Titleholder Overwhelms the Field in the 165th Tenno Sho

Titleholder won the 165th Tenno Sho at Hanshin Racecourse. It was the first win for the 4-year-old bay colt. The winner's time was 3:16.2. A crowd of 11,109 watched the race. Wagering on the Tenna Sho topped $165.7 million USD (¥21.51 billion JPY).

Titleholder won the 165th Tenno Sho on Sunday. He won a similar race on March 26 at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi. The jockey who rode him, Yokoyama, is happy he won. Deep Bond finished second. Silver Sonic was disqualified. It was the second consecutive second place finish for the horse. T O Royal came third. Heat on Beat finished fourth. Silver Sides was running without veteran jockeying Yuga Kawada. His horse was on the front of the pack.

Titleholder won the 165th Tenno Sho. The next G1 race is the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday, May 8.