The 38th Running of The Japan Cup in association with Longines Press Information THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION November 2018 Japan Autumn International 38th JAPAN CUP Date of Race: Sunday, November 25, 2018 Racecourse: Tokyo Racecourse Distance: 2,400 meters (about 12 furlongs), turf, left-handed Qualification to run: 3-year-old & up Weight: 4-year-old & up: 57 kilograms (about 126 lbs.) 3-year-old: 55 kilograms (about 121 lbs.) Allowance: Fillies and Mares: 2 kilograms Southern Hemisphere Horses born in 2015: 2 kilograms Safety Factor: 18 runners Added Money: Total JPY 648,000,000 (about US$ 5,890,909) Winner JPY 300,000,000 (about US$ 2,727,273) 2nd place JPY 120,000,000 (about US$ 1,090,909) 3rd place JPY 75,000,000 (about US$ 681,818) 4th place JPY 45,000,000 (about US$ 409,091) 5th place JPY 30,000,000 (about US$ 272,727) Participation Incentive Money: 6th place JPY 24,000,000 (about US$ 218,182) 7th place JPY 21,000,000 (about US$ 190,909) 8th place JPY 18,000,000 (about US$ 163,636) 9th place JPY 9,000,000 (about US$ 81,818) 10th place JPY 6,000,000 (about US$ 54,545) (Note: US$1 = ¥110) Bonus System: For the Winners of Races below in 2018 Japan Cup 2018 Bonus Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE) Dubai World Cup (UAE) The Derby (UK) Winner US$ 2,000,000 Prix du Jockey Club (FR) Prince of Wales’s Stakes (UK) The Irish Derby (IRE) Eclipse Stakes (UK) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (FR) Grand Prix de Paris (FR) 2nd US$ 400,000 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (UK) Arlington Million (USA) International Stakes (UK) will be Sword Dancer Stakes (USA) awarded Irish Champion Stakes (IRE) Grosser Preis von Baden (GER) 3rd US$ 250,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (USA) Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (FR) Champion Stakes (UK) Caulfield Cup (AUS) Canadian International (CAN) Cox Plate (AUS) Breeders’ Cup Turf (USA) 4th or below US$ 100,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA) Melbourne Cup (AUS) *The winners of the races designated for the aforementioned bonus system which are held after the closing date of the Early Nomination and those horses deemed equivalent may be considered by the JRA Selection Committee as qualified runners for the bonus. Number of Titles: Name # Winning Horse (Year) Jockey Yutaka Take 4 Special Week (JPN; ’99) / Deep Impact (JPN; ’06) Rose Kingdom (JPN; ’10) / Kitasan Black (JPN; ’16) Lanfranco Dettori 3 Singspiel (IRE; ’96) / Falbrav (IRE; ’02) Alkaased (USA; ’05) Yasunari Iwata 3 Admire Moon (JPN; ’07) / Buena Vista (JPN; ’11) Gentildonna (JPN; ’12) Yukio Okabe 2 Symboli Rudolf (JPN; ’85) / Tokai Teio (JPN; ’92) Olivier Peslier 2 Jungle Pocket (JPN; ’01) / Zenno Rob Roy (JPN; ’04) Trainer Michael Stoute 2 Singspiel (IRE; ’96) / Pilsudski (IRE; ’97) Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2 Admire Moon (JPN; ’07) / Buena Vista (JPN; ’11) Sei Ishizaka 2 Gentildonna (JPN; ’12&’13) Katsuhiko Sumii 2 Vodka (JPN; ’09) / Epiphaneia (JPN; ’14) Owner Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. 