Horse Profile: Remake

Breeders' Cup Sprint Scouting Report

(Editor's note: Originally published in the 2024 BRISnet Breeders' Cup International Report) 

With a superabundance of early speed on tap, deep-closing Remake will get the right set-up if he can mobilize quickly enough down the Del Mar stretch. The son of 2016 Triple Crown veteran Lani stacks up form-wise based on his exploits in the Middle East, especially his third in the 2023 Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G3) to two-time Sprint champion Elite Power and Gunite.

Trained by Koichi Shintani, whose Crown Pride captured the 2022 UAE Derby (G2) and contributed to the epic pace of that year’s Kentucky Derby (G1), Remake emerged as a player in the Japanese sprint division as a sophomore. He concluded 2022 with a breakout victory over elders in the Capella (G3) at Nakayama, rolling from last to dominate by four lengths.

Remake has raced more abroad than at home ever since. Following his closing third to Elite Power on 2023 Saudi Cup Day, he advanced to the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) at Meydan and rallied from far back for fifth. Remake was favored in Chukyo’s Procyon (G3) at about seven furlongs, where he came within a neck of catching Sprint rival Don Frankie. He’s stuck to about six furlongs thereafter.

Strengthening over time, Remake has won four of his past six starts. He turned the tables on Don Frankie by a convincing 2 1/2 lengths in the 2023 Cluster Cup, and the last time he was spotted in Japan, he was runner-up in last November’s JBC Sprint. 

On the world stage, Remake improved to win the Feb. 24 Riyadh Dirt Sprint, mowing down Skelly. He was out of luck in his next try at the Golden Shaheen, where he checked in a troubled fourth, but he rebounded with a successful title defense in the Sept. 8 Korea Sprint (G3). 

Remake’s repeat in Seoul is of added interest this year with its new prestige as a “Win and You’re In.” Unleashing his furious late charge, the odds-on favorite reeled in speedball compatriot Jasper Krone and won going away by two lengths.

The Korea Sprint was his first start back from Dubai, off a five-month layoff, and the Maeda homebred is eligible to move forward at Del Mar.