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Tenno Sho Goes the Way of Rey de Oro


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Rey de Oro (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) made it two on the bounce when claiming his second Group 1 title in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) over 2000 metres at Tokyo on Sunday. The 2017 champion 3-year-old colt in his native land was a 2-1 proposition in the colours of U Carrot Farm and he saw off Joao Moreira aboard Sungrazer (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) by 1 1/4 lengths.

Kiseki (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}) bounded to the head of affairs as the gates flew while shadowed by Al Ain (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Keeping tabs on the frontrunners in sixth one off the fence, the 4-year-old began to get down to business and had moved up to fifth on the third corner. A quarter-mile from home, Christophe Lemaire cued the bay and he edged closer to the front as the resolute Kiseki was still kept honest by Al Ain. Sungrazer was absolutely flying from farther back, but it was Rey de Oro who seized command a few strides from the post, with Kiseki relegated to third by a nose as Sungrazer got up in the final jump. Al Ain hung on for fourth, another length behind.

“I knew I had a good chance to win the Tenno Sho title for the first time,” said Lemaire, who was winning his third Japanese Group 1 in three weeks and is tied for the annual Group 1 win record with six. “The colt’s condition and the race

development were perfect. The pace was just right and the colt was relaxed so everything went smoothly. He showed good long-lasting speed. I’m grateful to be given great rides and am happy to be doing this well.”

Undefeated in three starts as a juvenile culminating in a win in the G2 Hopeful S. on Christmas Day in 2016, Rey de Oro won both the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) and G2 Kobe Shimbun Hai at three, and was also second in the G1 Japan Cup locally last November en route to championship honours. Resuming with a third in the G2 Kyoto Kinen at Kyoto on Feb. 11, the colt was fourth in Hawkbill (Kitten’s Joy)’s G1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan on Mar. 31. Given some time off, he bounced back with a victory in the 2200-metre G2 Shankei Sho All Comers S. on Sept. 23.

Pedigree Notes…

After the winner, La Dorada foaled the Group 2-placed full-brother Leyenda (Jpn), and her latest, a 2-year-old colt named Sol Dorado (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), has placed in two starts to date. His second dam is a winning half-sister to two-time Japanese Horse of the Year and super sire Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), as well as SW and Group 1 sire Black Tide (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), SW New Beginning (Jpn) (Agnes Tachyon (Jpn) and Grade III heroine Veil of Avalon (Thunder Gulch). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

Sunday, Tokyo, Japan
TENNO SHO (AUTUMN)-G1, ¥290,020,000 (US$2,598,072/£2,022,622/€2,274,424), Tokyo, 10-28, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 1:56.80, fm.
1–REY DE ORO (JPN), 128, c, 4 by King Kamehameha (Jpn)
                1st Dam: La Dorada (Jpn), by Symboli Kris S
                2nd Dam: Lady Blond, by Seeking the Gold
                3rd Dam: Wind in Her Hair (Ire), by Alzao
O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Kazuzo Fujisawa;
J-Christophe Lemaire; ¥152,814,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 3yo
Colt-Jpn, 11-7-1-1. *1/2 to Tizona (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}),
SW-Jpn, $595,985; and a full to Leyenda (Jpn), GSP-Jpn,
$492,264. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sungrazer (Jpn), 128, c, 4, Deep Impact (Jpn)–Mantis Hunt
(Jpn), by Deputy Minister. O-G1 Racing; B-Oiwake Farm (Jpn);
¥60,804,000.
3–Kiseki (Jpn), 128, c, 4, Rulership (Jpn)–Blitz Finale (Jpn), by
Deep Impact (Jpn). O-Tatsue Ishikawa; B-Shimokobe Farm
(Jpn); ¥38,402,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, NO, 1. Odds: 2.10, 8.60, 11.80.
Also Ran: Al Ain (Jpn), Mikki Rocket (Jpn), Sakura Empereur (Jpn), Makahiki (Jpn), Vivlos (Jpn), Staphanos (Jpn), Suave Richard (Jpn), Action Star (Jpn), Black Moob (Jpn). Scratched: Danburite (Jpn).
Click for the Racing Post chart. JRA Video.

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