Play The Lead (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Kizuna

Dam

Dance Amiga

Prize Money

68613

Owners

Shadai Race Horse Co, Ltd

About

Play The Lead is a 2yo colt from Japan trained by Shizuya Kato. He is by Kizuna out of Dance Amiga. He has not yet broken his maiden, failing to win in five starts. In his latest outing at Nakayama on 22 Mar 2026, Kosei Miura rode him to a third-place finish behind winner Sigiriya Rock.

Raced At

Nakayama Tokyo Hanshin

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Nakayama 22-Mar-26 2001m R6 Md $1,500,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:59.500, SP: 3.50 1st Sigiriya Rock ( C P Lemaire 126 ) 2nd Minazuki ( S Ishibashi 126 ) 0.10L 3rd Play The Lead ( K Miura 126 ) 4.10L See full resultsK Miura 57.2kg 4.10L3 (18)
Tokyo 21-Feb-26 2400m GOOD R5 Md $1,500,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 02:26.800, SP: 5.00 1st Golden Pagoda ( A Sugawara 121 ) 2nd Guard Of Honour ( C P Lemaire 126 ) 0.50L 3rd Play The Lead ( H Tanabe 126 ) 1.50L See full resultsH Tanabe 57.2kg 1.50L3 (14)
Nakayama 05-Jan-26 2001m GOOD R6 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:02.000, SP: 3.00 1st Immortalis ( Y Ishikawa 126 ) 2nd Willow Creek ( K Yokoyama 126 ) 0.75L 3rd Satono Wagner ( K Miura 126 ) 0.30L 6th Play The Lead ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 5.15L See full resultsT Yokoyama 57.2kg 5.15L6 (18)
Tokyo 08-Nov-25 2000m GOOD R3 Md $2,200,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 02:01.200, SP: 3.00 1st Green Energy ( K Tosaki 123 ) 2nd Play The Lead ( C P Lemaire 123 ) 3.00L 3rd Nori Maru ( A Sugawara 123 ) 1.50L See full resultsC P Lemaire 55.8kg 3.00L2 (12)
Hanshin 14-Sep-25 2000m R5 Newcomer Race (newc) $1,900,000 (of $14,250,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:04.500, SP: 3.00 1st Blue Sky Blue ( R Wada 121 ) 2nd Justin Le Mans ( C Lemaire 121 ) 0.10L 3rd Play The Lead ( J Moreira 121 ) 3.60L See full resultsJ Moreira 54.9kg 3.60L3 (7)