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First Mate (JPN)

5yo b m 2021

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First Mate (JPN)

b m 2021

Sire

Gold Ship (JPN)

Dam

Dream Empress (USA)

Dam's Sire

Bernstein (USA)

Owner

First Vision Co Ltd

Trainer

Kazumasa Sakamoto

Breeder

Big Red Farm

Last Win

Ohi Thu, 9th Oct, 25 9/2, Shuji Akaoka (149 days)

Last Run

Ohi Tue, 17th Feb, 26 4th, 3/1, Takayuki Yano (18 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Flat JPN

30

7

6

23%

¥7,543,000

-4.21

Under Rules Total

30

7

6

23%

-4.21

Form Figures

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Form Timeline

Form Figures - 880878136112-361211848614422-754

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

17Feb26 Ohi 8f 4y+ F(2280K)

8-11[3/1]4th of 10, 4.50L behind Henningsen

28Jan26 Ohi 8f Standard 4y+ F(2280K)

8-11[5/1]5th of 14, 5.25L behind Vlastari

14Jan26 Ohi 8f Standard 4y+ F(2280K)

8-11[5/1]7th of 13, 5.62L behind Three Legend

30Dec25 Ohi 8f 3y+ F(2280K)

8-11[5/2]2nd of 14, 0.75L behind Armin Tesoro

Hiroto Yoshihara

01Dec25 Ohi 8f Standard 3y+ F(2280K)

8-11[10/1]2nd of 14, 0.75L behind Admire Ear

10Nov25 Ohi 8f 3y+ F(2280K)

8-11[20/1]4th of 11, 7.75L behind Lamorak

24Oct25 Ohi 8f 3y+ F(1900K)

8-11[9/1]4th of 10, 4.25L behind Lamorak

09Oct25 Ohi 8f Standard 3y+ F(1900K)

8-11[9/2]1st of 10, 0.5L to Rhapsody In Blue

19Sep25 Ohi 7f Slow 4y+ F(1900K)

8-11[8/1]6th of 8, 9.31L behind Sterrennacht

13Jun25 Ohi 8f 3y+ F(1900K)

8-11[7/1]8th of 13, 9.25L behind Lamorak

23May25 Ohi 8f Standard 4y+ F(1900K)

8-11[11/4]4th of 14, 3.25L behind Coconut Garden

02May25 Ohi 8f 4y+ F(1900K)

8-11[15/8Fav]bf8th of 14, 9.50L behind Curry Udon

17Apr25 Ohi 8f Standard 4y+ F(1900K)

8-11[6/4Fav]1st of 9, nk to Yamanin Tremolo

25Mar25 Ohi 8f 4y+ F(1900K)

8-11[2/7Fav]1st of 12, 1.25L to Black Persimmon

10Mar25 Ohi 8f 3y+ F(1900K)

8-11[11/10]2nd of 14, shd behind Justin Dia

20Feb25 Ohi 8f Standard 4y+ F(1520K)

8-11[7/1]1st of 14, 1.25L to Kato Milli

29Jan25 Ohi 8f Standard 4y+ F(1520K)

8-11[10/1]6th of 14, 8.12L behind Vogue Altair

14Jan25 Ohi 8f 4y+ F(1520K)

8-11[7/1]3rd of 13, 8.00L behind Sky Is Yours

Change of Trainer Kazuhiro Kato to Kazumasa Sakamoto

10Dec24 Kan 7f Heavy 3y+ F(680K)

8-11[11/2]2nd of 10, 2.5L behind King Profit

Kohei Katsurayama

26Nov24 Kan 7f 3y+ F(680K)

8-11[6/4]1st of 9, 4L to Kisekino Kuni

Masayoshi Aoyagi

12Nov24 Kan 7f Standard 3y F(680K)

8-11[3/1]1st of 9, 0.75L to Meisho Meiboku

Masayoshi Aoyagi

29Oct24 Kan 7f 3y F(1020K)

8-11[11/4Fav]bf6th of 12, 4.50L behind Land Ace

Yuichiro Shibata

13Oct24 Kan 7f Standard 3y+ F(798K)

8-11[9/2]3rd of 12, 4.00L behind Ad Applause

Tatsuya Nakajima

30Sep24 Kan 7f Standard 3y F(680K)

8-11[1/1Fav]1st of 11, shd to T Up Fight

Tatsuya Nakajima

Change of Trainer Takashi Kanari to Kazuhiro Kato

25Aug24 Sap 10f Standard 3y F(10480K)

9-0[40/1]8th of 15, 5.78L behind Lei Pikake

13Jul24 Fuk 9f Good 3y F(10480K)

9-0[28/1]7th of 16, 5.06L behind Secret Isla

01Jun24 Tok 10f Standard 3y F(10480K)

9-0[50/1]8th of 15, 5.78L behind Easy Breezy

11May24 Tok 10f Standard 3y+ F(10480K)

9-0[125/1]12th of 17, 7.51L behind Trident Spear

Yukito Ishikawa

28Apr24 Tok 10f Standard 3y+ F(10480K)

8-11[40/1]8th of 12, 9.66L behind Peace One Duc

07Apr24 Nak 8f Heavy 3y+ F(10480K)

8-11[20/1]8th of 16, 6.66L behind Red Senor

08Jan24 Nak 8f 3y F(11850K)

Symbols Explained

ts² Tongue Strap vs² Visor hd² Hood es² Eye Shield ec² Eye Cover cp² Cheekpiece bl² Blinkers tt² Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel

The superscript number on headgear bl² indicates number of times worn. A plus bl⁺ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl¹indicates first time.

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