Kyoto Race 5 - Kyoto 5r
SOBRIO (10) 2yo by Kitasan Black racing as a debutant for Yasuo Tomomichi. Cristian Demuro is a key engagement. Watch for a sign in the market. BEALTAINE (7) Hideaki Fujiwara trained 2yo by Kizuna on debut. Watch the market. SOUND HOPE (1) Takashi Saito 2yo debutant by Real Steel and can save some energy from the gate. Watch for a sign in the market. BOSCOBEL (4) Contrail 2yo on debut for Yuichi Fukunaga. Respect the betting.
Jockey: Ryusei Sakai
Weight: 56kgs
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Makes his debut from barrier 1 for Takashi Saito, who is the top-ranked trainer for wins at this track, with Ryusei Sakai booked. The family offers useful support, as Sound Move won twice, placed second in the G3 THE NIKKAN SPORTS SHO SHINZAN KINEN and was fourth on debut at Kyoto over 1800m for the same stable. He has enough profile to be a genuine place contender.
Jockey: Fuma Matsuwaka
Weight: 55kgs
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Begins from barrier 2 with Fuma Matsuwaka riding at 55kg, and her trainer Akishi Higashida has placed with 9 of 26 first starters. The family has produced Edel Sunrise and Believe Sunrise, while Edel Sunrise was fourth on debut and later won at Chukyo and Niigata. She profiles as a filly capable of running well without looking one of the stronger winning chances.
Jockey: Keisuke Dazai
Weight: 56kgs
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Starts out from barrier 3 for Tomoyasu Sakaguchi, but the stable's debut record is modest at 0 wins and 2 placings from 26 runners. The family has winners, headed by Matenro Brave with three wins, though the listed debut performances in the family are not strong. He will have to outperform the stable and sibling debut pattern to trouble the better-credentialed newcomers.
Jockey: Yutaka Take
Weight: 56kgs
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By Contrail and drawn barrier 4, he gets Yutaka Take for a Yuichi Fukunaga stable with a strong 24% winning strike-rate and 60% place-rate with debut runners. The trainer and sire pairing is also productive, with 9 wins and 30 placings from 50 starts. With Empezar a four-time winning sibling, including at Kyoto over 1800m, this colt has a sound each-way shape.
Jockey: Seinosuke Yoshimura
Weight: 56kgs
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Comes from a deep family, with Galaxy Knight a five-time winner and second in the Listed OCTOBER STAKES(L) over 2000m, while that sibling was also second on debut at 2000m. The concern is the yard profile, as Takeshi Matsushita has 1 win from 19 debut runners and the Kitasan Black combination has a low place return. He has pedigree interest, but must lift above the stable pattern.
Jockey: Hideaki Miyuki
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts as a Silver State filly out of Top Of My List, with H Miyuki taking the ride at 55kg. Carthusian gives the family a three-win reference, and Portfolia was third on debut at Kembla Grange over 1000m. The trainer debut figures are modest at 2 wins from 21 starts, so she shapes more as a place prospect than a clear winning threat first time out.
Jockey: Yuichi Kitamura
Weight: 56kgs
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Starts for the H Fujiwara stable with Yuichi Kitamura aboard, and the Kizuna cross has produced 12 wins and 32 placings from 105 runners for this trainer. The family is the key attraction, with The Paris Match winning on debut over 2000m and Satono Sotiras later winning over 2000m, 2200m and 2600m. That depth gives him a strong chance to make an immediate impact.
Jockey: Kohei Matsuyama
Weight: 56kgs
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Opens his career by Gold Ship for Kunihiko Watanabe, whose debut record of 5 wins from 29 runners is sound. Kohei Matsuyama is also one of the leading jockeys at this track, which strengthens the profile despite the lack of exposed sibling references. From barrier 8 he has enough stable and rider support to be considered a genuine place hope.
Jockey: Mirai Iwata
Weight: 56kgs
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Gets a notable riding engagement with Mirai Iwata, the top-ranked jockey for wins at this track. The pedigree also reads well for 2000m, with Armeria Bloom a G3 placegetter at the trip and a Kyoto winner over 2000m, while Tafelmusic was third on debut at Kyoto. The stable debut figures are only fair, but his rider and family credentials keep him high among the winning chances.
Jockey: Cristian Demuro
Weight: 56kgs
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By Kitasan Black from Normcore, he brings the deepest first-starter profile in the race. Y Tomomichi has a powerful record with this sire, producing 19 wins and 33 placings from 80 runners, and the family has already thrown Dream Core, a debut winner who placed in two G1 races. Barrier 10 asks for professionalism, but the pedigree and stable platform make him the one they have to beat.
Jockey: Yuji Hishida
Weight: 56kgs
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Has obvious pedigree substance as a half-brother to Mikki Swallow, winner of the G2 THE NIKKEI SHO and G2 THE ASAHI HAI ST.LITE KINEN, with multiple Group placings at 2000m and beyond. The counterpoint is a difficult debut profile: Shinichiro Akiyama has no wins from 32 debut runners, and the trainer-sire combination is 0 from 6. Others make stronger appeal first time out.