Japanese grade 1 winners Gold Dream and Saturnalia have been retired from racing to begin stud duties this year.
Katsumi Yoshida's Gold Dream was named the Japan Racing Association's champion dirt horse in 2017, when he won the February Stakes (G1) at Tokyo and the Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo. He also won the Kashiwa Kinen, a domestic grade 1 at Funabashi, in 2018-19 and the Teio Sho, a domestic grade 1 at Oi, in 2018.
Gold Dream is by Gold Allure, a son of Sunday Silence who was the JRA's champion dirt horse in 2002, and out of the French Deputy mare Mon Vert. In 2020, Gold Dream finished sixth in inaugural running of the Saudi Cup last February and second in the Champions Cup in December, which was his final career start.
Gold Dream arrived at Lex Stud in Hokkaido Jan. 7 and stands for ¥1 million (US$9,540).
Saturnalia, by Lord Kanaloa, is ninth foal out of Cesario, who won the 2005 American Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T) at Hollywood Park to become the first Japanese-trained winner of a grade 1 in the United States. He is half brother to Epiphaneia, whose first-crop daughter Daring Tact won the 2020 Triple Tiara, and to Leontes, who ranked fourth among freshman sires in 2020.
Saturnalia, who won the 2018 Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Nakayama and the 2019 Satsuki Sho (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas, G1) at Nakayama for U Carrot Farm, stands at Shadai Stallion Station in Hokkaido. His stud fee will be announced shortly.
