Kyoto Race 3 - Kyoto 3r
CRESCENTIA (13) gets the nod as the strongest debut profile, with Drefong on the sire line and Ryusei Sakai booked for Katsunori Tanaka. The wide barrier is a point to manage, but she still looks the filly with the clearest winning case. HIMEHAKKA (1) draws ideally and has Kohei Matsuyama aboard for a Ryo Terashima yard whose first-starters have placed 11 times from 29 runners. PEPTIDE CATTLEYA (4) has a softer draw than the top pick and the Nadal breeding gives her enough appeal to be treated as a genuine danger. GYONISO (6) brings the same Drefong influence as CRESCENTIA, carries 53kg and represents the Naosuke Sugai stable, whose debut record of three wins and seven placings from 24 starters reads well for this assignment.
Jockey: Kohei Matsuyama
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts from barrier 1 with Kohei Matsuyama booked, a strong starting point for a two-year-old filly having her first race experience. She is by Hot Rod Charlie out of Kaikayoso and comes from the Ryo Terashima yard, which has had 11 placings from 29 debut runners. The inside draw and senior rider give her a solid platform to make an immediate impact.
Jockey: Ryou Takakura
Weight: 55kgs
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Starts her career from barrier 2, which gives her a tidy draw to work from at her first outing. The Van Gogh filly represents Shogo Hatabata, whose debut runners have yet to win from 30 starters, so the profile is more measured than some of the leading hopes. From the draw she can still run a race good enough to be in the minor-money mix.
Jockey: Nana Kawaharada
Weight: 51kgs
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Debuts with only 51kg and gets the benefit of barrier 3, so there are a couple of practical positives in her corner. Kunihiko Watanabe has a sound debut record of four wins and nine placings from 29 starters, but this Arctos filly is rated behind the main debut profiles. A competitive showing is possible, though she has to produce above expectation to trouble the better-fancied newcomers.
Jockey: Arata Saitou
Weight: 55kgs
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Makes her debut from barrier 4, a favourable draw for a first starter, and that helps her sit among the stronger chances. The Nadal filly is in the Kensuke Ogura yard with Arata Saito taking the ride, and the set-up looks clean enough despite the stable having only one placing from 32 debut runners. With an economical draw, she has the profile to run boldly straight away.
Jockey: Fuma Matsuwaka
Weight: 55kgs
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Begins from barrier 5 with Fuma Matsuwaka aboard, and the Group 1-winning rider brings useful experience to an unraced filly. She is by Espoir City out of Water Vision and comes from a Teiichi Konno stable with one win and three placings from 23 debut starters. That profile points more to a filly capable of running well than one to declare over the main hopes.
Jockey: Seina Imamura
Weight: 53kgs
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Debuts for Naosuke Sugai, a Group 1-winning trainer whose first-starter record of three wins and seven placings from 24 runners reads well. This Drefong filly carries 53kg and has Seina Imamura aboard, another positive piece of the profile. From barrier 6 she gets a fair launch point and has enough stable strength to be treated as a genuine winning hope.
Jockey: Yamato Tsunoda
Weight: 55kgs
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Starts out as a Drefong filly from barrier 7 for Teruhiko Chida, whose debut runners have produced three wins from 26 starters. That gives the profile some respect, but the place return sits at five from 26 and she is ranked below several sharper first-starter set-ups. She can show something at her first look, but the stronger chances appear to have her covered.
Jockey: Keisuke Dazai
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts by Stelvio out of My Lucky and represents the M Honda stable, which has had three placings from 20 debut starters without a win in that sample. Keisuke Dazai takes the ride from barrier 8, a middle draw that gives her no obvious disadvantage. Even so, she profiles as one of the runners requiring a clear first-up performance lift to get into contention.
Jockey: Hideaki Miyuki
Weight: 55kgs
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Opens her career by Mind Your Biscuits out of Major Magic and has H Miyuki aboard for R Okubo. The trainer has a respectable debut record of two wins and six placings from 17 starters, and also ranks fifth for track wins, so there are positives in the stable profile. Even with that, she is listed down the order and will have to outperform a few better-placed newcomers.
Jockey: Osuke Tayama
Weight: 54kgs
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Debuts from barrier 10 with 54kg for H Miyamoto, with Osuke Tayama taking the ride and holding a top-10 track-wins ranking. The Le Vent Se Leve filly does not have the same stable debut numbers as a few rivals, with the yard yet to win or place from 25 first-starters in the sample. That keeps her as a place prospect rather than a primary winning chance.
Jockey: Yuichi Kitamura
Weight: 55kgs
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Begins her career by Saturnalia out of Thermodosa and is the sole runner today for Naoya Nakamura. Yuichi Kitamura gives her a Group 1-winning rider in the saddle, while the stable has one win and six placings from 28 debut runners. Barrier 11 is not ideal, but the rider booking and profile are good enough to keep her in the placing discussion.
Jockey: Katsuma Sameshima
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts from barrier 12 for Kyoko Maekawa, whose debut record of four wins and eight placings from 34 starters is one of the more useful statistical pointers outside the main selections. Katsuma Sameshima also has a top-10 track-wins ranking, adding a solid rider angle. The draw makes it less straightforward, but she can be competitive for the minors.
Jockey: Ryuusei Sakai
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts as the top-ranked first starter by Drefong out of Prime Choice, with Ryusei Sakai booked for Katsunori Tanaka. Barrier 13 is the one point to manage, but Sakai has a top-10 track-wins ranking and the stable has produced two wins from 29 debut runners. In a race made up of newcomers, her sire profile and rider booking give her the strongest winning platform.
Jockey: Haruhiko Kawasu
Weight: 55kgs
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Makes her debut by Majestic Warrior out of Bering Mefa'a and starts from barrier 14, which asks her to do things neatly at the first attempt. H Nakao has four placings from 21 debut starters but no wins in that sample, so the stable profile is more place-leaning than sharp. She would need to show above-average race sense straight away to upset the stronger candidates.
Jockey: Yusaku Kokubun
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts from barrier 15 for T Hatsuki, a wide starting point for a Roger Barows filly having her first race experience. The stable has had 33 debut runners in the listed sample without a win or placing, which makes the assignment look demanding against several better-credentialed newcomers. She will have to begin and travel professionally to get involved.
Jockey: Yuji Hishida
Weight: 55kgs
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Starts from the outside barrier but does bring the strongest family detail in the race. Half-sister Vip Daisy won on debut and later placed in the G1 The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and G2 The Tulip Sho, while Joker was fourth at his first start. That pedigree gives her substance, but barrier 16 and a modest trainer-sire record leave her with work to do first time out.