Horse Racing: Satsuki Shō

In an electrifying display through the late stages, Sixpence (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) overwhelmed nine other rivals and proclaimed himself as one to watch for the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas), dominating the G2 Fuji TV Sho Spring S. on Sunday at Nakayama. Jumping well and close to the pacesetters, Sixpence tucked in neatly behind Allegro…

Sunday Racing's Geoglyph (Jpn) (Drefong) closed from off the pace to annex Sunday's G1 Satsuki Sho, the first leg in Japan's Triple Crown. The victory marked the first win top-level win for both Geoglyph and his trainer, Tetsuya Kimura. Ask Victor More (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) soon went to the front as Geoglyph-in tandem with Danon Beluga…

Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 2:10 pm |Back to: Europe, Cosmo Kuranda | Horsephotos By Showing modest form throughout most of his career, Cosmo Kuranda (Jpn) (Al Ain {Jpn}) broke through with a convincing victory as a 33-1 outsider in Sunday's Deep Impact Kinen (Japanese 2000 Guineas Trial) at Nakayama. Supported by a single win in 2023-recorded at…

This Sunday (17 April), Nakayama Racecourse hosts the Satsuki Sho (2000m), JRA's fourth turf Group 1 of 2022 and second Classic race. Following on the heels of the all-female G1 Oka Sho (1600m), the Satsuki Sho is the first race in Japan's Triple Crown. It will be an all-male field for the 82nd running of the Satsuki Sho, a 2000m turf event at the…

Sol Oriens, ridden by Takeshi Yokoyama, wins the 83rd Satsuki Sho on April 16 at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. (ⒸSANKEI) Sol Oriens made history in the 83rd running of the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) on Sunday, April 16. With a 1¼-length victory over Tastiera at Nakayama Racecourse, the Kitasan Black -sired colt became…

Satono Flag (green and yellow) and Yutaka Take land the odds Second favourite Satono Flag (Sakae Kunieda/Yutaka Take) gained a length and three-quarters verdict over market leader Wakea in the Grade 2 Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho Deep Impact Kinen at Nakayama on Sunday. Satono Flag raced in midfield in the mile-and-a-quarter turf race before moving to the…

Efforia and Takeshi Yokoyama (green cap) dig deep to win the Arima Kinen at Nakayama Efforia justified his number-one vote in the Grade 1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama on Sunday, prevailing by three-quarters of a length over Deep Bond to bag the colossal first prize of more than £2 million. The Arima Kinen was designed to be a season-end grand prix, in…

Tetsuya Kimura, trainer of Geoglyph and Equinox, earned his second JRA G1 victory. Following Do Deuce, Danon Beluga (ridden by Yuga Kawada), Ask Victor More (Hironobu Tanabe) and Onyankopon (Akira Sugawara) all finished a neck's length behind one another. Geoglyph burst out of the gate in the 14th post position, and dashed straight ahead,…