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    Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 9:47am
In preparation of his retirement to stud.

BRAVE SMASH (JPN)Bay colt 2013 
Tosen Phantom
Bay or brown 2007
Neo Universe
Bay 2000
Sunday Silence
Brown 1986
Halo
Bay or brown 1969
Hail to Reason
Cosmah
1958
1953
4-n
2-d
Wishing Well
Bay 1975
Understanding
Mountain Flower
1963
1964
1-g
3-e
Pointed Path
Chestnut 1984
Kris
Chestnut 1976
Sharpen Up
Doubly Sure
1969
1971
5-i
2-o
Silken Way
Chestnut 1973
Shantung
Boulevard
1956
1968
8-c
1-l
Birthday Rose
Chestnut 1995
Tony Bin
Bay 1983
Kampala
Brown 1976
Kalamoun
State Pension
1970
1967
9-c
7-a
Severn Bridge
Chestnut 1965
Hornbeam
Priddy Fair
1953
1956
1-p
19-b
Elizabeth Rose
Chestnut 1989
Northern Taste
Chestnut 1971
Northern Dancer
Lady Victoria
1961
1962
2-d
14-c
November Rose
Bay or brown 1982
Caro
Jedina
1967
1976
3-o
16-a
Tosen Smash
Chestnut 2004
Tokai Teio
Bay 1988
Symboli Rudolf
Bay 1981
Partholon
Bay 1960
Milesian
Paleo
1953
1953
22-a
13-c
Sweet Luna
Chestnut 1972
Speed Symboli
Dance Time
1963
1957
16-g
11-c
Tokai Natural
Bay 1982
Nice Dancer
Bay 1969
Northern Dancer
Nice Princess
1961
1964
2-d
1-e
Tokai Midori
Bay 1977
Faberge
Tokai Queen
1961
1966
25>
19-b
Annus Mirabilis
Bay 1991
Real Shadai
Bay or brown 1979
Roberto
Bay 1969
Hail to Reason
Bramalea
1958
1959
4-n
12-c
Desert Vixen
Bay or brown 1970
In Reality
Desert Trial
1964
1963
21-a
2-c
Scarlet Blue
Chestnut 1982
Northern Taste
Chestnut 1971
Northern Dancer
Lady Victoria
1961
1962
2-d
14-c
Scarlet Ink
Chestnut 1971
Crimson Satan
Consentida
1959
1962
26>
4-d
 Ancestor duplications:Hail to Reason5m x 5m Northern Dancer5m x 5m,5m Northern Taste4f x 4f
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BLOODSTOCK WORLD NANCY SEXTON

Brave Smash hits the heights from obscure Japanese background

Son of Tosen Phantom is a successful import by Australian Bloodstock

It wasn’t that long ago that Japan was perceived as the home of European or American discards, a likely outlet for either unfashionably bred colts or proven disappointments. Indeed, Sunday Silence was initially slated to stand in Kentucky at Stone Farm, only to head to Japan after efforts to promote the horse to investors proved futile. How different would the international breeding landscape look today if Sunday Silence, that $17,000 yearling with sickle hocks, hadn’t left American shores?

Thanks primarily to the achievements and lasting influence of Sunday Silence, the Japanese thoroughbred has come to be respected throughout the world. Over the past two years alone, they have struck at the top level in Europe, Dubai, Australia and Hong Kong, a number of them advertising the influence of the Sunday Silence sire line via Deep Impact in the process. As for Deep Impact himself, he looks set to play a significant hand in this year’s European Classics through Saxon Warrior and September.

Like many Australian owners, Australian Bloodstock, the brainchild of Luke Murrell and Jamie Lovett, is well aware of the worth of an internationally sourced roster of horses. For instance, they won the 2014 Melbourne Cup with German import Protectionist, who subsequently landed the 2016 Grosser Preis von Berlin following his return to trainer Andreas Wohler. Another European import, Big Duke, has been Group 1-placed on three occasions for trainer Darren Weir.

Particularly notable, however, has been their success with horses sourced out of Japan, an approach which reaped further dividends last weekend when their Brave Smash and Tosen Stardom finished first and second for the Weir stable in the Group 1 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Unsurprisingly both descend directly from the ubiquitous Sunday Silence, although while Tosen Stardom is a son of the universally respected Deep Impact, Brave Smash is just one of 73 foals sired in five crops by the obscure Tosen Phantom, a son of the Sunday Silence stallion Neo Universe who owes much of his success to the support of his owner Takaya Shimakawa.



Tosen Stardom is a dual Group 1 winner, having captured the Toorak Handicap and Emirates Stakes this season, and has a berth at Woodside Park Stud in Victoria as a result. For Brave Smash, the Futurity marked a first victory at the top level although he did come close to breaking his Group 1 duck several weeks ago when running Hartnell to a short neck in the CF Orr Stakes. Plans now call for him to head to the Doncaster Mile or cut back in trip for the Newmarket Handicap. Looking further ahead, it seems that a repeat crack at the Everest, in which he ran third last year, could also be on the cards.

