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Japanese Thoroughbred rankings for three-year-olds on turf Ayusan was given a rating of 110, making her the fourth-best filly of her generation, six pounds below the top-rated Denim And Ruby.
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Japanese Thoroughbred rankings for two-year-olds on Ayusan was given a rating of 104, making her the seventh-best filly of her generation, four pounds below the top-rated Robe Tissage.
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Shimokobe Farm. During her racing career she was owned by Juichi Hoshin and trained by Takahisa Tezuka. She was ridden in most of her races by Genki Maruyama.
266:. Ayusan's dam Buy The Cat was a Kentucky-bred mare who won one minor race from three starts and was exported to Japan after being sold for $ 60,000 at
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on 6 October and won from Hishi Last Guy and eleven others. Four weeks later at the same track she was stepped up in class and distance for the
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Ayusan remained in training as a four-year-old but made little impact in her two races. She finished last of the fifteen runners behind
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Ayusan began her track career in a contest for previously unraced juveniles over 1400 metres at
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Applause Yu, bay filly, 2017, by
Rulership. Failed to win in four races.
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Engidaruma, bay colt, 2019, by
Rulership. Won one race.
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Astrantia, a chestnut filly, foaled in 2016, sired by
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On her three-year-old debut Ayusan started at odds of
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715:"Race Records:Lifetime Starts Ayusan(JPN)"
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432:Pedigree of Ayusan (JPN), bay filly, 2010
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765:"Ayusan Digs In to Win Japan's Oka Sho"
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785:"JPN Thoroughbred Rankings 2013"
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332:Ayusan's trainer Takahisa Tezuka
817:"Family:Dam Information Ayusan"
693:"Toxophilite Mare – Family 9-f"
16:Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
408:Upstream, bay filly, 2018, by
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344:(a major trial race for the
851:Racehorses trained in Japan
658:"Deep Impact – Stud Record"
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324:2013: three-year-old season
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146:158,745,000
569:Secretariat
440:Deep Impact
244:Gentildonna
236:Arima Kinen
171:(Japanese:
62:Buy The Cat
43:Deep Impact
835:Categories
676:Equineline
644:Equineline
623:References
546:Storm Bird
402:. Unraced.
376:Just A Way
207:Background
154:Major wins
699:8 October
564:Terlingua
538:Storm Cat
524:Highclere
342:Tulip Sho
268:Keeneland
260:Marialite
248:Harp Star
240:Japan Cup
232:Tenno Sho
197:Tulip Sho
181:broodmare
71:Storm Cat
49:Grandsire
586:Affirmed
427:Pedigree
340:for the
272:St Leger
143:Earnings
138:8: 2-1-1
616:: 9-f)
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467:Cosmah
378:in the
346:Oka Sho
311:lengths
304:Grade 1
276:Lucarno
274:winner
185:Oka Sho
160:Oka Sho
127:Trainer
111:Breeder
93:Country
67:Damsire
614:Family
548:(CAN)
517:Busted
498:(USA)
338:12.6/1
297:Listed
252:Kizuna
169:Ayusan
162:(2013)
135:Record
101:Colour
85:Foaled
22:Ayusan
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542:1983
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496:Alzao
492:1991
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452:1986
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217:socks
119:Owner
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821:JBIS
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701:2014
456:Halo
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