Wilgerbosdrift’s exciting new stallion Danon Scorpion is a full-brother to one of the best three-year-old fillies currently racing in Japan.
Garavogue, Danon Scorpion’s own sister,  finished runner up in the G1 Shuka Sho (the final leg of the fillies Triple Crown in Japan) on Sunday.
Garavogue made rapid headway to hit the front approaching the final furlong in Sunday’s contest before being joined in front by  Monroe Walk. Always doing just enough to keep her unbeaten record intact, Monroe Walk hit the line with a neck to spare over Garavogue, who had to settle for the runner-up spot at the top level for a third time in her career, having previously chased home Star Anise in both the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and the Oka Sho.

Danon Scorpion and Garavogue were produced by the outstanding racemare Lexi Lou.
A daughter of Sadler’s Wells’ G1 winning son Sligo Bay (whose relatives include Jet Master’s sire Rakeen), Lexi Lou was Horse of the Year, Champion 3YO Filly & Grass Female in Canada in 2014 and Champion Turf Female in Canada in 2016.

In total, Lexi Lou won nine black type races, including the historic Queen’s Plate, and also finished second in the G1 Hollywood Derby.

Her son Danon Scorpion, a son of top-class Japanese sire Lord Kanaloa, was a high-class galloper whose top performance came when he won the prestigious G1 NKH Mile Cup -a race won Danon Scorpion’s outstanding paternal grandsire King Kamehameha among others.

Danon Scorpion stands his first season at Wilgerbosdrift in 2026.