Pixie Knight is the first Gr1 winner for Maurice winning Sunday’s Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama. Settled in third place along the inside as Mozu Superflare set a hot pace, Pixie Knight was able to take a tight gap between Mozu Superflare and Bien Fait early in the home straight and then accelerated clear to
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Rooks Nest is SW3 for Maurice winning Saturday’s Gr3 Falcon Stakes (1400m) at Chukyo. Ridden along early from the inside barrier, Rooks Nest made most of the running and stayed on strongly in the home straight to hold the challenge of last year’s Champion 2yo colt Grenadier Guards (Frankel) by a head with Mondreise (Daiwa
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Shigeru Pink Ruby is SW2 for Maurice winning the Gr2 Hochi Hai Fillies’ Revue (1400m) for 3yos at Hanshin. Settled just behind the early speed set by Paul Neyron, Shigeru Pink Ruby was poised to challenge in the home straight and finished best to defeat Yoka Yoka (Squirtle Squirt) by a neck with the fast-finishing
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Pixie Knight is the first SW for Maurice winning Sunday’s Gr3 Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen (1600m) at Chukyo. Pixie Knight made all the running and was first for home, staying on strongly to defeat Rooks Nest (Maurice) by 1-1/4 lengths with Bathrat Leon (Kizuna) in third, the trip completed in 1:33.30. It is the
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A big weekend of racing around the world and confirmation that in this crazy COVID-19 year we have an abundance of promising first-season sires in the northern hemisphere. In North America we had Gr1 winners for Nyquist and Not This Time, the first Graded winner for Brody’s Cause as well as Listed winners for Vancouver
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Kaiser Nova finished best to win his newcomers race (1200m) at Hakodate on Saturday to become the first winner for Maurice. Ryusei Sakai made his own room around the home turn and Kaiser Nova finished powerfully once in the clear to overwhelm the odds-on favourite Queen’s Moon (Gutaifan) and score by 1-1/4 lengths going away.
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