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Full Brother to Tom´s Ready Wins Stake in Japan

February 28, 2022

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Jean Gros became the 214th worldwide black-type winner, and first in Japan, for his legendary sire More Than Ready with a spectacular performance in the February 27 $333,992 Listed Marguerite S. at Hanshin Racecourse.

The 6-5 favorite was away alertly, but was checked hard off heels prior to the entry to the turn, perhaps having caused his own problems. The full-brother to multiple graded stakes winner & Grade 1-placed Tom's Ready ($1,036,267), soon recovered from that bit of trouble and traveled strongly on the turn before easing off heels and into the four path on the swing for home.

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The dark bay swooped in front with about a furlong to race and edged clear to score by a widening 1 1/2 lengths with ears pricked. The final time of 1:08 flat was about 0.2 seconds faster than the six-furlong split in the 1400-meter G3 Hankyu Hai for older horses in the following race. Jean Gros is one of 18 winners from 20 to race in Japan for the now 25-year-old More Than Ready.

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The Broad Brush mare Goodbye Stranger was purchased by Blackstone Farm at the 2013 Keeneland January sale carrying Tom´s Ready, who ranks as the all-time leading Blackstone Farm-bred. Mated back to More Than Ready by Blackstone in 2018, Goodbye Stranger was then sold again at the 2019 Keeneland January auction to Nursery Place. Jean Sol was first a $130,000 RNA at Keeneland September for his new connections before selling to Susumu Fujita for $265,000 at the 2021 OBS March Two-Year-Old in Training sale. 

“He has tremendous speed and was very easy to ride today. He is a very talented colt,” commented winning jockey Yutaka Take.

 

 

- edited from www.thoroughbreddailynews.com

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