2012 Crop Revisited: Perfumer

Based at the Takayanagi Stables at Miho Training Centre, this spritely colt is a Northern Dancer cross by Heart's Cry, who we've looked at before when profiling our most successful JRA runner that is still active in racing, Tenshinramman. As such, there's no need to go over him again, suffice to say that he was the first horse to beat Deep Impact in a straight fight, and his blood is certainly well-respected in this house.

Courtesy Carrot Club

The dam is Xiangshui, who managed to win one race before becoming a broodmare. Her father is Swept Overboard, who had an incredibly solid career on the tracks, even though there were no classic wins in amongst the eight he chalked up. The interesting DNA continues in the sireline, with End Sweep and Forty Niner, the latter (by Mr Prospector) being a multiple Black Type winner that was also second in the Kentucky Derby. Her mother was a Lady Angela cross called Dyna China, with Northern Taste as her sire a strong Argentinian horse by the name of El Centauro as her damsire. I have a feeling it will be well worth watching this one, assuming the trainer can get the best out of it...