Gran Alegria
Gran Alegria defended the title she won in 2020. With this win, the horse now has 2 Group 1 wins this season. The field numbered 16 runners. The horse is by Deep Impact out of Tapitsfly. The winning time was 1m 32.6s.
Japan
Kyoto · 21.11.21
Watch the raceMile Championship
Purse¥ 248,000,000 · US$1.6M
To the winner¥ 130,000,000
Distance1600 metres
Winning time1m 32.6s
SurfaceTurf
Conditions3-year-olds and up
Runners16
Stories of this Result
Deep Impact
With this win, Deep Impact moved to 13 Group 1 wins this season, one win behind leader Frankel in the sires' table. The stallion is also the sire of Sound Chiara (eighth) from this field. Those wins came from 9 different horses.
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fometter1 · English commentaryResult
16 runners · prize money to 5th placePosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize
7thDarlington Hall4yo colt by New Approach × Miss KentonR WadaTetsuya Kimura1/2
11thRainbow Flag8yo colt by Jungle Pocket × Rainbow SeekerR KozakiK Kozaki1/2
12thLotus Land4yo filly by Point of Entry × Little Miss MuffetH TanabeY Tsujino3/4
13thGrenadier Guardsby Frankel × Wavell AvenueKenichi IkezoeMitsumasa Nakauchida1.3/4
14thKurino Gaudi5yo colt by Screen Hero × Kurino BillionaireMirai IwataN FujisawaNeck
16thSound Kanaloa5yo colt by Lord Kanaloa × Midnight DanceK FujiokaA Murayama3
Pedigree of the winner
As of race day 21.11.21Gran Alegria
Deep ImpactSire
TapitsflyDamby Tapit
DamTapitsfly
Gran Alegria is the first recorded foal of Tapitsfly (Tapit), a dual Grade 1 winner on turf in the US who earlier took the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, then a Listed race. Her full brother Blutgang (Deep Impact) is a winner.
Second damFlying Marlin
Second dam Flying Marlin (Marlin) also bred Flying Tipat (Tapit), a full sister to Tapitsfly who was stakes-placed at Indiana Downs.
Third damMorning Dove
Third dam Morning Dove (Fortunate Prospect).
Wider family
Fourth dam Pink Dove (Argument) won and was a half-sister to Golden Pheasant (Caro), winner of the Grade 1 Arlington Million in 1990, and to Seewillo (Pleasant Colony) and Trial By Error (Caro), both successful at Group/Grade 3 level. Pink Dove bred two stakes winners: Moonshine Hall (Spinning World), who finished third in the Grade 3 Toronto Cup H., and Malli Star (Baldski), who won two stakes and finished runner-up in the Grade 1 Del Mar Invitational Oaks. Malli Star is the dam of Bella Rheia (Narita Top Road), a stakes winner in Japan who was placed in a Classic and third in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup.
Connections
Gran Alegria in 2021
1 other win · 2 placesTrainer / Jockey / Track
Tenno Sho (Autumn)2000 metres · ¥ 286,000,0003rdKazuo FujisawaChristophe Lemaire31.10.2021TokyoPrize money €210,401Race detailsWatch
Yasuda Kinen1600 metres · ¥ 248,000,0002ndKazuo FujisawaChristophe Lemaire06.06.2021TokyoPrize money €287,917Race detailsWatch
Victoria Mile1600 metres · ¥ 199,500,0001stKazuo FujisawaChristophe Lemaire16.05.2021TokyoPrize money €581,371Race detailsWatch
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