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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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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Bathrat Leon is SW11 for Kizuna leading all the way in Saturday’s Gr2 New Zealand Trophy (1600m) at Nakayama. Bathrat Leon led virtually all the way and was untroubled to defeat Time To Heaven (Lord Kanaloa) by five lengths with City Rainbow (Epiphaneia) in third. He is the only foal to race out of Bathrat
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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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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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Centelleo is SW160 for Deep Impact winning Sunday’s Gr2 Sankei Sho All Comers (2200m) at Nakayama. it is the fifth win from 16 starts for Centelleo, a 5yo sister to Gr1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington and Gr1 Toorak Handicap at Caulfield winner Tosen Stardom, now at stud in Australia, and three-quarter sister to Gr2 Shimbun
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