Titleholder team dreaming of first Japanese Arc success

Titleholder is the favourite to win the Japanese Arc at Longchamp. It's been a long time since Japan's last winner of the race. Kazuo Yokoyama is riding Titleholder on his French debut.  Kurita's stable is aiming to become the first to claim the trophy. They had a workout in Chantilly on Wednesday. The horse is improving. He's the third Japanese winner in the last 16 years. There are a lot of Japanese followers of this race in Europe. Kasio Yokayama will ride Titleholders. His French teammate is also riding in this year's race, but he's not concerned about it.

Japan are represented in the race by Do Deuce, a Yasuo Tomomichi-trained winner of the Japanese Derby and Stay Foolish, trained by Yoshito Yahagi. Christophe Lemaire is riding Stay foolish in his second start in France after his Grand Prix de Deauville. Titleholder has run in Group Ones in Japan. Titleholders won in Riyadh and Meydan. The team is aiming to win the Arc. It is the first time a Japanese team has won the event. They are aiming for their first victory. Their opponent is a team of American jockeys. There are also some Japanese riders in their team.

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