This Week's JRA Graded Races

The Radio Nikkei Sho, grade 3
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Fukushima Racecourse, 3:45pm JST
3yo, Handicap, 1,800-meter, turf, right-handed
Added money(in million yen):
1st; 40, 2nd; 16, 3rd; 10, 4th; 6, 5th; 4

H#(pp)/Horse Name/AgeSex/Weight(in kgs)/Rider
1/Washa Monotarin/3c/52/Masayuki Nakamura
2/Keiai Dosojin/3c/53/Yutaka Yoshida
3/Strong Return/3c/55/Hiroyuki Uchida
4/Moere Expert/3c/55/Syu Ishibashi
5/Dream Hatch/3c/52/Yuji Tannai
6/Glory Lupinus/3f/51/Takuya Ono
7/Satono Romanee/3c/54/Masaki Katsuura
8/Meisho Kosei/3c/53/Issei Murata
9/Mikki Petra/3c/55/Hiroki Goto
10/I Ko Piko/3c/57/Katsuharu Tanaka
11/Meiner Elf/3c/56/Masami Matsuoka
12/Super Shizukun/3c/52/Hironobu Tanabe
13/Einai Oraio/3c/55/Hiroshi Kitamura
14/Shiny Desert/3c/52/Hayato Matoba
15/Sunny Sunday/3c/53/Hayato Yoshida
16/Strong Garuda/3c/56/Masayoshi Ebina


The Hakodate Sprint Stakes, grade 3
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Hakodate Racecourse, 3:25pm JST
3yo+, 1,200-meter, turf, right-handed
Added money(in million yen):
1st; 41, 2nd; 16, 3rd; 10, 4th; 6.2, 5th; 4.1

1/A Shin F Danz(USA)/5h/56/Yusuke Fujioka
2/M O Winner/8h/56/Koshiro Take
3/Mayano Tsurugi/5h/56/Shinji Fujita
4/Al Sirat(USA)/5h/56/Kenichi Ikezoe
5/Symboli West(USA)/9g/56/Hiroyasu Tanaka
6/Grand Prix Angel/3f/51/Shigefumi Kumazawa
7/Mejiro Schilling/6h/56/Daisaku Matsuda
8/Black Bar Spin(USA)/6h/56/Akihide Tsumura
9/Western Dancer/5m/54/Yuichi Kitamura
10/Urban Street/5h/56/Hirofumi Shii
11/Meisho Topper/6h/56/Kosei Miura
12/Incentive Guy/8h/56/Yasunari Iwata
13/Spinning Noir/8h/56/Eiji Nakadate
14/Tanino Martini/9h/57/Shinichiro Akiyama
15/Apollo Phoenix/4c/56/Yoshitomi Shibata
16/Molto Grande(USA)/5h/56/Norihiro Yokoyama

2009 Takarazuka Kinen result

The career best performance gave Dream Journey the Takarazuka victory on Sunday. He just crushed the field by rallying in the stretch.

The 50th Takarazuka Kinen, grade one
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Hanshin Racecourse, Race-10, 3:40pm, 14-ran
3yo+ international 2,200-meter turf right-handed firm
final time: 2m 11.30s

9 Dream Journey K.Ikezoe
8 Sakura Mega Wonder Y.Fukunaga
11 Deep Sky H.Shii
14 Company Y.Iwata
10 Screen Hero N.Yokoyama
margins: 1-3/4l, nk, 1/2l, 1/2l
also ran: Al Nasrain, Meiner Kitz, Smart Gear, Monte Kris S, Admire Fuji, Erimo Expire, Inti Raimi,Cosmo Bulk and Hiraboku Royal

Dream Journey b 5 h
Stay Gold - Oriental Art by Mejiro McQueen
8 wins of 21 starts
career earnings: 559,759,000 jpy
trainer: Y.Ikee
Owner: Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.
Breeder: Shadai Corporation Inc.

2009 Takarazuka Kinen Field

A field is set for the 2009 Takarazuka Kinen.

The main contenders are:
Deep Sky, 2008 dual grade one winner who had a good second in the Yasuda Kinen, Tenno Sho Spring winner Meiner Kitz, Kinko Sho winner Sakura Mega Wonder and Dream Journey winning the Sankei Osaka Hai in which he defeated Deep Sky.
The post time will be at 3:40 pm JST. on Sunday.

The 50th running of the Takarazuka Kinen, Grade one
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Hanshin Racecourse, Race-11, 3:40pm
3yo+ international 2,200-meter turf right-handed

H#(pp)/Horse Name/AgeSex/Weight/Rider
1/Meiner Kitz/6h/58/Masami Matsuoka
2/Inti Raimi/7h/58/Tetsuzo Sato
3/Smart Gear/4c/58/Yutaka Take
4/Admire Fuji/7h/58/Yuga Kawada
5/Hiraboku Royal/5h/58/Ryota Sameshima
6/Erimo Expire/6h/58/Futoshi Komaki
7/Al Nasrain/5h/58/Masayoshi Ebina
8/Sakura Mega Wonder/6h/58/Yuichi Fukunaga
9/Dream Journey/5h/58/Kenichi Ikezoe
10/Screen Hero/5h/58/Norihiro Yokoyama
11/Deep Sky/4c/58/Hirofumi Shii
12/Monte Kris S/4c/58/Katsumi Ando
13/Cosmo Bulk/8h/58/Akihide Tsumura
14/Company/8h/58/Yasunari Iwata

2009 Epsom Cup Result

See the race video on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9M81p_6T0

The 26th Epsom Cup, grade three
Sunday, June 14, 2009Tokyo Race-11 3:45pm 18-ran
3yo+ 1,800-meter left-handed turf firm cloudy
final time: 1m 45.50s
8 Shingen 3.3 S.Fujita
12 Hikaru Ozora 2.0f Y.Take
11 Captain Vega 10.5 N.Yokoyama
13 Shonan la Novia 30.9 H.Goto
16 Tosho Wave 18.8 Y.Yoshida
margins: 1-1/4l, 2l, 1-1/2l, hd

Shingen db 6 h
White Muzzle - Nifty Heart, by Sunday Silence
Career recorde: 14-8-1-0
Career earnings(in yen): 169,841,000
Trainer: H.Toda
Breeder: Shadai Farm
Owner: T.Hanaki