Thunder Snow’s promising three-year-old colt Narukami confirmed himself as an exciting prospect with a comfortable victory in the Jpn G2 Kozukata Sho at Morioka, taking his record to four wins from five starts on Tuesday, 2 September.
Making his NAR debut following a five-length victory in the Fukushima Stakes in June, Narukami was quickly into stride and took the lead over his 11 rivals after a furlong. Travelling powerfully throughout the ten-furlong contest, he increased his advantage in the straight, cruising home to win under hands and heels by two and a half lengths.
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🇯🇵 2025 Kozukata Sho (Jpn2)
🏢 ʀ͟ᴀ͟ᴄ͟ᴇ͟ᴄ͟ᴏ͟ᴜ͟ʀ͟s͟ᴇ͟: Morioka (2,000m)
🏇 ᴡ͟ɪ͟ɴ͟ɴ͟ᴇ͟ʀ͟: 🇯🇵Narukami
🐴 s͟ɪ͟ʀ͟ᴇ͟: 🇮🇪Thunder Snow
🐴 ᴅ͟ᴀ͟ᴍ͟: 🇯🇵Omnipresence
🐴 ᴅ͟ᴀ͟ᴍ͟s͟ s͟ɪ͟ʀ͟ᴇ͟: 🇯🇵Deep Impact
👤 ᴊ͟ᴏ͟ᴄ͟ᴋ͟ᴇ͟ʏ͟: 🇯🇵Keita Tosaki
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Owned by Godolphin and bred by Darley Japan, Narukami is the first foal out of the winning Deep Impact mare Omnipresence, who herself is out of a half-sister to G1 winner World Premiere.
Thunder Snow has sired a very respectable 124 winners from 220 runners, including Stakes winner Tenka Jo, who landed the Listed Marine Cup at Funabashi last year. He also has a number of multiple JRA winners among his notable performers, such as G Cyclone, Cafe Nix and T O Ruby.