4 Rose Kingdom (JPN; ’10) / Buena Vista (JPN; ’11) Gentildonna (JPN; ’12&’13) Sire Sunday Silence (USA) 3 Special Week (JPN; ’99) / Zenno Rob Roy (JPN; ’04) Deep Impact (JPN; ’06) Deep Impact (JPN) 3 Gentildonna (JPN; ’12&’13) / Shonan Pandora (JPN; ’15) Kingmambo (USA) 2 El Condor Pasa (USA; ’98) / Alkaased (USA; ’05) Winner Gentildonna (JPN) 2 (’12&’13) Results by Trainer: Name Country Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Hiroyoshi Matsuda Japan 9 2 3 0 0 1 3 Katsuhiko Sumii Japan 16 2 2 4 1 1 6 Michael Stoute Great Britain 10 2 0 0 1 0 7 Sei Ishizaka Japan 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 Kojiro Hashiguchi Japan 13 1 2 0 0 0 10 Kazuo Fujisawa Japan 20 1 1 5 3 1 9 Ichizo Iwamoto Japan 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Robert Frankel United States 11 1 0 1 1 0 8 Yasuo Tomomichi Japan 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 Toshiaki Shirai Japan 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 Hisashi Shimizu Japan 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Yuji Nohira Japan 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 Yasuo Ikee Japan 9 1 0 0 2 0 6 Frank Dunne Ireland 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Stanley Hough United States 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Dave O’Sullivan New Zealand 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Sakae Watanabe Japan 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Results by Jockey: Name Country Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Yutaka Take Japan 24 4 1 2 5 2 10 Yasunari Iwata Japan 10 3 1 1 0 0 5 Lanfranco Dettori Great Britain 8 3 0 3 0 0 2 Olivier Peslier France 12 2 1 3 1 0 5 Yukio Okabe Japan 15 2 0 4 2 0 7 Christophe Lemaire France / Japan 13 1 3 0 0 0 9 Katsumi Minai Japan 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 Ryan Moore Great Britain 10 1 1 0 3 2 3 Mirco Demuro Italy / France / Japan 11 1 1 0 2 1 6 Kenichi Ikezoe Japan 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 Christophe Soumillon France 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 Ryuji Wada Japan 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Cash Asmussen United States / France 10 1 0 3 1 1 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Japan 8 1 0 1 1 1 4 Christopher McCarron United States 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 Masayoshi Ebina Japan 15 1 0 0 1 2 11 Michael Kinane Ireland 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 Donald MacBeth United States 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Patrick Eddery Great Britain 9 1 0 0 0 1 7 Lance O’Sullivan New Zealand 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Results by Country / Affiliation: Country / Affiliation Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Japan Racing Association (JRA) 322 23 23 24 20 20 212 National Association of Racing (local