The JRHA Select Sale last week put the spotlight on Australian bred mares at stud in Japan with the foal and yearling sessions both topped by the offspring of Aus bred mares Youngstar and Yankee Rose, with another of our G1 winning mares Amphitrite producing an eye-catching winner in Japan on Sunday.
Ridden by Kazuo Yokoyama and trained by Hiroyuki Uemura, three year-old Kizuna filly Monroe Walk made it three wins from three starts when powering clear for an easy three and a half length win over 1800m at Hakodate.
Monroe Walk is the second winner in Japan for Sebring mare Amphitrite, who won the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas in 2018 before being purchased privately to go to stud in Japan.
A modest $50,000 Magic Millions Adelaide purchase for Flying Start Syndications, she was a saleyard gift winning over $750,000 and then giving her owners an even bigger pay day when she was sold as a broodmare prospect.
Amphitrite has four half-sisters at stud in Australia and her dam Ocean Dream was covered by Tassort last spring and had a yearling filly by Paulele sell at Magic Millions this year in the Kenmore Lodge draft for $120,000 to Matt Hosted Racing.
Amphitrite had a yearling filly by Contrail sell at the JRHA Yearling Sale last week for 56,000,000yen (A$494,000) to Red Magic Co Ltd.
She also has a two year-old unraced colt by Lord Kanaloa called Vasto Mare and produced a filly this year by Equinox.
