Fine Needle, a son of Admire Moon, landed his second G1 sprint of the year when taking the Sprinters Stakes over 1200m at Nakayama. Already the winner of the Takamatsunomiya Kinen back in March, he secured the nations only other G1 1200m contest with his customary late burst to get up near the line.
The winner of ten career races, Fine Needle has now won five Group contests in his last seven starts with his only defeat this season coming when travelling to Hong Kong for the Chairman’s Sprint Prize.
Bred by Darley Japan, Fine Needle is a son of the G3-winning Mark Of Esteem mare Needlecraft, who won Group races in both France and Italy.
As well as Fine Needle, Admire Moon has also sired in 2018 G2 Spring Cup winner Moonquake, G3-winning colts Black Moon and Seiun Kosei and Stakes winner Once In A Moon.
