Circle Of Life is the third Gr1 winner for Epiphaneia winning Sunday’s Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (1600m). Waited with towards the rear of the field passing halfway Circle Of Life began a wide sweeping move and was poised to challenge into the home straight, coming wider still to finish resolutely and reel in Lovely Your Eyes
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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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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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Efforia is SW4 for Epiphaneia winning Sunday’s Gr3 Kyodo News Service Hai (1800m) at Tokyo. Settled in fourth place early on, Efforia looked full of running into the home straight and he let down with a strong finish to go clear and defeat Victipharus (Heart’s Cry) by 2-1/2 lengths with Shahyar (Deep Impact) close up
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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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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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Dualist is the second first-crop SW for Mikki Isle winning Wednesday’s Hyogo Junior Grand Prix (1400m) on dirt at Sonoda. Aided by a low draw Dualist was able to hold the inside and led out of the straight the first time, making all the running and, clear into the home straight, held off the late
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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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Meikei Yell is the first SW for Mikki Isle after winning Sunday’s Gr3 Kokura Nisai Stakes (1200m) for 2yos. Settled midfield, Meikei Yell swung widest of all into the home straight and was strong late to overwhelm Mondreise (Daiwa Major) and score going away by 1-1/4 lengths with Fodla (Lord Kanaloa) a further four lengths
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