Sprouting (JPN)

Sixth foal; half-brother to French 7f (Listed) & 1m winner Tulips (RPR 111) and Japanese winners Cherrymills (6f), Allusion (6f) and Springtime (7f); dam 1m winner, half-sister to 1m Group 3 winner Bowman out of 6f Group 1 winner; not disgraced in first five starts in second half of 2021 over trips ranging from 6f to 9f and then won sixth outing over 7f at Hanshin in late December; down the field in two allowance race at Hanshin (7f and 9f) on return from break in April 2022; better effort at Tokyo in May, finishing third of fifteen over 1m and built on that on next start in September by winning a 7f allowance race at Chukyo; midfield in better race at Tokyo (7f) in October; much better three months later when second of sixteen in 7f allowance race at Tokyo in February 2023; went one better in similar race at Hanshin (also 7f) in March but down the field in better race over same C&D later that month; better effort when third in 7f allowance race at Tokyo after a break in June; followed that with a close second over same trip at Hanshin; held next time but decent second after a couple of months off at Hanshin after.