In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday Kyoto Racecourse:Saturday, October 31, 20266th-KYO, ¥14,880,000 ($94k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mG T ELEVEN (f, 2, Life Is Good–Maya Malibu, by Malibu Moon) is closely related to the talented GII Carter Stakes winner Point Dume (Into Mischief) and was purchased by J S Company for $550,000 out of the 2025 Keeneland September Sale. The filly's dam, second in the 2017 GI Spinaway Stakes and third in the GI Frizette Stakes before finishing down the field in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar, is a daughter of GISW Island Sand (Tabasco Cat), the granddam of 2022 GI Belmont Stakes hero Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo). This is the family of Queen's Plate winner Niigon (Unbridled). O-Toshihiko Tabata; B-Sea Horse Breeders LLC (KY); T-Yoshito YahagiHUFEISEN (c, 2, American Pharoah–Chain of Love {Jpn}, by Heart's Cry {Jpn}) is the first foal from his dam, a listed winner and Group 3-placed at home and third in the G3 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in 2022. The North Hills homebred's third dam Palais Versailles (Pulpit) was a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero George Vancouver (Henrythenavigator). O/B-North Hills Farm Co Ltd (KY); T-Michihiro OgasaTOP END POWER (c, 2, Nashville–End Times, by War Front) was purchased for just $15,000 at the 2025 Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale, but drilled an eighth of a mile in :9 4/5 at this year's OBS March Sale and was hammered down to Katsumi Yoshida for $180,000. The Jan. 16 foal is out of a daughter of GI Madison Stakes heroine Last Full Measure (Empire Maker), the dam of GI Juddmonte Spinster winner and 2020 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff runner-up Valiance (Tapit). O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-CHC Inc (NY); T-Manabu IkezoeThe post Expensive Life Is Good Filly Down To Debut at Kyoto appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.