R.I.P. King Kamehameha

tachyon
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Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:01 am

In the meantime, Lord Kanaloa(JPN)(King Kamehameha), who sired Saudi Cup winner Panthalassa (JPN) etc, has been quoted by Bloodhorse as the Leading International Sire for the first time in 2023.

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... ernational

1 Lord Kanaloa (JPN)   $40,770,752
2 Duramente (JPN)   $31,693,980
3 Deep Impact (JPN)   $30,014,687
4 Kizuna (JPN)   $26,645,780
5 Into Mischief   $26,526,503
6 Heart's Cry (JPN)   $26,509,963
7 Frankel (GB)   $25,645,759
8 Maurice (JPN)   $25,237,145
9 I Am Invincible (AUS)   $25,078,227
10 Kitasan Black (JPN)   $23,905,945
For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased/pensioned) in the selected region and have runners in North America. Exported sires are excluded. Listed below are all available Northern Hemisphere statistics through January 3, 2024. As supplied to BloodHorse by The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc., earnings include adjusted money from Japan and Hong Kong. For example, the North American average earnings per starter in 2022 was $30,508 or 73% of the 2022 average earnings per starter in Japan. To put 2023 earnings on par, all Japanese progeny earnings are multiplied by 73% before being credited to a sire's progeny earnings. For 2023, Hong Kong earnings are adjusted by 17%. Current year stakes winners include all N.H.-foaled black-type stakes winners worldwide. *Foal counts include Southern Hemisphere. Cumulative stakes winners include all countries. The columns represent the following: Rnrs = number of runners or starters; Wnrs = number of winners; BTWnrs = number of black-type stakes winners; BTHrs = number of black-type stakes horses, which include runners that won or placed in a stakes; GSWnrs = graded/group stakes winners; and G1SWnrs = grade/group 1 winners; AWD = progeny average winning distance. All percentages are from runners. Cumulative stakes winners include all available countries. Categorical leaders are in bold.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... sire-lists
tachyon
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Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:24 am

Thanks Emma Berry (@TDN Europe) !!! :D 8-)

''POSTHUMOUS FIRST JAPANESE SIRES' CHAMPIONSHIP FOR DURAMENTE''
--- Emma Berry runs through the Japanese Sire’s Championship with the sadly deceased Duramente coming out on top ---

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/p ... duramente/
tachyon
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Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:27 am

King Kamehameha(JPN)(Kingmambo) has become the sire of four individual G1 winning & siring stallions, when T O Royal(JPN)[2018H. Leontes(JPN) x Meisho Ohi(JPN) by Manhattan Cafe(JPN)] captured his first G1 title in the Tenno Sho Spring 3200m turf at Kyoto under Yuji Hishida on April 28th 2024.

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-- replay (English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRbxN2AAYJY

-- JRA review
''Race Favorite T O Royal Claimes First G1 Title in Tenno Sho (Spring)''
https://japanracing.jp/_news2024/pdf/240428.pdf

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T O Royal(JPN) : 2018H. Leontes(JPN) x Meisho Ohi(JPN) by Manhattan Cafe(JPN)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001266566/
18: 8-1-2

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Leontes(JPN) : 2013H. King Kamehameha(JPN) x Cesario(JPN) by Special Week(JPN)

King Kamehameha(JPN) has been represented by:

Lord Kanaloa(JPN)
Rulership(JPN)
Duramente(JPN)
Leontes(JPN)

And champion Cesario(JPN) has enhanced her reputation as a wonderful broodmare, too, producing two individual G1 winning & siring stallions (Epiphaneia and Leontes) so far.
BaroqueAgain1
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Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:28 pm

Leontes reminds me so much of his beautiful black dam, who I watched dominate the field in the 2005 G1 American Oaks at Hollywood Park. She was stunning...tall and black (don't care that she was 'officially' dark bay/brown), imperious and fast.
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Starine
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Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:31 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:28 pm Leontes reminds me so much of his beautiful black dam, who I watched dominate the field in the 2005 G1 American Oaks at Hollywood Park. She was stunning...tall and black (don't care that she was 'officially' dark bay/brown), imperious and fast.
Yes, he does resemble Cesario quite a bit. Cesario's win in the American Oaks is one of my favorite races.
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Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:01 pm

Starine wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 7:31 pm
BaroqueAgain1 wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:28 pm Leontes reminds me so much of his beautiful black dam, who I watched dominate the field in the 2005 G1 American Oaks at Hollywood Park. She was stunning...tall and black (don't care that she was 'officially' dark bay/brown), imperious and fast.
Yes, he does resemble Cesario quite a bit. Cesario's win in the American Oaks is one of my favorite races.
I was there at Hollywood Park that day. I will never forget how she bolted during the post parade/warm-up and ran off with Yutaka Take. I really don't remember if an outrider caught her or if Yutaka managed to pull her up on his own. But everyone around me (including me) was saying, "well, forget her! She's done!" Remember, that was I think the first time any Japanese bred and raced horse had ever shipped to the US for a major stakes race, and all of us Yankees thought we knew everything!

After the race, all of us Yankees were standing there with mouths wide open saying, "What just happened here?" It's one of the most visually amazing performances I've ever seen in my life!!
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