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Sodashi hits the wire a nose in front of Satono Reinas (far side), with Uberleben third in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies
This week, following a win of the Osaka Hai by a female for the second year in a row, the girls are once again in the spotlight. This time, however, they make up the entire field.
The top-level action remains at Hanshin for the 81st running of the fillies 3-year-old classic Oka Sho (Japanese 1,000 Guineas) on Sunday, April 11. The Grade 1 event is the first race in Japan s filly triple crown and, at 1,600 meters (one mile), is the shortest of the three races.
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Dualist brings perfect record to Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun Dec 14, 2020 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com
The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby continues in Wednesday’s Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun at Kawasaki. Although no runners from the first scoring race, the Nov. 28 Cattleya Stakes, are involved, the metric mile affair could launch other promising types onto the trail.
Dualist extended his record to 3-for-3 in the Dec. 2 Hyogo Junior Grand Prix at Sonoda. Trained by Takayuki Yasuda, who just won Sunday’s $2.8 million Hong Kong Sprint (G1), Dualist made his debut July 4 Hanshin and then romped at Chukyo in juvenile track-record time for about 7 furlongs. He wheels back just two weeks after passing his listed stakes test. From the first crop of Mikki Isle, a champion son of the great Deep Impact, Dualist figures to use his early speed from post 2 with Yuichi Kitamura.
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Sodashi would be the first registered white color Thoroughbred to win a Grade 1 race in Japan, if she succeeds on Sunday
This coming Sunday and next, the Japan Racing Association turns the spotlight onto the budding talent in this season s 2-year-olds and it s ladies first with the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on Dec. 13, followed by the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes the week after, also at Hanshin Racecourse.
The 72nd Hanshin Juvenile Fillies sees 20 fillies nominated for a full deck of 18 with many of those set to take on their first top-level race having only a few starts underneath their belts – some only one. The runners will carry 54kg over 1,600 meters (one mile) on the outer turf course at Hanshin, located west of Osaka in neighboring Hyogo Prefecture.