FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE (JRA) DATE: June 6, 2021 SUBJECT: RESULT OF THE 71ST (G1) The Yasuda Kinen, a race to determine the best miler of the spring season, has welcomed just over 50 foreign-trained horses since its designation as an international race in 1993, including 1995 champion Heart Lake (GB, by Nureyev) from the UAE, 2000 winner (AUS, by Danehill) from and the winner of the 2006 -Yasuda Kinen double, Bullish Luck (USA, by Royal Academy). Past Yasuda Kinen winners that have subsequently become the season’s Horse of the Year include (JPN, by Dancing Cap; ’90), (USA, by Devil’s Bag; ’98), (JPN, by Tanino Gimlet; ’08 &’09), (JPN, by ; ’13) and (JPN, by Screen Hero; ’15). The race joined the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series in 2016, enabling its winners to earn automatic starting position in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1, 1,600m), while the first three finishers of this race are eligible to start in the French mile G1s, the Prix Jacques le Marois and the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. Last year’s champion registered her fifth G1 title in the (G1, 1,600m, May.16) this season while 2019 victor came off a third in the (G1, 1,200m, Mar.28). Cadence Call and were entered following their respective wins in the Milers Cup (G2, 1,600m, Apr.25) and the Keio Hai Spring Cup (G2, 1,400m, May.15), both being the official trials towards the Yasuda Kinen. The field also included: three-time graded victor and 2017 Best Two-Year-Old Colt who commenced the current season with this race after finishing 12th in the (Autumn) (G1, 2,000m, Nov.1) and fourth in the (G1, 2,000m, Dec.13) last year, respectively; Karate, winner of the Tokyo Shimbun Hai (G3, 1,600m, Feb.7); Catedral, runner-up of the Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (G3, 1,600m, Apr.3); who was a fifth in his previous start, the Osaka Hai (G1, 2,000m, Apr.4); and this year’s NHK Mile Cup (G1, 1,600m) champion who aimed to become the first three-year-old to claim the Yasuda Kinen since Real Impact (JPN, by ) in 2011.

THE 71ST YASUDA KINEN (G1) 3-year-olds & up, 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs), turf, left-handed Sunday, June 6, 2021 11th Race Post Time: 15:40 Total prize money: ¥ 248,000,000 (about US$ 2,362,000 ) 3-y-o: 54kg (about 119 lbs), 4-y-o & up: 58kg (about 128 lbs), 2kg allowance for Fillies & Mares, 1kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2017, 2kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2018 Course Record: 1:30.5 Race Record: 1:30.9 [Indy Champ (JPN, by ), 2019] Safety factor: 18 runners Going: Good to Firm Weather: Cloudy S&A Sire Owner Horse Odds Margin FP BK PP Color Dam Breeder Jockey (Fav) (L3F) Wgt (Dam’s Sire) Trainer H5 Deep Impact Danox Co., Ltd. Danon Kingly (JPN) 47.6 1:31.7 1 7 11 d.b. My Goodness Mishima Bokujo Yuga Kawada (8) (33.1) 58.0 () Kiyoshi Hagiwara M5 Deep Impact Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Gran Alegria (JPN) 1.5 Head 2 4 5 b. Northern Farm (1) (32.9) 56.0 () C3 Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Schnell Meister (GER) 10.2 1/2 3 8 13 b. Serienholde Northern Farm Takeshi Yokoyama (4) (33.4) 54.0 (Soldier Hollow) Takahisa Tezuka H6 Stay Gold Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Indy Champ (JPN) 7.0 Neck 4 5 8 b. Will Power Northern Racing (2) (33.5) 58.0 (King Kamehameha) Hidetaka Otonashi H5 King's Best S. Shibahara Taurus Gemini (JPN) 153.6 1-1/4 5 6 9 b. Erimo Etoilee Kawakami Bokujo Keita Tosaki (13) (34.2) 58.0 () Satoru Kobiyama H7 Deep Impact Koji Maeda Cadenas (JPN) 167.9 1/2 6 6 10 b. French Riviera Grand Stud (14) (33.2) 58.0 (French Deputy) Kazuya Nakatake H6 Deep Impact Danox Co., Ltd. Danon Premium (JPN) 19.2 1 7 4 6 br. Indiana Gal K. I. Farm Kenichi Ikezoe (6) (34.1) 58.0 (Intikhab) Mitsumasa Nakauchida C4 Heart's Cry Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Salios (JPN) 7.9 Neck 8 1 1 ch. Salomina Northern Racing Kohei Matsuyama (3) (33.7) 58.0 (Lomitas) Noriyuki Hori H6 Deep Impact Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. Gibeon (JPN) 100.6 1-1/4 9 2 2 b. Contested Shadai Farm Atsuya Nishimura (11) (34.2) 58.0 (Ghostzapper) Hideaki Fujiwara H5 Lord Kanaloa Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Cadence Call (JPN) 14.7 Head 10 7 12 b. Inductee Northern Farm (5) (33.9) 58.0 (Heart's Cry) Takayuki Yasuda G7 King Kamehameha Masakazu Oshiro Daiwa Cagney (JPN) 123.9 1 11 3 3 d.b. Triplex Shadai Farm Shu Ishibashi (12) (34.9) 58.0 () Takanori Kikuzawa H5 Heart's Cry U. Carrot Farm Catedral (JPN) 74.5 Head 12 8 14 b. Abyla Northern Racing Hironobu Tanabe (9) (33.9) 58.0 (Rock of Gibraltar) Manabu Ikezoe H5 To the Glory Hikaru Odagiri Karate (JPN) 77.5 1-1/4 13 3 4 d.b. Lady no Punch Yuichi Odagiri Akira Sugawara (10) (34.1) 58.0 (French Deputy) Yoshiyasu Takahashi C4 Real Impact Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Lauda Sion (JPN) 27.9 9 14 5 7 b. Antiphona Shunsuke Yoshida Mirco Demuro (7) (36.3) 58.0 (Songandaprayer) Takashi Saito

