Orfevre tops field in Kikuka Sho

Orfevre tops the field of 18 colts in the Kikuka Sho(Japanese St. Leger). The Stay Gold colt dominated the classic races in spring campaign, winning the Satsuki Sho(Japanese 2000 Guineas) and the Japanese Derby. On his recent run in the Kobe Shimbun Hai last month, he came with a 2 1/2-length victory. If he wins the grade one 3,000-meter race, he becomes the seventh colt to win the Triple Crown Races in JRA history.

The 72nd Kikuka Sho(Japanese St. Leger), Grade One
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Kyoto Race-11
3yo 3,000-meter turf right-handed
57kgs for colts, fillies allowed 2kgs
post time: 3:40 p.m. JST

1/Tosen Ra(by Deep Impact/Masayoshi Ebina
2/Luisa Theatre(by Heart's Cry)/Makoto Okabe
3/Susan Great(by King Kamehameha)/Ryuji Wada
4/Universal Bank(by Neo Universe)/Hironobu Tanabe
5/Fateful War(by Stay Gold)/Yoshitomi Shibata
6/Shigeru Rijicho(by Grass Wonder)/Shinji Fujita
7/Gotto Mustang(by Fuji Kiseki)/Kyosuke Kokubun
8/Belshazzar(by King Kamehameha)/Hiroki Goto
9/Danon Mill(by Jungle Pocket)/Suguru Hamanaka
10/Roccaverano(by Manhattan Cafe)/Yuga Kawada
11/Sadamu Patek(by Fuji Kiseki)/Yasunari Iwata
12/Harbor Commando(by Manhattan Cafe)/Takeshi Kimura
13/Win Variation(by Heart's Cry)/Katsumi Ando
14/Orfevre(by Stay Gold)/Kenichi Ikezoe
15/Sun Beam(by Neo Universe)/Shinichiro Akiyama
16/Danon McQueen(by Heart's Cry)/Futoshi Komaki
17/Frere Jacques(by Deep Impact)/Yuichi Fukunaga
18/Shonan Mighty(by Manhattan Cafe)/Yutaka Take