Australian bred mares have made a great impression in Japan and 2018 Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Amphitrite is the latest to produce a filly that may prove exceptional.
Three year old Kizuna filly Monroe Walk made it four wins from four starts when taking out the Group II Hanshin Kansai Television Corporation Sho Rose Stakes (1800m) at Hanshin on Sunday.
Trained by Hiroyuki Uemura and ridden by Keita Tosaki, Monroe Walk won by a widening three lengths.
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 filly by Paulele sell at Magic Millions this year in the Kenmore Lodge draft for $120,000 to Matt Hoysted Racing.
Amphitrite had a yearling filly by Contrail sell at the JRHA Yearling Sale this year for 56,000,000yen (A$494,000) to Red Magic Co Ltd.
She also has an unraced two year-old colt by Lord Kanaloa called Vasto Mare and produced a filly this year by Equinox.
