Almond Eye Repeats as Tenno Sho Champ, Sets Japanese Record Eighth Grade I Win

Almond Eye repeated her victory in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) at Tokyo Racecourse. She has now won the race twice in a row. Christophe Lemaire rode her to victory. He has won all eight of his G1 races. He will ride her again in Dubai Turf on March 30, 2019. The last of the G2 races is at Hanshin Race Course in Hyogo Prefecture. It started on April 8, 2018. Watch the highlights here.. For more information on the 2019 Tennos, visit the official website. for more details on this year's races, go to the website of this race.

Almond Eye is the first horse to win consecutive Tenno sho races in the fall since Symboli Kris S in 2002 and 2003. Lemaire is impressed with her performance.

Almond Eye won the 2018 Japan Cup on Sunday. She was named the Japan Horse of the Year. Sakae Kunieda didn't announce which race Almondeye will race next. She could race in the J-Cup on November 29, Arima Kinen on December 27 or the Hong Kong Cup in December 13. Almonds Eye trained on the dirt course on October 25. Kunidya had Christophe Lemaire check her responses in Tenno Sho.