FROM: Junichi Takada General Manager, Media & Publicity Department, THE (JRA) DATE: December 26, 2020 SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 37TH (G1) Established in 1984 under the name of Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Himba Stakes as a G3 race for two-year-old fillies run over 1,600 meters at , the race held in December has made various changes in its status over the years. The distance was extended to 2,000 meters while the runners were limited to colts and geldings in 1991, opened its doors once again to fillies and mares in 2000 and acquired international status in 2010. In 2014, the race was given the Hopeful Stakes name, upgraded to G2, excluded geldings and was shifted to a new venue, the where the first leg of the three-year-old Triple Crown, the (Japanese 2000 Guineas, G1), is held over the same distance. In 2017, the race made its final elevation in grade and has become JRA’s 24th G1 flat race. Even before becoming a G1 race, the Hopeful Stakes was highly regarded as the championship event for two- year-old middle-distance prospects aiming for the three-year-old classics and chosen as the main target in place of the traditional two-year-old G1 championships, the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes and the run over 1,600 meters. As a result, the 2,000-meter race attracted many talented runners and subsequent G1 title holders such as 2010 Satsuki Sho and 2011 Dubai World Cup (AW, 2,000m) winner (JPN, by ), 2013 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger, 3,000m) and 2014 (2,400m) victor (JPN, by Symboli Kris S), 2017 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, 2,400m) champion (JPN, by ), 2019 Satsuki Sho winner (JPN, by ) and this year’s Triple Crown victor (JPN, by ). , the sole graded winner among this year’s lineup, claimed the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (G3, 1,800m, Nov.23) with Titleholder in second. Coming off their respective wins in other prep races were Land of Liberty (the Fuyo Stakes [2,000m, Oct.3]), Yoho Lake (the Shigiku Sho [2,000m, Oct.17]), Orthoclase (the Ivy Stakes [L, 1,800m, Oct.24]), Chevalier Rose (the Hagi Stakes [L, 1,800m; Oct.31]) and Admire Sage (the Kigiku Sho [2,000m, Nov.15]). The field also included Machaon d’Or who came off a third in the Nisai Stakes (G3, 2,000m, Nov.28).

