Tag: hopeful stakes

54th Gr1 for Deep Impact

Darryl Sherer

Tuesday’s Hopeful Stakes (2000m) for 2yos at Nakayama Killer Ability is SW185 and the 54th Gr1 winner for Deep impact. Settled in third place in the final Gr1 contest of the turf season in Japan as Grand Line set a steady speed, Killer ability came with his challenge early in the home straight and stayed
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Danon The Kid remains unbeaten in Hopeful Stakes

Darryl Sherer

Danon The Kid remained unbeaten in an eventful running of Saturday’s Hopeful Stakes (2000m) at Nakayama to become the first Gr1 winner for Just A Way. The race changed approaching the home turn where the favoured Land Of Liberty had been setting the pace but failed to turn and ran straight on and out of
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