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Danon the Kid wins the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (G3) on Nov. 23, 2020
The year 2020 goes out with a bang this coming weekend, which will be a double Grade 1 weekend at Nakayama Racecourse, kicking off with the Hopeful Stakes on Saturday (Dec. 26). The race for 2-year-olds (excluding geldings) was made a Grade 1 contest in 2017, and gives the young colts a chance to test their ability over 2,000 meters (1 1/4 miles), with a view to running in next year s Classics, the first of which for colts is run over the same course and distance as the Hopeful Stakes, on the inner turf track at Nakayama.