THE 37TH HOPEFUL STAKES (G1) 2-year-olds, Colts & Fillies, 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs), turf, right-handed Saturday, December 26, 2020 Nakayama Racecourse 11th Race Post time: 15:25 Total prize money: ¥ 152,200,000 (about US$ 1,410,000 ) 2-y-o: 55kg (about 121 lbs), 1 kg allowance for Fillies, 3 kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2018 Course Record: 1:58.9 Race Record: 2:01.4 [Time Flyer (JPN, by Heart’s Cry), 2017] Safety factor: 18 runners Going: Firm Weather: Fine S&A Sire Owner Horse Odds Margin FP BK PP Color Dam Breeder Jockey Wgt (Fav) (L3F) (Dam’s Sire) Trainer C2 Danox Co., Ltd. Danon the Kid (JPN) 2.1 2:02.8 1 6 10 b. Epic Love Northern Farm Yuga Kawada (1) (36.4) 55.0 () Takayuki Yasuda C2 Epiphaneia U. Carrot Farm Orthoclase (JPN) 5.7 1-1/4 2 1 1 d.b. Northern Farm (3) (36.7) 55.0 (Deep Impact) Takashi Kubota C2 Deep Impact Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. Yoho Lake (JPN) 13.1 1/2 3 2 2 b. Crow Canyon Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc. (4) (36.4) 55.0 (French Deputy) Yasuo Tomomichi C2 Hiroshi Yamada Titleholder (JPN) 19.5 1-1/2 4 6 11 b. Mowen Okada Stud Keita Tosaki (7) (37.0) 55.0 (Motivator) Toru Kurita C2 Deep Impact U. Carrot Farm Chevalier Rose (JPN) 14.4 Neck 5 7 13 b. Viane Rose Northern Farm Yuichi Kitamura (5) (36.5) 55.0 (Sevres Rose) Hisashi Shimizu C2 King Kamehameha Lion Race Horse Co., Ltd. Tenkaharu (JPN) 274.4 1/2 6 3 5 ch. Ginger Punch Northern Farm Ryusei Sakai (13) (36.5) 55.0 (Awesome Again) Yoshito Yahagi C2 Lord Kanaloa Takayoshi Shintani Aoi Sho (JPN) 32.1 1/2 7 5 9 b. Suichoka Masaaki Nakamura Shu Ishibashi (8) (36.4) 55.0 (Symboli Kris S) Eiji Nakadate C2 Haruhiko Seki Machaon d'Or (JPN) 37.0 1 8 4 7 g. Million Wishes Northern Racing (9) (36.4) 55.0 (Darshaan) Teiichi Konno C2 North Hills Co., Ltd. Vigore (JPN) 175.2 4 9 3 4 g. Weisse Frau North Hills Co,. Ltd. Takeshi Yokoyama (11) (37.8) 55.0 (King Kamehameha) Mikio Matsunaga C2 Duramente Junko Kondo Admire Sage (JPN) 19.2 3/4 10 7 12 b. Acoustics Northern Farm Hayato Yoshida (6) (37.9) 55.0 (Cape Cross) Yasuo Tomomichi C2 Pyro Godolphin Whole Shebang (JPN) 184.0 1-3/4 11 4 6 b. Someries Godolphin Genki Maruyama (12) (38.2) 55.0 (Hard Spun) Yoshitada Takahashi C2 Tapit Yuji Hasegawa 8 Vanishing Point (USA) 64.7 3-1/2 12 5 g. Unrivaled Belle Whisper Hill Farm LLC B Mirco Demuro (10) (39.3) 55.0 ('s Song) C2 King Kamehameha Osamu Hirata 15 Say Hello to You (JPN) 455.0 Neck 13 8 d.b. Manhattan Celeb Shadai Farm B Takuya Kowata (14) (38.0) 55.0 () Koji Maki C2 Espoir City Y.Morita Moriden Arrow (JPN) 601.9 DS 14 8 14 d.b. Arrow Field Yoshio Morita Keishi Yamada (15) (39.6) 55.0 (Shaadi) Satoru Kobiyama C2 Deep Impact Teruya Yoshida Land of Liberty (JPN) 3.5 2 3 b. FF Dubawi Heights Shadai Farm Kosei Miura (2) 55.0 (Dubawi) Yuichi Shikato

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / B: Blinker / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg) / L3F: Time of Last 3 Furlongs (600m) DS=Distance Color: b.=bay / bl.=black / br.=brown / ch.=chestnut / d.b.=dark bay / d.ch.=dark chestnut / g.=gray / w.=white NOTE 1: No Foreign Contenders NOTE 2: Figures quoted under Odds are shown in form of decimal odds (single unit is ¥100), and Fav indicates the order of favorites.

Turnover for the Race alone: ¥ 8,037,598,800 Turnover for the Day: ¥ 18,678,541,100 Attendance: 3,019

Pay-off (for ¥100) Win No.10 ¥ 210 Bracket Quinella 1-6 ¥ 570 Quinella 1-10 ¥ 680 No.10 ¥ 110 1-10 ¥ 310 Exacta 10-1 ¥ 910 Place No.1 ¥ 180Quinella Place 2-10 ¥ 590 Trio 1-2-10 ¥ 1,900 No.2 ¥ 280 1-2 ¥ 860 Trifecta 10-1-2 ¥ 5,560

Winner= 3 starts, 3 wins / Added money: ¥ 71,092,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 111,442,000

Danon the Kid Scores Convincing Win in Hopeful Stakes Race favorite Danon the Kid claimed this year’s Hopeful Stakes giving his sire Just a Way (JPN, by Heart’s Cry) his first G1 title. The bay colt has emulated this year’s Triple Crown victor Contrail in capping off his debut campaign undefeated with three consecutive wins—after claiming his debut start over 1,800 meters in June, he scored a graded win in the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (G3, 1,800m) on November 23. Trainer Takayuki Yasuda captured his 12th JRA-G1 title, his first since the 2013 with Lord Kanaloa, while jockey Yuga Kawada claimed his 15th, celebrating his latest victory just a week earlier with in the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes.

