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Family ties to the fore as Titleholder earns Arc price cut after Tenno Sho romp

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Family ties to the fore as Titleholder earns Arc price cut after Tenno Sho romp

Titleholder won the Tenno Sho Spring at Hanshin on Sunday. It was the first Grade 1 win for jockey Kazuo Yokoyama. Titleholder is owned by Hiroshi Yamada and earned connections the equivalent of £1,308,463. He was cut to 25-1 for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe by William Hill. He is the oldest son of legendary Japanese rider Norihiro Yokoysama and a brother to Takeshi, who partnered him to his five-length St Leger success last October.

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