Heavenly Romance

2020-11-30 | By jpkeiba | Filed in: (Turf G1 wins)1, filly,mare(female), Turf.

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All G1 races + grade-races she won

Y D/M	Track	Race	No.	Pl.
2003 16/11	Kyoto T2200	Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1)	6	10	◆
2004 19/12	Hanshin T1600	Sankei Sports Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes (G2)	2	1	G
2005 20/02	Tokyo D1600	February Stakes (G1)	2	11	◆
2005 21/08	Sapporo T2000	Sapporo Kinen (G2)	4	1	G
2005 30/10	Tokyo T2000	Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1)	1	1	◆
2005 27/11	Tokyo T2400	Japan Cup (G1)	10	7	◆
2005 25/12	Nakayama T2500	Arima Kinen (G1)	7	6	◆

In the Sankei Sports Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes, she was 3rd favorite.
She won by 1 length.
She defeated such as Meisho Battler, Daiwa el Cielo and Osumi Haruka.
It was her first grade race win.
In the Sapporo Kinen, she was 9th favorite.
She and Fast Tateyama passed the other horses in the home stretch and finished.
She won by a head.
Her connections changed their goal for the autumn season from the Queen Elizabeth II Cup to the Tenno Sho (Autumn) because she won against a stallion.
In the Tenno Sho (Autumn), she was 14th favorite.
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress visited for the first time in 106 years.
There were nine G1 horses and two horses that would later become G1 horses.The race was made very slow-paced.

Heavenly Romance ran the rail all the time.
She passed Zenno Rob Roy and Dance in the Mood before the finish line.
She was the first mare to win the Tenno Sho as a filly since Air Groove.
It was her first G1 win.Her jockey, Mikio Matsunaga, posed for a salute to the Emperor and Empress.
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The crowd was very excited to see it.

As dam

She also succeeded as a broodmare.
Not sure why, but many of her crops succeeded in dirt races.
Awardee (sire: Jungle Pocket) won the JBC Classic (G1).
Amour Briller (sire: Smart Strike) won some grade-races.
Lani (sire: Tapit) won the UAE Derby and ran in the three classic races in USA.

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