Boom Bap Beat at Keeneland September in 2024 | Keeneland photo
By Alan Carasso
In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Kyoto Racecourse:
Saturday, January 17, 2026
6th-KYO, ¥15,200,000 ($96k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m
BOOM BAP BEAT (c, 3, Into Mischief–Point of Honor, by Curlin), a $1.25-million Keeneland September acquisition for owner Susumu Fujita, has acquitted himself well in his two previous appearances over this course and distance, finishing third Oct. 10 before showing the necessary improvement to graduate by 3 1/2 lengths when last seen Nov. 15. The bay is the first produce from his dam, winner of the GII Black-Eyed Susan Stakes before placing in the GI CCA Oaks and GI Alabama Stakes at three. Point of Honor held top-class form at four, with a quartet of Grade I placings and her now 2-year-old full-brother to this colt made $1.5 million at KEESEP last year. O-Susumu Fujita; B-Alpha Delta Stables LLC (KY); T-Mitsu Nakauchida
10th-KYO, Kobai S.-Listed, ¥40,290,000 ($255k), 3yo, f, 1400mT
PRINCESS MOKO (f, 3, Charlatan–Tiger Ride, by Candy Ride {Arg}) opened her account at first asking with a three-length success on the dirt at Kyoto in November and made a favorable impression when switched to the turf for the first time, going down by a neck in a 1400-meter allowance at Chukyo Dec. 13. A $170,000 KEESEP yearling turned $300,000 OBS April breezer, the Feb. 21 foal is out of a mare that won a rained-off renewal of Keeneland’s GIII Valley View Stakes and was later second to Forever Unbridled (Unbridled’s Song) in the GI Beldame Stakes. Yutaka Take has the riding assignment. O-Mishima B.; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); T-Hideaki Fujiwara
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