JAPAN BREEDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP : INTERNECINE COLLISION

Click above to watch Victoire Pisa winning the
Arima Kinen (Gr1)
(Photo : Racing Post)

“IT’S OPEN WARFARE…”

The Yoshidas have long been the dominant force in Japanese breeding. That’s clear from their latest statistics, which have three family entities at the head of breeding’s affairs, and each and every one of the top ten sires on the General and Juvenile Sires’ logs, residing at their Shadai Stallion Station.

For all that though, when it comes to the Champion Breeders title, it’s open warfare. And it’s about as tight at the top as you can get, the lead changing with the passing of each weekend.

Last weekend, Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm (with whom we have Admire Main,) grabbed the lead for the first time in 2010, overcoming a huge mid-year deficit, only to have older brother, Teruya’s Shadai Farm take the Group One Arima Kinen on Sunday with Victoire Pisa. And you might’ve guessed it, 2^nd and 3^rd were Northern Farm graduates.

This was the position last week : we’ll provide an update tomorrow on the latest from the “Land Of The Rising Sun,” and the domain of the late, great Sunday Silence.

Editor : Just have a peek at the earnings schedule, converted to Rands (ZAR). Imagine we could play for those stakes!

Japan Racing Association
Purse Rating / Breeder

#	Breeder	# of start (head)	# of start (race)	win (head)	win (race)	Total Purse (ZAR)	Recent Winner
1	Northern Farm	694	3097	254	346	575,991,001	Rose Kingdom
2	Shadai Farm	731	3281	274	383	569,617,489	Victoire Pisa
3	Shiraoi Farm	228	1132	67	99	142,932,656	Aliseo
4	Shimokobe Farm	149	662	40	48	85,027,939	Dasher Go Go
5	North Hills Management	104	473	32	43	84,034,688	Transcend
6	Chiyoda Farm	168	723	36	50	83,376,705	Birdy Birdy
7	Big Red Farm	143	652	37	44	61,903,701	Meiner Kitz
8	Oiwake Farm	88	386	21	26	42,601,234	Golski
9	Yanagawa Farm	64	365	25	33	41,923,803	Kopano Gingu
10	Mishima Farm	67	358	20	25	41,891,945	Meisho Beluga

Courtesy of JRA 20 December 2010

Japan Racing Association
Leading Sire

#	Stallion	# of start (head)	# of start (race)	win (head)	win (race)	Total Purse (ZAR)	Recent Winner
1	KING KAMEHAMEHA	308	1520	128	177	262,431,785	Rose Kingdom
2	FUJI KISEKI	283	1232	87	116	175,713,280	Kinshasa no Kiseki
3	SYMBOLI KRIS S	292	1354	89	117	171,244,848	Aliseo
4	KURUFUNE	298	1459	109	148	166,986,938	Whale Capture
5	MANHATTAN CAFE	266	1106	77	109	163,911,393	Gestalt
6	AGNES TACHYON	251	1006	76	98	153,748,766	Reve d’Essor
7	SPECIAL WEEK	236	1085	65	80	143,911,684	Buena Vista
8	SAKURA BAKUSHIN O	244	1127	85	105	143,395,138	Grand Prix Boss
9	JUNGLE POCKET	213	917	52	71	121,713,570	Jaguar Mail
10	NEO UNIVERSE	235	1042	63	93	117,913,425	Victoire Pisa

Courtesy of JRA 20 December 2010

Japan Racing Association
Leading Sire of 2 Year Olds

#	Stallion	# of start (head)	# of start (race)	win (head)	win (race)	Total Purse (ZAR)	Recent Winner
1	DEEP IMPACT	73	169	33	37	33,550,653	Real Impact
2	SAKURA BAKUSHIN O	51	154	19	24	26,483,962	Grand Prix Boss
3	AGNES TACHYON	56	122	15	18	21,035,051	Reve d’ Essor
4	KING KAMEHAMEHA	77	200	29	30	20,502,903	Tsurumaru One Piece
5	FUJI KISEKI	55	129	21	22	19,382,656	Sadamu Patek
6	HEART’S CRY	46	121	14	16	16,497,315	Lift The Wings
7	KUROFUNE	50	139	11	13	15,040,421	Whale Capture
8	JUNGLE POCKET	67	174	9	10	14,518,578	Magical Pocket
9	MANHATTAN CAFE	49	111	14	17	12,761,176	Shonan Mighty
10	NEO UNIVERSE	70	172	12	13	12,249,347	All As One

Courtesy of JRA 20 December 2010