 2-12 months-old and received the Haiseiko Kinen (allowance) heading a two-switch mile last November (see down below, SC 9). He made his 3-year-previous debut in an important 1800-meter [nine-furlong] check Feb. 23, ending a close next. All of his races have come on the grime at Ohi Racecourse outside of Tokyo, in which he has earned the equal of $236,854.

 

 

 

“My intention of working in the Santa Anita Derby has appear legitimate, and I am determined to achieve good outcomes,” reported trainer Terunobu Fujita. “After a superior run in the Santa Anita Derby, I hope to operate in the Kentucky Derby. I have the knowledge of an abroad tour [in Korea] and I will do my ideal to do anything in my electric power.”

There are four races on the Japanese calendar earn which factors for the GI Kentucky Derby are awarded. Mandarin Hero has not run in any of them. 5 Japanese horses are anticipated to choose portion in the G2 UAE Derby at Meydan Mar. 25, a race that features Kentucky Derby factors on a scale of 100-40-30-20-10 as does the Santa Anita Derby.

 

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