Making his first start since transferring to JRA, and his first start on turf, two-year-old colt A Shin Deed landed the G3 Hakodate Nisai Stakes on Sunday, 7 July, taking his record to two wins from just three starts.
Trained by Ryuji Okubo, A Shin Deed made all the running, extending his advantage round the home turn and going on to win comfortably by two lengths under Rachel King in the 1200m contest.
🇯🇵 Rachel King !!! 🙌🙌 The Best !!
— French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) July 20, 2025
The Hakodate Nisai Stakes
Hakodate - Groupe 3 - 2 ans - 1200m - 12 Pts - 340 230 €
🏆 🥇A Shin Deed (m) (Jpn) 🏇Rachel King @rachelking @RachelK11
🥈Black Chalice
🥉Kaisho
📖(Fine Needle (Jpn) - A Shim M D (Jpn) par King… pic.twitter.com/qJUOLzDFmf
Bred by Shoji Yamada, the promising colt is out of winning King Kamehameha mare A Shin M D, making him a half-brother to Listed winner T O Stealth.
Standing for 1.5 million Yen, Fine Needle was the JRA Champion Sprinter, and has sired Group winners in each of his first three crops with A Shin Fencer (2020), Culture Day (2021), and Abu Qir Bay (2022), who recently landed his first Group success in the G3 Aoi Stakes at Kyoto.
