Subject: Result of the 85Th Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby
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FROM: Masahiro Usuda General Manager, Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA) DATE: May 27, 2018 SUBJECT: RESULT OF THE 85TH TOKYO YUSHUN (JAPANESE DERBY, G1) With the aim of establishing a systemized program that emulates the Triple Crown race held in Britain, and enhancing the quality of thoroughbreds in Japan, a 2,400-meter race for three-year-old thoroughbreds was established at the Tokyo Racecourse (then situated in Meguro ward) in 1932. While maintaining its status as one of the most popular JRA events with a record crowd of 196,517 in 1990, the race has evolved during its long history, opening its door to runners from National Association of Racing (NAR; local public racing) since 1995 and foreign-bred participants since 2001. In 2010, the race entered a new phase as JRA reached the final stage of its internationalization project, allowing foreign contestants in all its graded events. The winner’s prize money, which had already exceeded 100 million yen in 1989, has now reached 200 million, making it the third richest race behind the Japan Cup (G1, 2,400m) and the Arima Kinen (G1, 2,500m). Recent winners include Vodka (JPN, by Tanino Gimlet) who became the first filly in 64 years to claim the derby title in 2007 and Orfevre (JPN, by Stay Gold) who subsequently became the seventh Triple Crown winner in JRA history and won against older G1 winners in the year-end Arima Kinen to become the Horse of the Year of 2011. Top five finishers of the Satsuki Sho (Apr.15)—Epoca d’Oro, Sans Rival, Generale Uno, Stelvio and Kitano Commandeur—acquired their tickets to this race while grade-race winners Grail (6th), Wagnerian (7th), Gendarme (9th), Time Flyer (10th) and Oken Moon (12th) attempted to exceed their performances in the first leg. Contenders coming off trial races were Go for the Summit and Etario, winner and runner-up, respectively, of the Aoba Sho (G2, 2,400m; Apr.28), and Cosmic Force, winner of the Principal Stakes (2,000m; May5). Other notable runners included 2017 Best Two-Year-Old Colt Danon Premium, who passed up the Satsuki Sho due to lameness in his right foreleg, along with Blast Onepiece and Stay Foolish who came off their wins in the Mainichi Hai (G3, 1,800m; Mar.24) and the Kyoto Shimbun Hai (G2, 2,200m; May5), respectively. Duramente (JPN, by King Kamehameha) set the race record of 2:23.2 in 2015. THE 85TH TOKYO YUSHUN (JAPANESE DERBY, G1) 3-year-old Colts & Fillies, 2,400 meters (about 12 furlongs), turf, left-handed Sunday, May 27, 2018 Tokyo Racecourse 10th Race Post Time: 15:40 Total prize money: ¥ 432,000,000 (about US$ 3,928,000 <US$1=¥110>) 3-y-o: 57 kg (about 126 lbs), 2 kg allowance for Fillies, 3 kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2015 Safety factor: 18 runners Sex Wgt Sire Jockey Owner Margin Odds FP BK PP Horse Ag (kg) Dam Trainer Breeder (L3F) (Fav) e Wagnerian Deep Impact Y. Fukunaga Kaneko Makoto 2:23.6 12.5 1 8 17 C3 57.0 Holdings Co., Ltd. (JPN) Miss Encore Y. Tomomichi (34.3) (5) Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc. Epoca d’Oro Orfevre K. Tosaki K. Hidaka Breeders 1/2 10.5 2 6 12 C3 57.0 Union (JPN) Daiwa Passion H. Fujiwara Toru Tagami (34.7) (4) Cosmic Force King Kamehameha S. Ishibashi Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Neck 223.7 3 4 7 C3 57.0 (JPN) Mikrokosmos S. Kunieda Northern Racing (34.7) (16) 14 Etario Stay Gold H. Bowman G RiviereꞏRacing Co., Nose 99.1 4 7 C3 57.0 Ltd. B (JPN) Hot Cha Cha Y. Tomomichi Northern Farm (33.5) (13) Blast Onepiece Harbinger K. Ikezoe Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Nose 4.6 5 4 8 C3 57.0 (JPN) Tsurumaru Onepiece M. Otake Northern Farm (34.5) (2) Danon Premium Deep Impact Y. Kawada Danox Co., Ltd. Head 2.1 6 1 1 C3 57.0 (JPN) Indiana Gal M. Nakauchida K. I. Farm (34.6) (1) Go for the Summit Heart’s Cry M. Ebina Hidetoshi Yamamoto 1-1/4 21.3 7 3 6 C3 57.0 (JPN) Luxury K. Fujisawa Yano Bokujo (34.5) (7) Stelvio Lord Kanaloa C. Lemaire Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Neck 16.5 8 7 15 C3 57.0 (JPN) L’Archetto T. Kimura Northern Farm (33.9) (6) Admire Alba Heart’s Cry G. Maruyama Riichi Kondo 3/4 231.0 9 2 4 C3 57.0 (JPN) Eridu Babylon N. Sugai Northern Farm (33.4) (17) Stay Foolish Stay Gold N. Yokoyama Shadai Race Horse Co., Neck 39.8 10 5 10 C3 57.0 Ltd. (JPN) Kauai Lane Y. Yahagi Shadai Farm (34.3) (10) 11 1 2 Time Flyer C3 57.0 Heart’s Cry H. Uchida Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. 