This time next week the 2026 JRHA Select Sale will be underway with 552 yearlings and foals to be offered on July 13, 14, so we’re going looking for youngsters with an Aussie flavour.
Japanese breeders have plenty of respect for elite Australasian bred mares and a significant number find their way to Japan and some have done exceptionally well at stud such as Yankee Rose, Mosheen and Youngstar, so let’s take a look at the entries from mares bred in Australasia.
Yearlings
Lot 3 Filly Contrail x Amphitrite, by Sebring
From G1 MRC Thousand Guineas winner Amphitrite, who is already the dam of two winners in Japan.
Lot 109 Colt Equinox x Youngstar, by High Chaparral
Half-brother to multiple Group winner and G1 placed Eri King and is third foal of G1 Queensland Oaks winner Youngstar.
Lot 204 Colt Mikki Isle x Classic Cocoa, by Fastnet Rock
Classic Cocoa was a $280,000 Magic Millions purchase for Katsumi Yoshida in 2019 and won two races in Japan.
Foals
Lot 305 Colt Kizuna x Ruthless Dame (NZ), by Tavistock
First foal of G1 SAJC Robert Sangster Stakes winner Ruthless Dame.
Lot 329 Lot Colt Equinox x Funstar, by Adelaide
From G1 ATC Flight Stakes winner Funstar, whose first foal to race in Japan is a winner.
Lot 354 Colt Kitasan Black x Lezoo (GB), by Zoustar
This one is not from an Aussie bred mare, but he is interesting from our perspective as he is the second foal of Champion European 2YO Filly Lezoo, who is the best Northern Hemisphere bred offspring of champion Australian sire Zoustar.
Lot 369 Filly Maurice x Mosheen, by Fastnet Rock
From four time Aussie G1 winner Mosheen, who has had five winners in Japan, G3 winner Primo Scene, SW Danon Ayers Rock and stakes-placed Moreton Island.
Lot 401 Colt Kitasan Black x Yankee Rose, by All American
From two time G1 winner Yankee Rose, the dam of four winners in Japan headed by Champion 2YO and 3YO Filly Liberty Island.
