FROM: Masahiro Usuda General Manager, Media & Publicity Department, THE RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA) DATE: October 29, 2017 SUBJECT: RESULT OF THE 156TH (AUTUMN) (G1) “The Emperor’s Cup” was first held in 1905 to encourage the horse racing sport through annual events that gave the winner the highest honor of being awarded the Imperial prize. Then the Tenno Sho (Autumn) was established in 1937 together with its counterpart, Tenno Sho (Spring), under the name “Teishitsu Goshoten Kyoso” and held biannually in both the Eastern and Western part of Japan. The race was officially renamed the “Tenno Sho” in 1947. Both the spring and autumn races, which secured its status as the most prestigious events for older horses, were run over 3,200 meters in the early years. Later, the autumn version was shortened to 2,000 meters in 1984 so that the spring version could determine the best stayer, while the Tenno Sho (Autumn) would be the main target for middle-distance champions. This also gives the three-year-olds, who find the third leg of the Triple Crown, the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger, G1, 3,000m), to be beyond their suitability, an alternative G1 as the ultimate goal for their autumn campaign. The Tenno Sho (Autumn) entered a new chapter in its long history when opening its doors to foreign contenders as an international race in 2005. Last year’s victor (JPN, by Screen Hero) went on to capture his sixth G1 victory in the Cup (G1, 2,000m) that year which led to his 2016 JRA Special Award and concluded his glorious racing career. This year’s line-up featured 2016 Horse of the Year , the (G1, 2,200m) victor and Hong Kong’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1, 2,000m) winner Neorealism, all making their first starts since their spring campaign. Finishers in the Mainichi Okan (G2, 1,800m; Oct.8) were also at the gate: winner and 2016 Dubai Turf (G1, 1,800m) champion who was runner-up in last year’s version; second and third-place finishers, Satono Alladin and Greater London, who was first and fourth in the (G1, 1,600m), respectively; last year’s Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1, 2,400m) victor who scored a sixth; heavily favored and in eighth was winner in the (Japanese Oaks, G1, 2,400m), . Others included Sapporo Kinen (G2, 2,000m; Aug.20) winner Sakura Empereur and last year’s third-place finisher Staphanos who had come off a runner-up effort in the All Comers (G2, 2,200m; Sep.24). The race record 1:56.1 was set by Tosen Jordan (JPN, by Jungle Pocket) in 2011.