1-1/4 110.0 (JPN) Time Traveling K. Matsuda Oiwake Farm (34.7) (14) Kitano Commandeur Deep Impact M. Demuro DMM Dream Club Co., Neck 8.0 12 3 5 C3 57.0 Ltd. (JPN) Venenciador Y. Ikee Northern Farm (34.0) (3) Sans Rival Rulership S. Hamanaka Kyoko Habata 1/2 87.0 13 8 18 C3 57.0 (JPN) Un Fil Rouge K. Fujioka Y. S. Stud (34.9) (12) Grail Heart’s Cry Y. Iwata Kanayama Holdings 3/4 29.2 14 7 13 C3 57.0 Co., Ltd. (JPN) Platina Chalice K. Nonaka Northern Farm (34.2) (9) Oken Moon Oken Bruce Lee H. Kitamura Akira Fukui 2-1/2 130.4 15 5 9 C3 57.0 (JPN) Moon Phase S. Kunieda Northern Farm (34.9) (15) Generale Uno Screen Hero H. Tanabe G RiviereꞏRacing Co., 1-3/4 23.8 16 8 16 C3 57.0 Ltd. (JPN) Shanghai Rock E. Yano Shinsei Farm (36.2) (8) Gendarme Kitten’s Joy Y. Take Koji Maeda 1/2 71.2 17 6 11 C3 57.0 (USA) Believe Y. Ikee North Hills Co., Limited (35.3) (11) T O Energy Kane Hekili K. Fujioka Tomoya Ozasa 5 306.9 18 2 3 C3 57.0 (JPN) Silky Craft T. Miya Yoshitake Abe (36.7) (18) FP=Final Position / BK=Bracket Number / PP=Post Position / B=Blinker / Wgt=Weight / L3F=Time of Last 3 Furlongs (600m) NOTE 1: No foreign contenders NOTE 2: Figures quoted under Odds are Win Odds, which show the amount of money you get back per single unit (100yen), and Fav indicates the order of favorites. WINNING TIME: 2:23.6 GOING: Firm WEATHER: Fine TURNOVER FOR THE RACE ALONE: ¥ 26,292,834,800 TURNOVER FOR THE DAY: ¥ 40,487,613,300 ATTENDANCE: 126,767 PAY-OFF (for ¥100) WIN No.17 ¥1,250 BRACKET QUINELLA 6-8 ¥3,190 QUINELLA 12-17 ¥7,950 No.17 ¥410 12-17 ¥2,710 EXACTA 17-12 ¥15,520 PLACE No.12 ¥390 QUINELLA PLACE 7-17 ¥34,420 TRIO 7-12-17 ¥521,600 No.7 ¥3,640 7-12 ¥30,290 TRIFECTA 17-12-7 ¥2,856,300 1. Wagnerian (JPN), bay, colt, 3-year-old Deep Impact / Miss Encore (King Kamehameha) Owner: Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. Breeder: Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc. Trainer: Yasuo Tomomichi Jockey: Yuichi Fukunaga 6 Starts, 4 Wins Added money: ¥ 227,482,000 Career earnings: ¥ 306,141,000 2. Epoca d’Oro (JPN), dark bay or brown, colt, 3-year-old Orfevre / Daiwa Passion (Forty Niner) Owner: K. Hidaka Breeders Union Breeder: Toru Tagami Trainer: Hideaki Fujiwara Jockey: Keita Tosaki 3. Cosmic Force (JPN), bay, colt, 3-year-old King Kamehameha / Mikrokosmos (Neo Universe) Owner: Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Breeder: Northern Racing Trainer: Sakae Kunieda Jockey: Shu Ishibashi Wagnerian Rules as Top Three-Year-Old in 85th Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) Fifth favorite Wagnerian demonstrated a strong stretch drive to dominate this year’s Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby). As a two-year-old, Wagnerian registered three wins out of the same starts including his Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (G3, 1,800m) win at the end of his debut season. After a runner-up effort in his first three-year-old campaign start, the Yayoi Sho (G2, 2,000m), he was sent off odds-on favorite in the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) where the somewhat soft track did not suit him, hindering his good turn of foot to finish seventh. His owner Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. broke a new record by becoming the owner of four Derby winners—King Kamehameha (2004), Deep Impact (2005) and Makahiki (2016). Trainer Yasuo Tomomichi has now won JRA-G1 races no fewer than nine times and this is his second Tokyo Yushun title—he celebrated his first with Makahiki in 2016. Since his Shuka Sho victory with Vivlos in 2016, this is jockey Yuichi Fukunaga’s 21st JRA-G1 win and much-awaited first Tokyo Yushun title in his 19th attempt. Breaking from a wide stall, Wagnerian was hustled up early to race in sixth to seventh and three-wide while cruising down the backstretch a few lengths behind race favorite Danon Premium and outside of second pick Blast Onepiece. The bay colt kicked into gear rounding the last turn, was third at the foot of the hill and with great force, gained on the dueling two in the last furlong first catching Cosmic Force 100 meters out and then Epoca d’Oro another 50 meters later to win by half a length. “The staff did a terrific job in preparing the colt and he just gave his best. I just drove him feverishly to the line.