Grade 1 winner Joha to be offered at Keeneland January

Joha led wire to wire in the Breeders’ Futurity (Wendy Wooley/EquiSport Photos)

Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity winner
Joha, a
Kentucky Derby contender entering 2013, will be offered as a Racing Prospect at
the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, according to Allen Kershaw. The
soon-to-be sophomore will sell the first day of the sale, January 7, and is
consigned as Hip No. 381.

Joha established himself as a leading two-year-old after an impressive
four-race streak earlier this year. Trained by Mike Maker, the Johar colt broke
his maiden at Belmont in late May by nearly three lengths and followed with a
head score in the Colin Stakes at Woodbine in July. Sent to Saratoga, Joha was
second by only a head in the Grade 2 With Anticipation on turf and then came
back to Kentucky to take Keeneland’s premier event for juveniles, the Breeders’
Futurity, by a length on October 6.

He experienced a rough trip from post 10 when eighth in the Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile Turf next out and exits a ninth in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club
Stakes at Churchill Downs on November 24. From eight career starts, Joha has
compiled a line of 3-2-1 and earned $427,538.

The dark bay is presently tied for third in the new “Road to the Kentucky Derby”
series with 10 points.