THE NEW HORSES #5: 

Courtesy Sunday TC

DIVINE DAUGHTER 
This is a Sunday Thoroughbred Club filly, sired by Gold Allure, who we've already profiled. The dam is an American-registered horse called De Goddaughter, who won seven races before becoming a broodmare. Her sire was De Niro, who can boast Gulch as his father - a champion sprinter with 13 wins to his name, including a number of Stateside G-I races. Her mother was Say Forever, and although she was never raced herself, her sire was Little Current, who won both the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, largely thanks to a huge dose of the best French blood, including that of Sea-Bird (winner of the Epsom Derby and L'Arc de Triomphe) and My Babu (winner of the 2000 Guineas when he was owned by The Maharajah of Baroda. It's an interesting mix in the DNA make-up, and it will be fascinating to see how this well-mannered horse performs in the JRA arena.