Maurice colt wins Group 2 sprint

Maurice's 29 stakeswinners include Group 1 winners Hitotsu, Mazu, Geraldina, Jack D'Or & Pixie Knight. (PHOTO: Joan Faras)

Maurice capped Arrowfield’s spectacular Saturday when his 3YO son Danon McKinley swept to victory in the Kyoto Swan S. 1400m G2.

Raced by Masahiro Noda’s Danox Co. Ltd, Danon McKinley also won the Chukyo Falcon S. G3 in March. 

Bred by Northern Farm from the 2012 One Thousand Guineas G1 winner Homecoming Queen (by Holy Roman Emperor), Danon McKinley was a ¥242 million (~A$2.5 million) weanling purchase from Japan’s 2022 Select Sale for Masahiro Noda’s Danox Co. Ltd.

Danon McKinley is one of 8 stakeswinners by Maurice out of mares by Danehill sons, a group that also includes triple Classic winner & now Arrowfield sire Hitotsu, Group 1-winning sprinter Mazu and Group 2 winner Bank Maur. 

Currently 8th on Japan’s General Sires’ Premiership, and 3rd on the 2YO Sires’ table, Maurice has compiled 10 Japanese stakeswinners in 2024, including Group 2 winners Matenro Sky & North Bridge and Group 3-winning 2YO Arte Veloce. 

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