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Jeulgeounyeojeong Poised For Queens' Tour Sweep

She won all three jewels in the Triple Tiara last season and now Jeulgeounyeojeong has the opportunity to repeat as having won the first two legs of the Queens’ Tour Spring/Summer, she bids to complete the set with victory in the KNN Cup (1M KOR-G3) at Busan Racecourse on Sunday afternoon.

Jeulgeounyeojeong (KRA)
Jeulgeounyeojeong (KRA)

After her Triple Tiara triumph in the first part of last year, Jeulgeounyeojeong went on to make inroads into the big filly and mare late season races too, culminating in victory in the brand-new Breeders' Cup Queen race at Busan in December. 


A welcome three-months of rest before Jeulgeounyeojeong kicked off her four-year-old campaign by tackling the first leg of the Queens's Tour Spring/Summer, the Donga Ilbo Trophy over 1 1/8M in March.


JEULGEOUNYEOJEONG came through that test, but she was pushed hard by Wonderful Slew, who beat her in the Gyeongnam Governors' Cup (1 1/4M KOR-G3) at Busan last October and got within a length of her in the Donga Ilbo. 


Wonderful Slew didn't run in the second leg of the series, the Ttukseom Cup (7f KOR-G2), where Jeulgeounyeojeong ran out a routine four-length winner over Gangseo Giant. 
WONDERFUL SLEW reappears this time, having run a solid 5th behind Global Hit and Tuhonui Banseok when sent out against the best of the boys in the YTN Cup, the second leg of the Stayer Series. 


Luigi Riccardi's filly is still relatively lightly raced – eleven starts to Jeulgeounyeojeong's nineteen – and  while she has only won four of them, she always races in top class company.
Moon Se-young, who rode her to that close defeat in the Donga Ilbo, has travelled to Busan to ride Wonderful Slew and it's not impossible that she comes out on top.

 
Jockey Moon cursed his luck after the Donga Ilbo as having made the decision to go for home early between the 3rd and 4th corner, Wonderful Slew couldn't quite get there. 
With Jeulgeounyeojeong likely to be on or close to the pace again, and Wonderful Slew having an excellent finish on her, it will be interesting to see just how long Moon can wait this time.

 

GANGSEO GIANT is the next best and is a winner at this distance already. YELLOW CAT, whose move Moon claimed forced his hand in the Donga Ilbo is another in the frame while RAON FOREST is another who shouldn't be dismissed. 

The KNN Cup is race 7 on an 8-race card at Busan on Sunday with a local post time of 16:05.

 

Selections   (3) Jeulgeounyeojeong (5) Wonderful Slew (1) Gangseo Giant (2) Success Time
Next Best   9, 7
Fast Start   3, 6, 8, 10


Racing and Sports

Busan

Sunday, 02nd June 2024

7
ET

Class Open Special Weight A

WT: 123lbs Type: OPEN
1 m SAND FAST
7

(local)
KRW ₩500,000,000
1 m FAST

Class Open Special Weight A

WT: 123lbs Type: OPEN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 5. WONDERFUL SLEW (KOR) 4yo F
PURGE (USA) - WORLDLY DUDE (KOR)
MOON SE YOUNG
LUIGI-SALVATORE RICCARDI
$4
56kg
CHI DAE SUB
2nd 1. GANGSEO GIANT (USA) 4yo F
UNION RAGS (USA) - LEXINGTON PEARL (USA)
YOU HYUN MYUNG
KIM YOUNG KWAN
$6.5
56kg
D R M CITY

Sales Information

3rd 9. RAON FOREST (KOR) 4yo F
HANSEN (USA) - RAON NARI (KOR)
SHIN HYOUNG CHUL
PARK JONG KON
$26
56kg
RAON LAND
4th 10. YEONHUI ILCHUL (KOR) 7yo M
TIZ WONDERFUL (USA) - BIG TIME (KOR)
JO SANG BEOM
LEE JOON CHEL
$51
56kg
5th 8. LADY VADER (KOR) 4yo F
I'M YOUR FATHER (USA) - DANGEROUS GHOST (USA)
JUNG DO YUN
KIM YOUNG MIN
$51
56kg
6th 6. CARPE BABEL (USA) 4yo F
CARPE DIEM (USA) - WILLATHEWEST (USA)
MASA TANAKA
MOON HYEON CHEOL
$41
56kg

Sales Information

7th 11. CHAMJOEUN CHINGU (KOR) 5yo M
MUSKET MAN (USA) - GOOGLETTE (IRE)
MOON JUNG KYUN
LEE JOON CHEL
$126
56kg
8th 7. YELLOW CAT (KOR) 6yo M
INDIE BAND (KOR) - WILD CAT (KOR)
KIM TAE HUI
SEO IN SEOK
$21
56kg
9th 3. JEULGEOUNYEOJEONG (KOR) 4yo F
COLORS FLYING (USA) - SAYS MS ELIZABETH (USA)
SEO SEUNG UN
KIM YOUNG KWAN
$1.4
56kg
10th 4. LOVELY K (USA) 6yo M
CAIRO PRINCE (USA) - MEDICINE BUTTE (USA)
LEE DONG HA
WOO CHANG KU
$81
56kg

Sales Information