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King Of Koji lands Meguro Kinen

Lord Kanaloa sires 19th stakes winner.

Lord Kanaloa.
Lord Kanaloa.

Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha) was provided with his 19th stakes winner on Sunday courtesy of King Of Koj's (4 c ex Phaenomena by Galileo) victory in the Meguro Kinen (Gr 2, 2500m) at Tokyo. 

A winner of his three previous starts, the four-year-old colt brought up his fourth win in succession with a half a length victory over Ice Bubble (Deep Impact) with the same distance back to Stay Foolish (Stay Gold) in third. 

The colt is the only winner of dual-winning Galileo (Sadler's Wells) mare Phaenomena, who is herself out of Caumshinaun (Indian Ridge), making her a sister to 2006 Irish 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) winner Nightime who in turn produced Group 1 winner Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) and Grade 1 scorer Zhukova (Fastnet Rock).

King Of Koj was purchased by Nibutani Farm for ¥31,000,000 ($431,392) at the 2017 JRA Select Yearling and Foal Sale. 

Lord Kanaloa's progeny is headed by four top-flight winners including champion mare Almond Eye and Tagaloa, who landed the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) earlier this year.


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