Takarazuka Kinen 2021

Japan

Hanshin · 27.06.21

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Takarazuka Kinen

1stChrono Genesis5yo by Bago × Chronologist¥150,000,000

2ndUnicorn Lion5yo by No Nay Never × Muravka¥60,000,000

3rdLei Papale4yo by Deep Impact × Shells Lei¥38,000,000

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JockeyChristophe Lemaire

TrainerTakashi Saito

OwnerSunday Racing Co. Ltd.

BreederNorthern Farm

Purse¥286,000,000

To the winner¥150,000,000

Distance2200 metres

Winning time2m 10.9s

SurfaceTurf

Conditions3-year-olds and up

Runners13

Stories of this Result

Chrono Genesis

Chrono Genesis defended the title she won in 2020. The winning margin over Unicorn Lion was 2 ½ lengths. The field numbered 13 runners. The five-year-old filly is by Bago out of Chronologist. The winning time was 2m 10.9s.

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Result

13 runners · prize money to 5th place

PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize

1stChrono Genesis5yo filly by Bago × ChronologistChristophe LemaireTakashi Saito¥150,000,000

2ndUnicorn Lion5yo colt by No Nay Never × MuravkaRyusei SakaiYoshito Yahagi2.1/2¥60,000,000

3rdLei Papale4yo filly by Deep Impact × Shells LeiYuga KawadaTomokazu TakanoNeck¥38,000,000

4thCurren Bouquetd'or5yo filly by Deep Impact × SolariaKeita TosakiSakae Kunieda2¥23,000,000

5thKiseki7yo colt by Rulership × Blitz FinaleYuichi FukunagaY Tsujino2.1/2¥15,000,000

6thMiss Mamma Mia6yo filly by Tanino Gimlet × Sunday MemoryMirai IwataRyo TerashimaNeck

7thCadenas7yo colt by Deep Impact × French RivieraS HamanakaK NakatakeNeck

8thMozu Bello5yo colt by Deep Brillante × Harlan's RubyKenichi IkezoeN MoritaNose

9thAristoteles4yo colt by Epiphaneia × Blue DiamondYutaka TakeHidetaka Otonashi1.1/4

10thWipe Tears6yo colt by Daiwa Major × Namidaga KirariR WadaT Kayo2.1/2

11thMelody Lane5yo filly by Orfevre × MowenH MiyukiN MoritaHead

12thAdmire Alba6yo gelding by Heart's Cry × Eridu BabylonM SakaiT Tsukazaki3.1/2

13thShironii7yo colt by King Kamehameha × ShirayukihimeFuma MatsuwakaYasutoshi Ikee1.1/4

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 27.06.21

Chrono Genesis

BagoSire

ChronologistDamby Kurofune

DamChronologist

Chrono Genesis is out of Chronologist (Kurofune), who won a 1700-metre maiden from two starts. Chrono Genesis is her eighth foal and one of eight winners, and one of two black-type winners together with her grey half-sister Normcore (Harbinger), a year older, who won the Gr.1 Victoria Mile in Japan and the Gr.1 Longines Hong Kong Cup.

Second damIn This Unison

Second dam In This Unison (Sunday Silence).

Third damRustic Belle

Third dam Rustic Belle (Mr. Prospector).

Next generation

Chronologist's later produce are the 2017 filly Clotho Nona (Rulership) and the 2018 colt Klug (Maurice). After a cover by Drefong she had no foal in 2019, then produced a filly by Maurice in 2020 and a filly by Rey de Oro in 2021.

Connections

JockeyChristophe Lemaire

TrainerTakashi Saito

OwnerSunday Racing Co. Ltd.

BreederNorthern Farm