MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SOUMILLON HAS JAPAN CUP EPIPHANEIA LA TIA WIRES THE MATRIARCH By Lucas Marquardt Hernandez Racing Club=s La Tia (City Place) earned ASoumillon, welcome to Japan!@ yelled an exuberant her first Grade I victory Sunday when she went pillar- fan to jockey Christophe Soumillon as he left the to-post in Del Mar=s GI Matriarch S. The bay shot out of paddock on Epiphaneia (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S) before the stalls to easily yesterday=s G1 Japan Cup. The Belgian grinned and the gain the advantage crowd, otherwise silent, laughed. A few minutes later, and establish the Soumillon gave that supporter, and the other 100,185 early lead. Never race fans at Tokyo Racecourse, a reason to really yell seriously pressed when he booted home down the last year=s G1 Kikuka Sho backstretch, La Tia (Japanese St. Leger) clicked off splits of winner to a convincing :23.65 and :47.92. win in the $4.4-million When pressured on centerpiece. La Tia the turn, La Tia Keen throughout while Horsephotos turned back her tracking the leading pair, rival=s advances to Epiphaneia had plenty in remain comfortably in charge down the stretch and hit Epiphaneia the tank as he split rivals the wire 1 1/4 lengths ahead of Queen of the Sand (Ire) JRA at the top of the lane and (Footstepsinthesand {GB}), who was rallying up the rail. drove clear to a four- Favored Discreet Marq (Discreet Cat) registered a late length success from Just A Way (Jpn) (Heart=s Cry run to finish third. {Jpn}). The Carrot Farm colorbearer stopped the clock AShe was a little slow going away from there, but I in 2:23.10 for the 2400 meters. Trained by Katsuhiko got her going and she was game from there,@ said Sumii, the 4-year-old son of the 2005 GI American winning rider Joel Rosario. AI knew those other horses Oaks winner Cesario (Jpn) (Special Week {Jpn}) was would be coming, but my filly was tough. I still had winning for the first time since the St. Leger. The post- some left at the end, too. She still had something in the time favorite and two-time defending champion tank. I love riding out here. I always have. I want to Gentildonna (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) finished fourth. come back more. I=m going to get my agent working on Cont. p3 getting me more horses out this way.@ Cont. p9 JUDDMONTE JEWELS ON OFFER AT TATTS By Kelsey Riley While the bloodstock market has moved through a series of phases over the last decade, not least a recession and correction as a result of the global economic downturn, one constant has always been the presence of the Juddmonte Farms draft of mares and fillies off the track at the Tattersalls December Breeding Stock Sale. Year in and year out, Group 1 winner Sole Power, out of a astute buyers clamor for mare purchased from Juddmonte at piece of the breeding Tattersalls empire established by Racing Post Khalid Abdullah. 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His passing is tough 1--EPIPHANEIA (JPN), 126, c, 4, by Symboli Kris S for us all, especially my staff. This is a very sad loss.@ 1st Dam: Cesario (Jpn) (Ch. 3yo Filly-Jpn, G1SW- Jpn, GISW-US, $2,578,631), by Special A Hard Day=s Work... Week (Jpn) Before Christophe Soumillon even got a leg up on 2nd Dam: Kirov Premiere (GB), by Sadler=s Wells Epiphaneia, he knew he was going to have his work cut 3rd Dam: Querida (Ire), by Habitat out for him. AWhen I saw him in the paddock, he was O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm; T-Katsuhiko Sumii; very powerful and was sweating a bit, and the head lad J-Christophe Soumillon; -253,822,000. Lifetime was quite strong to hold him,@ said Soumillon. AI was Record: 12-6-2-1. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple hoping to get him to settle down at the start, but Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. unfortunately, when the 2--Just a Way (Jpn), 126, h, 5, Heart=s Cry (Jpn)--Sibyl crowd started to scream (Jpn), by Wild Again. (-12,000,000 yrl =10 JRAJUL). and make noise, I nearly O-Akatsuki Yamatoya; B-Shiraoi Farm; fell off. I can=t say I was very confident when I -101,092,000. 3--Spielberg (Jpn), 126, h, 5, Deep Impact (Jpn)-- saw the way he was acting, and I knew that I Princess Olivia, by Lycius. O-Hidetoshi Yamamoto; wouldn=t be able to ride B-Shadai Farm; -63,546,000. Epiphaneia & Soumillon the way the trainer asked Margins: 4, HF, 3/4. Odds: 7.90, 5.70, 10.30. L Marquardt me to before the race, Also Ran: Gentildonna (Jpn), Harp Star (Jpn), Ivanhowe which was to have him in (Ger), One and Only (Jpn), Fenomeno (Jpn), Isla Bonita sixth or seventh position.@ (Jpn), Tamamo Best Play (Jpn), Denim and Ruby (Jpn), Breaking from post four, Epiphaneia was indeed eager Hit the Target (Jpn), Uncoiled (Fr), Tosen Jordan (Jpn), from the word go, but Soumillon was able to coax him Decipher (Jpn), Up With the Birds, Satono Shuren off a pair of pacesetting rivals, deftly making sure the (Jpn). DNF: Trading Leather (Ire). Click for the JRA headstrong colt never had a clear opening through chart and video. Click for the free brisnet.com which to dash. Favored Gentildonna saved ground a catalogue-style pedigree. few lengths further back, while Just a Way followed in AIt=s one of the most prestigious races in the world her slipstream. The pace was sensible--they went in :24 and I=m a very lucky jockey right now,@ said Soumillon, flat, :47.90 and 1:11.80--and by the time Epiphaneia who was in town to ride in the World Super Jockeys hit the far turn, he only needed a seam. Soumillon Championship and picked up the mount on Epiphaneia steered him between rivals as they turned for home. when Yuichi Fukunaga chose to ride Just a Way. AJust before I arrived in the straight, I pulled into the AUnfortunately things didn=t go well for the overseas two path, and when he passed between the horses jockeys [in the WSJI], but it gave me the opportunity to quite easily, I didn=t want to let him go--I wanted to ride in Japan=s biggest race. What he did today was a hold him 100 more meters to make sure he=d go great performance.@ longer,@ said Soumillon. AI knew horses like Gentildonna The race was marred by the breakdown of were behind me.@ Godolphin=s Trading Leather (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), who Soumillon=s worry was ultimately misplaced, as abruptly dropped back through the field on the far turn Epiphaneia bounded away once he was given his head. with Kevin Manning in the irons. The G1 Irish Derby AHe got flat to the ground and his stride got bigger, and winner was attended to by track veterinarians, who I tried to forget everything that happened before, because it was the start of a new race for him, said determined he suffered a Aserious fracture,@ according @ Soumillon. It was an amazing performance, because he to the Godolphin website. A made the race difficult for himself.@ cont. p4 Making the Scene - G1 Japan Cup Picnickers on the far turn Footbridge from subway to track Pirate ship in a small park at the track’s southern end Garden and water feature at the track Making the Scene - G1 Japan Cup The far turn at Tokyo photos by Lucas Marquardt North America’s Up With the Birds Trading Leather - 2010-2014 Jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva Epiphaneia & Soumillon Classic winner & Arc 6th Harp Star Trainer Jean-Pierre Carvalho (right) The German Ivanhowe ran sixth For a time, the world’s largest TV screen TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/1/14 • PAGE 4 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Epiphaneia is the second Japan Cup winner for trainer Katsuhiko Sumii, who also won with Vodka (Jpn) (Tanino Gimlet {Jpn}) in 2009.