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Consecutive Listed Victories For Midnight In Tokyo

Dane Squance - Saturday December 13

While it may have taken Kobayashi mare Midnight In Tokyo 30 starts to record her first stakes victory, it only took until her very next start to record her second, winning the $160,000 Listed BRC Just Now (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for Annabel and Rob Archibald.

Straight to the lead under Ryan Maloney, race favourite Midnight In Tokyo was one of five runners in the field under double figure odds, possibly indicating that the mare may have been slightly suspect at the 1300m, a distance she had not won over in the past.

Kobayashi Mare Midnight In Tokyo Recorded Back To Back Stakes Wins

Maloney took his time to cross the field as En Pointe attempted to go with her, but jockey Daniel Moor decided to let Maloney go and have his mount settle in second.

With Midnight In Tokyo getting an easy lead, she came to the home turn full of running where she skipped clear with nothing really making any impression in the run to the line.

Eased down late, Midnight In Tokyo scored by three quarters of a length from Benedetta’s half-sister Sunset Dreaming (Impending) with Ciaron Maher’s Zoustar mare Zaszou finishing in third.

Taking her record to seven wins and 12 placed efforts from 31 starts with earnings of $710,400, a mare in form should never be discounted, and Midnight In Tokyo is worth following.

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Bred by Aquis Farm, Midnight In Tokyo is the third winner from four to the races out of the Casino Prince mare Orabelle, a three-quarter-sister to the Listed winner All Too Royal and a half-sister to Group 3 winner Bel Merci.

Also the dam of the Listed-winning, Group 2 placed Generosity, Orabelle is herself a daughter of the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes winner Bel Mer.

Newgate Farm Will Offer A Capitalist (pic) Half-Brother To Midnight In Tokyo As Lot 641 At January's Magic Millions.

Currently based at Parson Creek, Orabelle’s current 2yo is an unraced Russian Revolution filly named Bella Tatiana in the stable of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, while Newgate Farm will consign the Capitalist yearling colt out of the mare at January’s Magic Millions yearling sale as a Lot 641.

Midnight In Tokyo is one of four stakes performers by I Am Invincible’s Listed-winning son Kobayashi who is standing this season at Aquis for a fee of $13,200 (inc. GST).

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Race Result - Seven Just Now Qlty LR 1300m

Eagle Farm Track: Soft(5) Time: 1:16.05
1
Midnight In Tokyo
- 6m Kobayashi (AUS) x Orabelle (AUS) (Casino Prince (AUS))
Tnr: Annabel & Rob Archibald Rdr: Ryan Maloney 59
Kobayashi
MM Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale $0
Seller: Blue Sky Premium Consignment, Canungra, Qld (As Agent)
Buyer: Withdrawn
MM National Broodmare Sale $0
Seller: Blue Sky Premium Consignment, Canungra, Qld (As Agent)
Buyer:
2
0.9
Sunset Dreaming
- 5m Impending (AUS) x Whatalovelyday (AUS) (Domesday (AUS))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: Angela Jones 53
MM Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale $250,000
Seller: Widden Stud, Widden Valley, NSW (As Agent)
Buyer: Trilogy Racing/Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA)
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale $150,000
Seller: Mill Park Stud, Meningie, SA
Buyer: McEvoy Mitchell Racing/Belmont Bloodstock Agency (FBAA)
3
1
Zaszou
- 5m Zoustar (AUS) x Zasorceress (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: A Mallyon 60
Zoustar
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale $200,000
Seller: Kitchwin Hills, Scone, NSW
Buyer: Bennett Racing
4
2.5
Lonhro's Queen
- 5m Lonhro (AUS) x Queen Of The Hill (AUS) (Danehill (USA))
Tnr: Chris & Corey Munce Rdr: Martin Harley 55
5
2.6
Scud
- 5m Smart Missile (AUS) x Is Amazing (AUS) (Laranto (AUS))
Tnr: P L Shailer Rdr: D L Turner 53.5
6
3.5
Dirty Dancing
- 6m Hellbent (AUS) x Jalan Jalan (AUS) (Foreplay (AUS))
Tnr: G Heinrich & B Rodgers Rdr: Jake Bayliss 54
7
4.2
Russian Alliance
- 5m Russian Revolution (AUS) x Sea Dweller (GB) (High Chaparral (IRE))
Tnr: K R Kemp Rdr: M R Du Plessis 53
8
4.5
Countyourblessings
- 5m I Am Invincible (AUS) x Bidii Babe (AUS) (Not A Single Doubt (AUS))
Tnr: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton Rdr: Ben Thompson 53
9
4.6
French Endeavour
- 5m Rubick (AUS) x French News (AUS) (Anabaa (USA))
Tnr: Billy Healey Rdr: Cejay Graham 53
10
5.3
En Pointe
- 6m Better Than Ready (AUS) x Pointe Dancer (AUS) (Noverre (USA))
Tnr: R L Heathcote Rdr: D Moor 53
11
7.8
Fat Fingers
- 6m Sweynesse (AUS) x Pink Bubbles (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: Allan Chau Rdr: Ron Stewart 53
12
8.8
Junqueira
- 6m Capitalist (AUS) x Bibby (USA) (Stormy Atlantic (USA))
Tnr: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton Rdr: Damien Thornton 53.5
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