Japanese double for first-crop stallions

Autostrada became the 18th individual two-year-old winner from the first-crop of World Champion sprinter Henny Hughes (pictured) with his three-and-a-half length victory over one and one eighth miles at Nakayama. Bred by Masaki Ishigoka, Autostrada is the fourth runner and fourth winner for the Quiet American mare Mangano, a three-quarter sister to the G1 Kentucky Derby winner Real Quiet as well as a half-sister to triple G2 winner Allied Forces.

The only three-year-old to ever win the Vosburgh and the King’s Bishop, America’s most celebrated G1 sprints, Henny Hughes is also represented in his first crop by stakes-placed Wealthy Aviator and the TDN Rising Star Fort Hughes.

Bernardini was represented in victory by the two-year-old colt Sir Lancelot which provided the 2006 World Champion three-year-old with his 13th individual winner. Out of the G2-winning, G1-placed Twining mare Two Item Limit, Sir Lancelot was bred by Symboli Stud and created a very good impression with his three length victory at seven furlongs.

A runaway winner of the G1 Preakness, the G1 Travers and the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, Bernardini has also sired G1 winners A Z Warrior and Biondetti, along with mutiple G2 winner To Honor and Serve and G3 winner and G1-placed Theyskens' Theory.