Diatonic

Lord Kanaloa (JPN) x To Harmony (JPN), by Sunday Silence (USA)
2015
15.3 hh

FEE: $13,750

Multiple Group winner by champion sire lord kanaloa

Bred and campaigned in the high-quality racing nation of Japan, Diatonic is a three-time Gr.2 winner over 1400m and Gr.1-placed. With the equivalent of $5.2 million in career earnings, he showed his class against the elite of Japanese racing.

Not only are their racehorses increasingly successful on the world stage, Japanese stallions have proven their class in Australia with Maurice (JPN) and Satono Aladdin (JPN) adding to the elite portfolio of sire success started by Deep Impact (JPN).

Diatonic is uniquely credentialed to build on that success.
By Lord Kanaloa (JPN), he shares the same sire as Yulong’s own Gr.1 Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa. Bred on the same cross as Japanese superstar Almond Eye (JPN), he’s out of a mare by Sunday Silence (USA); the most influential sire in Japan and sire of Deep Impact (JPN), Heart’s Cry (JPN) and Sunday Joy.

His pedigree has enormous depth too, with Diatonic descending from the direct female line of Cosmah, the dam of Halo and a half-sister to Natalma, the dam of Northern Dancer.

A talented racehorse, Diatonic won on debut as a two-year-old, and would go on to twice win the Gr.2 Swan Stakes (1400m), latterly in the fastest time in a decade – the same race won by exciting young sire Satono Aladdin.

When placing third in the Gr.1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen, he finished behind multiple champion Gran Alegria (JPN) (Deep Impact) and beat home six Gr.1 winners including Hong Kong Sprint winner Danon Smash (JPN) (Lord Kanaloa).

Overall, Diatonic won 10 of his 26 starts and proved himself as elite and consistent throughout.

“Diatonic has a very unique profile that caught the interest of Mr Zhang and the team at Yulong,” said Sam Fairgray, Chief Operating Officer at Yulong Investments.

“His incredible pedigree, consistent performances in high-quality races coupled with the global success of the Japanese thoroughbred was incredibly appealing.”

“Diatonic won the same race as Rich Hill’s talented young sire Satono Aladdin, he’s by the same sire as our Blue Diamond-winning stallion Tagaloa, and was bred on the same cross as Japanese superstar Almond Eye. He’s also physically imposing, so we’re delighted to be able to support him with our top mares and offer him to the Australian market.”

In his first season at Yulong, Diatonic was afforded some of the best mares in the country, including dual Gr.1 winners Viddora, In Her Time and Snapdancer, alongside New Zealand Hall of Famer and 14-time Gr.1 winner, Melody Belle.

With the outcross success of Japanese-breds in recent years proving that their bloodlines are a valuable asset, Yulong are excited to offer Diatonic to Australian breeders.

Performance

Facts

Race record

AgeRuns1st2nd3rdEarned
211¥7,000,000
35121¥24,321,000
464¥125,144,000
56112¥99,417,000
61
773¥204,552,000
Totals261033¥460,434,000
(A$5,211,231)

at 2

Hanshin New Comer Race (1600m)

at 3

Kyoto Allowance Race (1400m)

AT 4

Kyoto Mainichi Broadcasting System Sho Swan S., Gr.2 (1400m)

Kyoto Azuchijo S., L (1400m)

Kyoto Gion Tokubetsu (1400m)

Kyoto Ikaruga S. (1400m)

2nd Kyoto Sports Nippon Sho Kyoto Kimpai, Gr.3 (1600m)

3rd Chukyo Takamatsunomiya Kinen, Gr.1 (1200m)

3rd Hanshin Hankyu Hai, Gr.3 (1400m)

AT 5

Hakodate Sprint S., Gr.3 (1200m)

AT 7

Hanshin MBS Sho Swan S., Gr.2 (1400m)

Hanshin Cup, Gr.2 (1400m)

Hanshin Hankyu Hai, Gr.3 (1400m)

4th Nakayama Sprinters S., Gr.1 (1200m)

Media

Introducing our elite 5x Group-winning Sprinter/Miler Diatonic (JPN)

G2 HANSHIN CUP

G2 MAINICHI BROADCAST.SWAN STAKES

G2 MBS SHO SWAN STAKES

Pedigree

News

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