Lemon Pop (USA)

$70,000 F; 4th foal; half-brother to 6f AW winner The Amber Fort (inc 2yo; RPR 80) dam fourth over 8.4f (58), half-sister to US stakes-placed 6f-1m1f winner First Word out of US 7f Grade 3 winning sister to 6f Group 1 winner/champion sire Danehill; won a 6f 110yd dirt maiden on debut at Tokyo and followed up at same venue over 1m on next start, winning easily.; second of sixteen in similar races at Hanshin in December and Chukyo in January 2022 (both 7f) before winning a Tokyo allowance race (7f) by three and a half lengths at the end of the month; absent until April when winning again at Tokyo and followed up at the same track (both 7f) in May; completed four-timer over same C&D on next start in October and only beaten a nose when trying to complete nap hand at Tokyo (1m) in November; back to winning ways on next start at Tokyo (7f) in January, this time in a Grade 3 contest before landing a Grade 1 (1m) in February; unable to land a blow in Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen (1m) in March but then won a local Grade 1 at Moriaka in October and followed up at Chukyo in Grade 1 Champions Cup in December to make it four wins from five starts in 2023, three of them at Grade 1 level; no show in the Saudi Cup next time on opening run in 2024 but scored three times in Japan afterwards, including the Grade 1 Champions Cup at Chukyo (9f) in December.