THE 156TH TENNO SHO (AUTUMN) (G1) 3-year-old & up, 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs), turf, left-handed Sunday, October 29, 2017 11th Race Post time: 15:40 Total prize money: ¥ 325,000,000 (about US$ 2,826,000 ) 3-y-o: 56kg (about 124 lbs), 4-y-o & up: 58kg (about 128 lbs), 2kg allowance for Fillies & Mares, 2kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2014 Safety factor: 18 runners Sex Wgt Sire Jockey Owner Margin Odds FP BK PP Horse Age (kg) Dam Trainer Breeder (L3F) (Fav) Kitasan Black Black Tide Y. Take Ono Shoji 2:08.3 3.1 1 4 7 H5 58.0 (JPN) Sugar Heart H. Shimizu Yanagawa Bokujo (38.5) (1) Satono Crown M. Demuro Satomi Horse Company Neck 4.0 2 1 2 H5 58.0 Co., Ltd. (JPN) Jioconda N. Hori Northern Racing (38.6) (2) Y. Iwata Masahiro Mita 2-1/2 59.6 3 4 8 C4 58.0 (JPN) Regenbogen H. Asami Northern Racing (38.7) (13) Real Steel V. Cheminaud Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. 5 7.7 4 2 4 H5 58.0 (JPN) Loves Only Me Y. Yahagi Northern Farm (39.5) (3) Makahiki Deep Impact H. Uchida Kaneko Makoto Head 22.6 5 7 15 C4 58.0 Holdings Co., Ltd. (JPN) Wikiwiki Y. Tomomichi Kaneko Makoto Holdings Inc. (38.6) (9) Soul Stirring C. Lemaire Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. 1-1/2 9.4 6 5 9 F3 54.0 (JPN) K. Fujisawa Shadai Farm (39.4) (4) Decipher Deep Impact Y. Shibayama HH Sheikh Mohammed 3/4 131.5 7 3 6 H8 58.0 bin Rashid Al Maktoum (JPN) Mizna F. Kojima Darley Japan K. K (39.6) (15) Sakura Empereur King Kamehameha M. Ebina Sakura Commers 2 52.5 8 1 1 H6 58.0 (JPN) Sakura Mega T. Kanari Sakura Commerce Co., Ltd. (40.4) (12) Greater London Deep Impact H. Tanabe Yasushi Kubota 1-1/4 15.4 9 7 13 H5 58.0 (JPN) London Bridge M. Otake Shimokobe Farm (40.8) (6) Staphanos Deep Impact K. Tosaki U. Carrot Farm 1/2 24.0 10 6 12 H6 58.0 (JPN) Kokoshnik H. Fujiwara Northern Racing (40.3) (10) Yamakatsu Ace King Kamehameha Ke. Ikezoe Kazuo Yamada 2 15.9 11 3 5 H5 58.0 (JPN) Yamakatsu Marilyn Ka. Ikezoe Okada Bokujo (40.6) (7) Mikki Rocket King Kamehameha R. Wada Mizuki Noda Neck 63.4 12 5 10 C4 58.0 (JPN) Moneycantbuymelove H. Otonashi Northern Racing (40.6) (14) Neorealism Neo Universe A. Starke U. Carrot Farm 7 16.8 13 2 3 H6 58.0 (JPN) Tokio Reality N. Hori Northern Racing (41.9) (8) 11 Lord Vent d’Or Daiwa Major K. Dazai Lord Horse Club DS 177.5 14 6 C4 58.0 B (JPN) Jazz Cat M. Kon K. I. Farm (44.4) (18) Sciacchetra Manhattan Cafe C. Demuro Kaneko Makoto 4 30.6 15 8 18 C4 58.0 Holdings Co., Ltd. (JPN) Samaaha K. Sumii Northern Racing (45,0) (11) Cadenas Deep Impact Y. Fukunaga Koji Maeda 4 147.4 16 8 16 C3 56.0 (JPN) French Riviera K. Nakatake Grand Stud (44.9) (17) One and Only Heart’s Cry N. Yokoyama North Hills Co., Ltd. 3 135.5 17 8 17 H6 58.0 (JPN) Virtue S. Hashiguchi North Hills Co,. Ltd. (45.0) (16) Satono Aladdin Deep Impact Y. Kawada Satomi Horse Company 3-1/2 14.1 18 7 14 H6 58.0 Co., Ltd. (JPN) Magic Storm Y. Ikee Northern Farm (45.8) (5) FP=Final Position / BK=Bracket Number / PP=Post Position / B=Blinker / Wgt=Weight / L3F=Time of Last 3 Furlongs (600m) DS=Distance 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: 2:08.3 GOING: Soft WEATHER: Rainy TURNOVER FOR THE RACE ALONE: ¥ 19,369,677,100 TURNOVER FOR THE DAY: ¥ 27,735,112,300 ATTENDANCE: 63,841

PAY-OFF (for ¥100) WIN No.7 ¥310 BRACKET QUINELLA 1-4 ¥800 QUINELLA 2-7 ¥900 No.7 ¥160 2-7 ¥410 EXACTA 7-2 ¥1,660 PLACE No.2 ¥170 QUINELLA PLACE 7-8 ¥2,950 TRIO 2-7-8 ¥15,290 No.8 ¥600 2-8 ¥2,060 TRIFECTA 7-2-8 ¥55,320

1. Kitasan Black (JPN), bay, horse, 5-year-old Black Tide / Sugar Heart (Sakura Bakushin O) Owner: Ono Shoji Breeder: Yanagawa Bokujo Trainer: Hisashi Shimizu Jockey: 18 Starts, 11 Wins Added money: ¥ 153,822,000 Career earnings: ¥ 1,497,961,000 Principal race performances: ’17&’16 Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1, 3,200m) 1st ’17 Osaka Hai (G1, 2,000m) 1st ’16 (G1, 2,400m) 1st ’15 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger, G1, 3,000m) 1st

2. Satono Crown (JPN), dark bay or brown, horse, 5-year-old Marju / Jioconda (Rossini) Owner: Satomi Horse Company Co., Ltd. Breeder: Northern Racing Trainer: Noriyuki Hori Jockey: Mirco Demuro

3. Rainbow Line (JPN), bay, colt, 4-year-old Stay Gold / Regenbogen (French Deputy) Owner: Masahiro Mita Breeder: Northern Racing Trainer: Hidekazu Asami Jockey: Yasunari Iwata

