She Will Reign's Saturnalia Filly Sells for $2.1 million

Mark Smith - Tuesday July 11

A filly from the first crop of the Japanese 2000 Guineas winner Saturnalia (Lord Kanaloa) out the Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign (Manhattan Rain) sold for ¥200 million at the JRHA Select Foals Sale.

A half-sister to the Group II placed winner Danon Tornado (Heart’s Cry), the Saturnalia filly was another purchase for Masahiro Noda of Danox Co Ltd.

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