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 Sunday running at Kyoto Racecourse:Sunday, November 15, 20264th-KYO, ¥14,880,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mYOU CAN DANCE (c, 2, Flightline–Ocean Road {Ire}, by Australia {GB}) is the first foal from his dam, Group 3-placed at three in England for Qatar Racing and Hugo Palmer and victorious in the 2022 GI Gamely Stakes once transferred into the care of Brendan Walsh. A half-sister to GI Northern Dancer Turf and G2 Jebel Hatta winner Wigmore Hall (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and to German listed winner Lady Liberty (Ire) (Shirocco {Ger}), Ocean Road was purchased by J S Company for $1.625 million at Fasig-Tipton November in the fall of 2022 and was among the first mares covered by this sire in 2023. Yuga Kawada is booked to ride. O/B-M's Racing (KY); T-Mitsu NakauchidaANTHOPHILIA (f, 2, Jack Christopher–Fate of Ophelia, by Curlin) was most recently purchased for $120,000 at this year's OBS April Sale and has seen her residual value multiply since. The Mar. 20 foal's second dam is SW Katie's Kiss (Kantharos), whose 3-year-old son Bacio (Maclean's Music) has rattled off three straight victories, including the G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes in August and most recently the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland. The chestnut was originally a $70,000 Keeneland January grad and was bought back for $120,000 at Keeneland September last year. O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-Fergus Galvin, Hunter Valley Farm & Dermot V Ryan (KY); T-Koichi IshizakaAMAL (JPN) (f, 2, Curlin–Discern, by Tapit) is out of an unraced daughter of GSW & MGISP America (A.P. Indy), the dam of MGSW/GISP First Captain (Curlin), recent GIII Sands Point Stakes victress Americathegreat (Curlin) and War Wolf (Gun Runner), a $2.7-million purchase out of the 2025 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. Another of America's daughters, Paris Bikini (Bernardini), produced GI CCA Oaks heroine Paris Lights to the cover of Curlin as well as the Japanese listed-placed American Bikini (Jpn) (American Pharoah) and Atomic Lizhi (Jpn) (Contrail {Jpn}), a recent maiden winner at Tokyo. Discern was a $500,000 KEENOV purchase carrying this filly in 2023. O-Koji Maeda; B-North Hills Co Ltd; T-Yuichi FukunagaThe post Another Fashionably Bred Flightline Debuts in Japan appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.