Cover image courtesy of Emma Berry
Meanwhile, fellow Group 1 winners Kirramosa (NZ) and Amphitrite were also handed memorable results at Hokkaido’s Northern Horse Park .
By one of Japan's star stallions Epiphaneia (Jpn), the son of Mosheen sold for ¥300,000,000 (AU$3,256,500), making the youngster the third-equal highest-priced lot offered of the afternoon.
It was the second stunning result for the daughter of Fastnet Rock in the space of 24 hours, after her yearling colt by Arrowfield Stud shuttler Maurice (Jpn) sold to Masahiro Noda of Danox Co. Ltd for an astonishing ¥450,000,000 (AU$4.8 million).
So far, Mosheen has produced three winners from six foals to race and her progeny is spearheaded by three-time Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed colt Primo Scene (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).
Like Monday’s yearling, Mosheen’s colt was consigned by Northern Farm and he was purchased by Ver Co. Ltd.
Mosheen, who was bred in New South Wales by Bylong Park Thoroughbreds and raced by the late Phil Sly, won eight times, which saw her accrue $2,690,350 in career prizemoney and she was sold to Northern Farm in 2012.
Maurice (Jpn) x Mosheen (colt) - yearling, sold to Masahiro Noda of Danox Co. Ltd for ¥450,000,000 (AU$4.8 million) | Image courtesy of the JRHA Select Sale
Star stallion
The colt is by the Shadai Stallion Station’s dual Grade 1-winning stallion Epiphaneia, whose brace of elite-level wins included a victory in the 2014 G1 Japan Cup, while he also landed the G1 Kikuka Sho in 2013.
Epiphaneia retired to the breeding barn in 2016 and was crowned Champion First Season Sire in Japan by number of winners, siring 34, seven ahead of his nearest rival Kizuna (Jpn). He is the sire of six stakes winners and these include Grade 1-winning trio; Efforia (Jpn), Daring Tact (Jpn) and Circle Of Life (Jpn).
Epiphaneia (Jpn) | Standing at Shadai Stallion Station
The stallion stands for a fee of ¥18,000,000 (AU$195,000) and he was chosen to be the first cover for multiple top-flight winning champion mare Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), who produced a colt by the stallion earlier this year.
Meanwhile, a filly by out of G1 Thousand Guineas winner Amphitrite (Sebring) and by first-season sire Satono Diamond (Jpn), who stands alongside Epiphaneia at the Shadai Stallion Station, proved popular on Tuesday when she fetched ¥46,000,000 (AU$499,00) when selling to Kazutaka Hosaka.
Top-class performer
Amphitrite was purchased by her owner Flying Start Syndications and trainer Darren Weir for $50,000 at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale and would go on to win five times.
Her victory in the 2018 edition of the G1 Thousand Guineas came off the back of a triumph in the G2 Edward Manifold S., while she would go on to win the G3 Vanity S. the next preparation, beating subsequent multiple Group 1 winner Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed {NZ}) into second in the process.
The daughter of Sebring pocketed $750,605 in prizemoney and she was sold to undisclosed Japanese interests in a deal brokered by William Johnson Bloodstock in 2020.
Amphitrite is out of dual-winning Redoute’s Choice mare Ocean Dream and she is herself a half-sister to Marble Halls (Nassipour {USA}), who landed the G1 Toorak H. in 1998.
Her first foal was a filly by Daiwa Major (Jpn) and this filly by Satono Diamond - who was consigned by Northern Farm - is her second foal.
Amphitrite when racing | Image courtesy of Bronwen Healy
Satono Diamond’s eight career wins included triumphs in the G1 Kikuka Sho and G1 Arima Kinen and he stands alongside a whole host of stars at the Shadai Stallion Station where his fee was ¥3,000,000 (AU$32,500) in 2022.
Kirramosa continues to bring results
Earlier in the afternoon, a colt by Kizuna (Jpn) out of G1 VRC Oaks winner Kirramosa (NZ) (Alamosa {NZ}) was purchased by Yoko Maeda for ¥64,000,000 (AU$694,000).
This was the fifth offspring offered at public auction out of the daughter of Alamosa and with this latest transaction the progeny out of the mare have earned ¥345,000,000 (AU$3,741,200). The most expensive of the quintet was a colt by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) who was purchased by Tetsuhide Kunimoto for ¥140,000,000 (AU$1,518,200) at the 2020 edition of the same sale.
Kirramosa (NZ) when racing | Image courtesy of Sportpix
The ultra-talented Kirramosa landed four of her 18 starts and prior to her win in the G1 VRC Oaks she landed the G2 Wakeful S. After a career that was plagued with setbacks, the New Zealand-bred was retired the winner of $890,078 in prizemoney and she was sold to Japanese interests in 2015.
The colt is by Kizuna, a Grade 1-winning son of late breed-shaping sire Deep Impact (Jpn), and his progeny is headed by 18 stakes winners including dual Grade 1 scorers Songline (Jpn) and Akai Ito (Jpn).
Big money
The most expensive foal to sell on Tuesday was a colt out of the US Grade 2 winner Champagne Anyone (USA) by Duramente (Jpn), whose burgeoning stallion career at Shadai Stallion Station was brought to a premature end when he succumbed to acute colitis and died at the age of nine in 2021.
Offered by Shunsuke Yoshida, the colt was purchased by Red Horse for an astounding ¥320,000,000 (AU$3,474,900).
Duramente (Jpn) x Champagne Anyone (USA) (colt) sold to Red Horse for ¥320,000,000 (AU$3,475,000) | Image courtesy of the JRHA Select Sale
While the second most expensive foal purchased at the sale on Tuesday was a colt by five-time US Grade 1 winner Bricks And Mortar (USA) and he was purchased by Tetsuhide Kunimoto for ¥310,000,000 (AU$3,366,300).
Final statistics
At the close of trade on Tuesday, the auction house reported that a total 236 foals were offered at Tuesday's session and 225 of them were sold for an aggregate of ¥12,892,500,000 (AU$139,884,900), which is an 18 per cent increase on the gross recorded in 2021.
The average was recorded as ¥57,300,000 (AU$621,700) which is an 11.7 per cent increase on last year, while the clearance rate was also up, having been recorded as 92.6 per cent in 2021, while this year it finished at 95.3 per cent.
Over the two days of trade, 447 lots from 469 lots offered were sold for total receipts of ¥25,762,500,000 (AU$279,525,700) - a 14.2 per cent increase on 2021. The average price is ¥57,634,228 (AU$625,300) which is a 12.2 per cent rise from 2021, while the clearance rate in 2021 was 93 per cent and that rose to 95.3 per cent in 2022.
“It was a record-breaking market here last year and I did not expect to beat it this year,” said Japan Racing Horse Association’s Chairman Teruya Yoshida.
“Market was very strong from the top end through bottom end, and I am very impressed with the depth of buyers. High demand for young horses was kept though two days and a clearance rate of 95.3 per cent is unbelievable.
“I am very happy to see so many people are interested in enjoying ownership of racehorses and very glad to witness they are very keen to make big investments in the bloodstock market.
“The quality of mares we have in Japan is very high and the quality of young horses offered here yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday) was very high as well. And Japanese-bred horses are running very well in international races in the USA and Middle East, and I understand it helps to boost this market.
“I believe Japanese runners will keep running well on the international stage and hope the market next year is as strong as this year.”