Kitasan Black Captures Tenno Sho Double in Same Year The pouring rain and soft ground did not hinder the outstanding performance of this year’s victor Kitasan Black whatsoever, as the multiple G1 winner added his sixth victory at the highest level to his stellar record. The Black Tide horse has now become the fifth horse in JRA history to capture both the Tenno Sho (Spring) and (Autumn) in the same year, and the second to score three Tenno Sho titles overall. Kitasan Black is headed for the Japan Cup in aim to defend his title and is scheduled to conclude his racing career with his last start in the year-end . Trainer Hisashi Shimizu and jockey Yutaka Take celebrate their first JRA-G1 win since their Tenno Sho (Spring) victory with the bay earlier this year, while this is the sixth G1 overall title for Shimizu and 74th for Take. Take now has achieved an outstanding record of claiming a Tenno Sho double in the same year for the third time.

The field got underway with Lord Vent d’Or setting the pace while most of the runners were kept one lane off the rail to avoid the deeper going in the rain-soaked track. Breaking slowly, Kitasan Black traveled in mid-pack, a position farther behind than his usual seat close to the pace, but kept his calm and gradually made headway at the third corner. Waiting for his rivals to make their bids as they spread out at the final turn, the race favorite surged to the front from the inside, taking over the lead in early stretch and ran the remaining two furlongs all the way to the line with good speed while holding off the fast closing Satono Crown by a neck.

“He was a bit too eager today and missed his break. The going didn’t seem to bother him so I decided to take the path near the rails at the last corner. He responded beautifully in the stretch and before we knew it, we were at the front. He weakened a little during the long drive but held on well. I am hoping to be in the winner’s circle with him two more times,” jockey Yutaka Take commented after the race.

Coming off his G1 Takarazuka Kinen victory in June and sent off second pick, Satono Crown was settled a couple of lengths in front of the winner in mid-division earlier and gradually gained in on the tiring front runners rounding the last two corners. As he entered the lane in third, the dark bay pinned Greater London 300 meters out and with a good finishing kick, came looming up on the inside of Kitasan Black but was a neck short to finish second.

Rainbow Line, 13th choice in a field of 18, entered the stretch close to the favorites after also sitting in mid-pack and ran strongly, tagging Greater London before the furlong pole but was unable to cut the gap from there and finished 2-1/2 lengths in third.

Other Horses: 4th: (4) Real Steel―stalked leaders in 4th, showed tenacious run but detached by top 3 finishers in last 200m 5th: (15) Makahiki―positioned near rear, showed belated charge, timed 2nd fastest over last 600m 6th: (9) Soul Stirring―raced wide around 7th, outrun turning corner, showed effort, even paced in last 200m 7th: (6) Decipher―broke poorly, traveled 2nd from rear, ran willingly at inner stretch and improved position 8th: (1) Sakura Empereur―chased leader in 2nd, angled wide, passed tired rivals in last 200m 9th: (13) Greater London―unhurried early, made headway, led at final corner, fell back 10th: (12) Staphanos―ran outside winner early, ran gamely until 200m out, weakened thereafter 11th: (5) Yamakatsu Ace―traveled around 8th, showed brief effort at stretch, never threatened 12th: (10) Mikki Rocket―raced wide around 4th, gradually dropped back, unable to reach contention 13th: (3) Neorealism―sat 5th, showed effort until 200m out, weakened thereafter 14th: (11) Lord Vent d’Or―set pace, ran out of steam at final corner 15th: (18) Sciacchetra―settled wide in 3rd from widest draw, failed to sustain bid before final corner 16th: (16) Cadenas―ran wide around 14th, never a threat 17th: (17) One and Only―traveled wide around 13th, unable to reach contention 18th: (14) Satono Aladdin―trailed in rear, no factor

Fractional time (sec./furlong): 13.2 - 12.5 - 12.9 - 12.5 - 13.1 - 13.0 - 12.4 - 12.0 - 12.7 - 14.0 Last 4 furlongs: 51.1 Last 3 furlongs: 38.7

Positions at each corner: 2nd corner 11,1(3,4,10,18)(2,5,9)8(7,12,16,17)(13,15)6,14 3rd corner 11(13,2,1)(7,3,4,18)(5,9,10)8,12(6,16,17)(15,14) 4th corner 13(7,2,1)(8,4,11)(3,18)(6,12,5,9,10)-(15,16)14,17 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.