The pair aren’t the only former Japanese runners among Australian Bloodstock’s roster. Waiting in the wings is Hallelujah Boy, another winning son of Tosen Phantom who has kept good company in Japan, and Ittetsu, an Irish-bred stakes-winning sprinter by Invincible Spirit. The outfit also imported the high-class stayer Admire Deus but were dealt a cruel blow when that horse broke down just days before a start in the Caulfield Cup.

As the accompanying table shows, Australian Bloodstock’s approach follows a variation of a trend that has been a fruitful path over the years for the more ambitious Japanese owners. Back in 2006, Japanese raiders Delta Blues and Pop Rock fought out the finish to the Melboune Cup and who could forget the manner in which Riichi Kondo’s ill-fated Admire Rakti ran down Rising Romance to win the 2014 Caulfield Cup. More recently, Real Impact was saddled by trainer Noriyuki Hori to win the George Ryder Stakes and run second in the Doncaster Handicap.

Brave Smash and Tosen Stardom may now carry the colours of Australian Bloodstock and their partners but both were once in the ownership of Takaya Shimakawa. Natural foods entrepreneur Shimakawa has also campaigned Japanese Grade 1 winners Tosen Jordan and Tosen Ra and is invariably a strong player at the JRHA Select Sale, the venue at which he paid a session-topping 250,000,000yen (£1.678million/€1.9million) for Tosen Stardom in 2012. As befits such a price, Tosen Stardom owns a pedigree that conforms to Japanese fashion as a Deep Impact relation to none other than Tosen Jordan, Shimakawa’s winner of the 2011 Tenno Sho.

Brave Smash, however, has quite a different background.
Shimakawa purchased his sire Tosen Phantom as a foal for 90,000,000yen (£600,000/€690,000) at the 2007 JRHA Select Sale. From the second crop of champion Neo Universe, he initially offered some hope of vindicating his price when capturing his first two starts as a juvenile, including the Icho Stakes at Tokyo. However, that turned out to be his last success and he was retired to Arrow Stud in Japan with a career behind him that comprised just four starts as a two-year-old.

Tosen Phantom has never sired more than 25 foals in a year and owes the vast majority of his support to Shimakawa, the breeder of all bar one of his 22 winners. Brave Smash, a member of the stallion’s second crop of 25 foals, is by far the best of his progeny but others have been useful, notably the minor stakes winners Tosen Ramses, one of 17 foals from his first crop, and Ma Cherie Girl, another from his second crop.

Brave Smash is the best of seven named foals out of another Shimakawa campaigner in Tosen Smash, a winning half-sister to multiple Japanese Listed winner Tosen Jo O. In fact, he is the best horse within several generations of his pedigree, although he does trace back to the American-bred Scarlet Ink, a 1971-foaled mare by Crimson Satan whose daughter Scarlet Bouquet foaled the important Japanese stallion Daiwa Major and his champion half-sister Daiwa Scarlet.

It will be interesting to see where Brave Smash winds up at stud. His talent is beyond doubt but this has long been a world governed by fashion and there will likely be those who question his background. Having said that, Australian breeders embraced champion Maurice, the best son of Screen Hero, upon his first shuttle trip to Arrowfield Stud last year, and should Brave Smash keep adding to his resume, perhaps he too will enjoy a worthy reception when the time comes.


JAPANESE-BRED GROUP 1 PERFORMERS IN AUSTRALIA 2005 - 2018

ADMIRE RAKTI (08 c Heart’s Cry - Admire Teresa by Helissio) won Caulfield Cup - Gr.1

BRAVE SMASH (12 c Tosen Phantom - Tosen Smash by Tokai Teio) won Futurity Stakes - Gr.1, 3rd CF Orr Stakes - Gr.1

DELTA BLUES (01 c Dance In The Dark - Dixie Splash by Dixieland Band) won Melbourne Cup - Gr.1, 3rd Caulfield Cup - Gr.1

EYE POPPER (00 c Soccer Boy - Sunday by Sunday Silence) 2nd Caulfield Cup - Gr.1

HANA’S GOAL (09 f Orewa Matteruze - Shanghai Jell by Shanghai) won All Aged Stakes - Gr.1

POP ROCK (01 c Helissio - Pops by Sunday Silence) 2nd Melbourne Cup - Gr.1

REAL IMPACT (08 c Deep Impact - Tokio Reality by Meadowlake) won George Ryder Stakes - Gr.1, 2nd Doncaster Handicap - Gr.1

TOSEN STARDOM (11 c Deep Impact - Admire Kirameki by End Sweep) won Toorak Handicap - Gr.1, Mackinnon Stakes - Gr.1, 2nd Futurity Stakes - Gr.1 (twice), Ranvet Stakes - Gr.1, 3rd Memsie Stakes - Gr.1

TO THE WORLD (11 c King Kamehameha - To The Victory by Sunday Silence) 2nd The BMW - Gr.1

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Blocked for a run in the home straight. Could of finished a lot closer in the Futurity Stakes.
Australian racing is only good up to 1400m in terms of world standards when it comes to depth/quality in numbers
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Just didn't spark up!
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Blue Point wins. Brave Smash disappointing. Viddora - good run to get 4th. Illustrious Lad...never up to it.
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