The 15 runners broke smoothly with Land of Liberty grabbing the lead, pressed by Titleholder in second and Orthoclase in third by the first turn. Danon the Kid, along with Vanishing Point on his outside, advanced to third and fourth, respectively, as the field cruised down the backstretch. As the pacesetter swerved way off course and tossed his rider while the field approached the final corner, Danon the Kid made a wide move entering the straight first and turned up an extra gear in the last 100 meters to cross the wire by a good 1-1/4 length margin.

“I’m just so happy that I have at last been able to win on one of my mentor and teacher Mr. Yasuda’s runners. The stable staff did a great job in tuning up the colt and he ran much better than he did in his previous start but still, he couldn’t find a good rhythm and was not steady in the last two corners today. There is still a lot of room for improvement and we intend to work hard so he can kick off a good three-year-old campaign,” commented Yuga Kawada after the race.

Breaking from the most inner stall, third favorite Orthoclase steadily saved ground in third to fourth up to the last corner, advanced smoothly to second by the furlong pole and threatened the eventual winner briefly but lacked the final kick, while holding off Yoho Lake by 1/2 length to finish second.

Sent off fourth favorite, Yoho Lake was unhurried traveling in mid-field and three-wide before making rapid headway rounding the last turn and chased the eventual winner in the straight with the tied fastest late drive but succumbed to third.

Other Horses: 4th: (11) Titleholder—broke sharply, pressed pace, fought briefly with winner in early stretch, gave up 3rd in last 50m 5th: (13) Chevalier Rose—wide trip in 10th to 11th, advanced while chasing Yoho Lake in straight, no match 6th: (5) Tenkaharu—settled in 10th to 11th, rounded last corner economically, showed effort 7th: (9) Aoi Sho—4th from rear, shifted out wide for bid, tied with fastest last 3-furlong drive, unable to threaten 8th: (7) Machaon d’Or—saved ground around 13th, made headway along the rails and rallied for the lead, weakened in last 50m 9th: (4) Vigore—took economic trip around 6th, met traffic at early stretch, lacked needed kick 10th: (12) Admire Sage—settled around 7th, took wide route to enter lane, unable to reach contention 11th: (6) Whole Shebang—sat around 6th, dropped position in last corners, showed little at stretch 12th: (8) Vanishing Point—traveled wide in midfield, advanced to 2nd in backstretch, fell back turning last corner 13th: (15) Say Hello to You—traveled 2nd from last, no factor 14th: (14) Moriden Arrow—trailed in very rear, never a threat Fail to Finish: (3) Land of Liberty—set pace, drifted outside at 4th corner and lost rider

Fractional time (sec./furlong): 12.8 - 11.4 - 13.0 - 12.7 - 12.0 - 11.9 - 12.2 - 12.0 - 12.2 - 12.6 Last 4 furlongs: 49.0 Last 3 furlongs: 36.8

Positions at each corner: 1st corner 3(1,11)(4,6,10)(12,13,8)(5,2)-9(7,15)14 2nd corner 3,11(1,10,8)6(4,12)(2,13)5,9,7,15-14 3rd corner (*3,8)(1,11)10(4,6,12)2,13,5,9,7,15=14 4th corner 3,1(8,11,10)4(7,6,2,12)(5,13)9-15=14 NOTE 1: Underlined bold number indicates the winning horse. NOTE 2: Horse numbers are indicated in the order of their positions at each corner, with the first position listed first. Two or more horses inside the same parentheses indicate that they were positioned side by side. Hyphens between the horse numbers indicate that there is distance between the former and the latter. The asterisk indicates a slight lead.