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Almond Eye is HOTY in Japan

January 7, 2021 Darryl Sherer

Almond Eye has been crowned Japan’s Horse of the Year for the second time in three years. The award is selected by the Horse of the Year Selection Committee made up of 283 journalists with Almond Eye receiving 236 votes. The now retired five-year-old was also named the Best Older Filly or Mare. This year’s
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Gran Alegria supreme in Sprinters Stakes

October 5, 2020 Darryl Sherer

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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