public racing) 15 0 2 0 1 0 12 Japan total 337 23 25 24 21 20 224 India 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hong Kong 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 United States 57 4 4 2 5 8 34 Canada 10 0 1 0 1 0 8 Great Britain 60 4 2 4 2 2 46 France 44 1 3 5 4 1 30 Ireland 12 1 0 0 1 1 9 Germany 21 1 0 0 2 1 17 Italy 7 1 0 0 0 1 5 Australia 16 1 1 1 0 0 13 New Zealand 10 1 0 1 0 3 5 Overseas total 242 14 12 14 15 17 170 Results by Post Position: PP Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Win Ratio Top 2 Ratio Top 3 Ratio 1 37 4 4 3 2 3 21 0.108 0.216 0.297 2 37 2 3 2 1 0 29 0.054 0.135 0.189 3 36 1 3 1 3 2 26 0.028 0.111 0.139 4 37 4 3 2 3 4 21 0.108 0.189 0.243 5 36 1 1 3 3 1 27 0.028 0.056 0.139 6 37 3 2 2 5 5 20 0.081 0.135 0.189 7 36 1 4 2 2 2 25 0.028 0.139 0.194 8 36 2 1 4 4 3 22 0.056 0.083 0.194 9 35 1 3 3 2 2 24 0.029 0.114 0.200 10 37 4 3 4 2 5 19 0.108 0.189 0.297 11 37 2 0 3 3 1 28 0.054 0.054 0.135 12 35 0 3 2 2 2 26 0.000 0.086 0.143 13 36 1 2 2 1 3 27 0.028 0.083 0.139 14 36 6 0 2 1 1 26 0.167 0.167 0.222 15 31 3 1 2 1 1 23 0.097 0.129 0.194 16 20 2 3 0 1 1 13 0.100 0.250 0.250 17 12 0 1 1 0 0 10 0.000 0.083 0.167 18 8 0 0 0 0 1 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 Results by Sex & Age: Starts Results Starts Results Year 3 4 5 6YO C,H, Year 3 4 5 6YO C,H, F,M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th F,M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th YO YO YO &Up G YO YO YO &Up G 1981 2 5 4 4 11 4 M5 G3 M6 H5 H5 2000 5 7 1 3 13 3 C4 C4 C4 F4 H7 1982 3 6 4 2 11 4 C3 F3 F4 F4 H5 2001 2 2 5 6 14 1 C3 H5 H5 H7 H5 1983 4 6 4 2 13 3 M5 H6 C3 C4 C4 2002 4 5 3 4 13 3 C4 G5 C3 G6 C4 1984 4 6 2 2 12 2 C4 G4 C3 H5 G4 2003 3 5 5 5 15 3 H6 C3 C4 C3 H6 1985 4 5 4 2 12 3 C4 C4 G5 F3 C4 2004 6 4 3 3 14 2 C4 C3 C3 C4 H5 1986 4 7 1 2 12 2 H7 C3 C4 C3 G4 2005 2 5 5 6 16 2 H5 C4 H5 H5 F4 1987 3 5 3 3 10 4 C3 C4 F4 M5 C4 2006 4 2 4 1 8 3 C4 C3 M5 H5 F3 1988 1 5 5 3 14 0 C4 C4 C3 G5 H5 2007 4 6 3 5 16 2 C4 H6 C4 F3 H6 1989 2 7 3 3 13 2 M6 C4 H5 C4 C3 2008 3 4 7 3 16 1 C4 C3 F4 H5 C3 1990 2 7 5 1 13 2 G5 F4 C4 C3 H5 2009 2 4 3 9 16 2 M5 C4 F3 C4 H8 1991 2 4 7 2 12 3 H5 F3 G5 C4 G5 2010 6 5 4 3 16 2 C3 F4 C3 H6 C3 1992 4 4 6 0 11 3 C4 C4 H5 G3 C3 2011 3 7 2 4 12 4 M5 H5 H7 C4 C3 1993 2 7 6 1 15 1 G4 H5 C3 C4 H5 2012 2 2 7 6 15 2 F3 C4 H5 H5 C3 1994 0 4 5 5 14 0 G4 H5 C4 C4 H5 2013 1 4 6 6 14 3 F4 F3 H7 H5 H7 1995 2 5 4 3 11 3 H5 F4 H5 C4 H5 2014 3 6 6 3 15 3 C4 H5 H5 M5 F3 1996 6 4 3 2 12 3 C4 F3 H5/F3*1 H6 2015 3 7 3 5 15 3 F4 H5 H5 G6 C4 1997 4 8 2 0 13 1 H5 F4 C4 C3 C3 2016 3 8 3 3 14 3 C4 H5 C4 H5 C4 1998 2 6 6 1 13 2 C3 M5 C3 H5 M5 2017 2 4 6 5 16 1 H5 C3 H5 C4 C4 1999 5 5 3 1 13 3 C4 G6 C4 C3 C3 *1Dead Heat *2C=Colt, H=Horse, G=Gelding, F=Filly, M=Mare Course Description: Circumference 2,083.1m Width 31~41m Homestretch (final turn to finish) 525m Course Record Time 2:22.1 (Alkaased (USA), 2005 Japan Cup) - Reference - Margin Weight Time (seconds) Margin (length) lb stone kg lb stone kg 0 sec.