Fierce Pride (JPN)

sister to winners Soft Fruit (1m2f-1m3f; RPR 109) and Midsummer Common (1m2f), half-sister to 7 winners inc Midsummer Fair (1m2f Gr 2; 105); held in Nakayama newcomer race (9f) in December 2020 but better effort over same C&D next time in March 2021 when seventh of sixteen; built on that by winning a 9f maiden at Tokyo in June; given a break until third in an allowance event at Niigata, which he followed with a fourth at Tokyo (9f) and a second at Chukyo (1m); won again at Kokura (9f) on next start in January 2022; not disgraced when fifth in slightly better race at Kokura (9f) in February; back to winning form a 1m allowance race at Tokyo (good) on next start in May, making it three wins in nine starts; held on next start in August but notched fourth win at Nakayama (1m) in October; close third in Grade 3 handicap at Nakayama on next start in December (nearest finish); not seen again until June when midfield finish in 9f Grade 3 at Tokyo; did better next time over 1m in a Grade 3 at Niigata and ran really well when close fourth in Grade 2 at Tokyo (9f) in October; built on that by winning a Grade 3 at Nakayama (1m) in December; beaten favourite in similar race in March before gaining a career-best with a second at Grade 1 level in May over a mile; ran respectably in Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen (1m) at Tokyo in June.