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg) / L3F: Time of Last 3 Furlongs (600m) 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: ¥ 19,241,976,700 Turnover for the Day: ¥ 30,206,705,900 Attendance: 4,858

Pay-off (for ¥100) Win No.11 ¥ 4,760 Bracket Quinella 4-7 ¥ 720 Quinella 5-11 ¥ 2,950 No.11 ¥ 710 5-11 ¥ 1,160 Exacta 11-5 ¥ 12,090 Place No.5 ¥ 110Quinella Place 11-13 ¥ 5,460 Trio 5-11-13 ¥ 8,860 No.13 ¥ 240 5-13 ¥ 400 Trifecta 11-5-13 ¥ 110,420

Winner= 12 starts, 6 wins, 1 second, 2 thirds / Added money: ¥ 132,982,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 487,796,000

Danon Kingly Scores First G1 Victory in Yasuda Kinen Eighth Favorite Danon Kingly crushed defending champion Gran Alegria’s high hopes of a consecutive Yasuda Kinen title in a close finish at the wire to score his first and much awaited grade one victory. The son of Deep Impact kicked off his career with three back-to-back wins, in which one was the Kyodo News Hai (G3), before turning in a third in the (Japanese 2000 Guineas, G1, 2,000m) and a second in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1, 2,400m) in 2019. Although adding two graded titles thereafter—the Mainichi Okan (G2, 1,800m) that year and the (G2, 1,800m) the following season—third in the Osaka Hai (2,000m) last year was his best finish in all of the other G1 challenges that followed and the dark bay was given a long break after running a disappointing 12th in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1, 2,000m) last November. Trainer Kiyoshi Hagiwara has notched his fourth JRA-G1 victory—his latest was with in the 2019 Victoria Mile. Jockey Yuga Kawada now has three Yasuda Kinen trophies on his shelf—the first two were with Maurice (2015) and Satono Aladdin (2017)—he now has a total of 18 JRA-G1 wins while his latest was the Osaka Hai on board .

Breaking from stall 11, five-year-old Danon Kingly traveled two-wide in mid-pack a couple of lengths in front of the favorite while Daiwa Cagney led the field in front. Still near the rear at the final bend, the son of Deep Impact took a center-lane path and unleashed a determined stretch run climbing the Tokyo course hill to finally draw even with Indy Champ and Schnell Meister at the front along with Gran Alegria who also came looming up from the inside 100 meters out. While Indy Champ and Schnell Meister weakened after a brief rally in the final strides, Danon Kingly narrowly held off the strong challenge from the defending champion by a head margin.

‟He felt a bit tense first entering the track but he had good rhythm during the trip and had plenty of horse left. He responded just as I hoped turning the last corner and ran well after that. Although he hasn’t been able to put in the best results in the past, he has definitely demonstrated his true strength today and I’m happy to have been a part of it in my first time in the saddle,” commented Yuga Kawada.

On target to notch her second Yasuda Kinen title, clear favorite Gran Alegria was reserved fourth from the rear and found herself trapped behind a wall of horses in the straight. The only mare contender finally weaved through horses with the fastest stretch speed to reach contention in the last half furlong and dug in fiercely but was too late and succumbed to second.

Three-year-old and fourth pick Schnell Meister took a wide trip down the backstretch sitting outside 2019 Yasuda Kinen champion Indy Champ while gradually making headway up to fifth before hitting the top of the stretch. With the eventual winner on his outside and runner-up behind him, this year’s NHK Mile Cup winner ran strongly to reach the front 100 meters out and joined a brief rally with three older foes but lacked the final kick and was a 1/2-length from the runner-up in third.

Other Horses: 4th: (8) Indy Champ—settled around 5th, advanced smoothly to take command 200m out, weakened in last 100m 5th: (9) Taurus Gemini—stalked leader in 2nd, showed tenacity after overtaken by top 4 finishers in last 200m 6th: (10) Cadenas—trailed near rear, entered lane in last, showed belated charge 7th: (6) Danon Premium—chased leaders around 3rd along rails, ran gamely until 100m out 8th: (1) Salios—hugged rails around 9th inside eventual winner, met traffic 200m out, accelerated thereafter 9th: (2) Gibeon—saved ground around 5th, showed effort until 200m out, weakened 10th: (12) Cadence Call—sat 3-wide around 9th outside heavy favorite, lacked needed kick 11th: (3) Daiwa Cagney—set pace, sustained lead until 200m pole, fell back thereafter 12th: (14) Catedral—traveled 3-wide around 12th, even paced after turning home 13th: (4) Karate—took economic trip around 12th, showed little at stretch 14th: (7) Lauda Sion—tracked leaders around 3rd, checked 200m out and faded

Fractional time (sec./furlong): 12.3 - 11.0 - 11.6 - 11.5 - 11.4 - 11.2 - 11.0 - 11.7 Last 4 furlongs: 45.3 Last 3 furlongs: 33.9

Positions at each corner: 3rd corner (*3,9)(6,7)(2,8,13)11(1,12)5(4,10,14) 4th corner 3,9(6,7)(2,8,13)(1,11,12)5(4,14)10 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.