2011 Japan Cup Dirt

Transcend, winner of the Japan Cup Dirt last year, got second in the Dubai World Cup earlier this season and followed up with victory in the NRA Nanbu Hai. His latest run was the JBC Classic in which he finished second behind Smart Falcon in early November. Transcend with his regular rider Shinji Fujita up will break from post 16.

Espoir City, winner of the Japan Cup Dirt two seasons ago, gained an outstanding victory in the grade three Miyako Stakes last month before finishing fourth behind Transcend in the Nanbu Hai. Regular rider Tetsuzo Sato will pilot him.

Transcend and Espoir City have the same type of running style and they like to go into front.

The 12th Japan Cup Dirt, Grade One
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Hanshin Race-11
3yo+ 1,800-meter dirt right-handed

1/Makani Bisty/4c/57/Yusuke Fujioka
2/Solitary King/4c/57/Ioritz Mendizabal
3/Eishin Dash/5h/57/Futoshi Komaki
4/La Verita(USA)/5m/55/Yutaka Take
5/Testa Matta(USA)/5h/57/Hirofumi Shii
6/Espoir City/6h/57/Tetsuzo Sato
7/Daisho Jet/8h/57/Yuichi Shibayama
8/Birdie Birdie/4c/57/Brett Prebble
9/Wonder Acute/5h/57/Ryuji Wada
10/Chryso/5h/57/Christophe Lemaire
11/Miracle Legend/4f/55/Yasunari Iwata
12/Nihonpiro Ours/4c/57/Manabu Sakai
13/Danon Come On/5h/57/Yuichi Fukunaga
14/Yamanin Kingly/6h/57/Mirco Demuro
15/Tosho Freak/4c/57/Kenichi Ikezoe
16/Transcend/5h/57/Shinji Fujita