Combustion (JPN)

Second foal; brother to 6f dirt winner Tuition; dam 6.5f-7f winner, sister to winners Hot Mist (1m 2yo) and Elements (7f); easy winner of 7f newcomer race on dirt at Tokyo in June 2021 and followed up in allowance race at Chukyo (7f) in September; finished second on last two starts of 2021 but won again in February 2022 at Tokyo, this time a Listed race over 1m; held in Grade 2 at Meydan (9.5f) next time; not beaten too far when ninth in 1m Group 3 on dirt at Tokyo in June; followed that with good fourth in August but well held on first two starts of 2023 at Tokyo and Hanshin (7f); improved run when seventh of sixteen at Kyoto (7f) in May but disappointing again after a break at Nakayama (9f) in September; better next time when fourth of eighteen (7f) at Tokyo; readily held on first two starts of 2024 at Nakayama and Hanshin (both 1m).