Double Joke (USA)

$80,000 F; 7th foal; half-brother to 4 winners in North America; dam unraced half-sister to US/Canada 1m1f Grade 1 winner Peaks And Valleys and 8.5f-1m3f stakes winner/good broodmare Alternate; comfortably held on first two starts in late 2022 and early 2023 but excellent second of eleven in 9f maiden at Hanshin in February 2023 and followed that with a maiden win over the same C&D later the same month; finished last in 9f Grade 3 at Hanshin in March but won after a break at Sapporo over 1m 110yds in an allowance event; not beaten too far in a similar even over same C&D in September; held after that but promise shown over 7f on first three starts of 2024 over 7f, finishing 552 before a modest effort over 6f at Kyoto in May (not reach leaders); ran as if something were amiss at Tokyo next time.