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title: "Shonan Galleon Hakodate Record Gives Flightline New Japan Star"
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published: "2026-07-06T06:30:00Z"
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# Shonan Galleon Hakodate Record Gives Flightline New Japan Star

**Shonan Galleon announced himself as one of the most intriguing juveniles in Japan on Sunday, breaking the two-year-old 1800-metre turf course record at Hakodate on debut.**

The Tetsuhide Kunimoto-owned colt, from the first crop of unbeaten US champion Flightline, was sent off a 3-10 favourite and justified the confidence in a newcomers’ race over 1800 metres on good-to-firm ground.

Ridden by Katsuma Sameshima for trainer Shizuya Kato, Shonan Galleon settled in midfield from stall one before moving into contention turning for home. He picked up the long-time leader Danon Cube inside the final 200 metres and went clear by two and a half lengths.

[【函館競馬】2.1億円ショウナンガレオンがレコード勝ちの鮮烈デビュー 父はBCクラシックなどG1・4勝のフライトライン (embedded)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WGF1bTvAEjc?feature=oembed)

## Flightline colt earns Sapporo option

The clock mattered as much as the margin. [Thoroughbred Daily News reported](https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/flightline-colt-shonan-galleon-sets-class-record-on-hakodate-debut/) that Shonan Galleon stopped the timer in 1:47.6, shaving half a second from the previous juvenile course record.

That performance gives Flightline a third winner overall as a freshman sire and a second from two runners in Japan. Shonan Galleon, a 210 million yen foal purchase at the 2024 JRHA Select Sale, could now be aimed at the Grade 3 Sapporo Nisai Stakes on September 5.

For European and US followers, the debut is a useful early marker: Flightline’s first juveniles are already turning sales-ring demand into racecourse impact, and Japan has supplied one of the sharpest pieces of evidence yet.