Schnell Meister is SW35 and the fourth Gr1 winner for Kingman taking Sunday’s NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo. Allowed to settle worse than midfield as Pixie Knight set a strong pace, Schnell Meister had taken closer order approaching the home turn and then let down with a big finish to edge Songline (Kizuna) by a
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Authority showed he is a horse to watch with a dominant win against older opposition in Sunday’s Gr2 Copa Republica Argentina over 2500m at Tokyo. Making his first start for more than six months and tackling older horses for the first time, Authority was settled in third place by Christophe Lemaire and moved up to
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Last year’s Oka Sho winner and this year’s Yasuda Kinen winner Gran Alegria rushed home to win Sunday’s Gr1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama. Slowly away and second last early, Gran Alegria was reserved for one run in the home straight by Christophe Lemaire and did not disappoint, accelerating past all her rivals to reach
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Fierement left it late but got there in the final stride to win his second Tenno Sho (Spring) over 3200m at Kyoto. The outsider Stiffelio looked the winner when clear with 200m to go but Christophe Lemaire timed his run perfectly on Fierement to reach the front in the final strides to score by a
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