2012 Japan Cup Dirt

Roman Legend, coming off six wins in a row, seeks his first grade one stakes victory on Sunday at Hanshin in the Japan Cup Dirt. The 4-year-old Special Week colt has never finished behind in 5 starts, including victories in the g3 Elm Stakes and the g3 Miyako Stakes last two outings. He has won 8 of 9 dirt races. The Japan Cup Dirt distance is at his best, winning 7 in 8 starts over 1,800 meters on dirt.

Other horses to consider include multiple grade one winner Espoir City; Wonder Acute, winner of the JBC Classic; the g3 Musashino Stakes winner Ijigen; and Transcend, winner of this event in the last two runnings.

The 13th Japan Cup Dirt, Grade One
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Hanshin Race-11 3:40 p.m. JST
3yo+ 1,800-meter dirt right-handed

1/Hatano Vainqueur/3c/56/Hirofumi Shii
2/Civil War/7h/57/Hiroyuki Uchida
3/Miracle Legend/5m/55/Yuga Kawada
4/Espoir City/7h/57/Yutaka Take
5/To the Glory/5h/57/Craig Williams
6/Namura Titan/6yh/57/Shigefumi Kumazawa
7/Transcend/6h/57/Shinji Fujita
8/Ijigen(USA)/3c/56/Ryan Moore
9/Hokko Tarumae/3c/56/Hideaki Miyuki
10/Roman Legend/4c/57/Mirco Demuro
11/Danon Come On/6h/57/Kenichi Ikezoe
12/Wonder Acute/6h/57/Ryuji Wada
13/Grape Brandy/4c/57Christophe Lemaire
14/Nihonpiro Ours/5h/57/Manabu Sakai
15/Solitary King/5h/57/Suguru Hamanaka
16/Nice Meet You/5h/57/Yuichi Fukunaga