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Logotype Wins Japanese Guineas in Record Time

Logotype Wins Japanese Guineas in Record Time

Teruya Yoshida's homebred Logotype, Japan's champion 2-year-old male last season, stormed to a course-record win in the Satsuki Sho (Jpn-I) or Japanese Two Thousand Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse April 14.

 Sunday, April 14, 2013
Gold Ship Sails to Classic Win at Nakayama

Gold Ship Sails to Classic Win at Nakayama

Gold Ship won the Satsuki Sho (Jpn-I), or Japanese Two Thousand Guineas April 15 at Nakayama Racecourse, a year after the Great East Japan Earthquake forced the race to be moved to Tokyo.

 Sunday, April 15, 2012
Orfevre Wins Japanese Two Thousand Guineas

Orfevre Wins Japanese Two Thousand Guineas

The first classic race in Japan to be run since the devastating earthquake and tsunami took place at Tokyo Racecourse on April 24 when the Japanese Two Thousand Guineas (Jpn-I) was won by Orfevre.

 Sunday, April 24, 2011

Japan Forced to Move First Classic Race

Earthquake damage to Nakayama Racecourse has forced the rescheduling and relocation of Japan's first classic race, the Japanese 2000 Guineas (Jpn-I) to Tokyo Racecourse. The race will be run April 24 instead of April 17.

 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Victoire Pisa Captures Japan's 2,000 Guineas

Victoire Pisa Captures Japan's 2,000 Guineas

Odds-on favorite Victoire Pisa claimed the US$2.2 million Satsuki Sho (Jpn-I), Japan's equivalent of the Two Thousand Guineas, before 68,022 on a chilly spring day at Nakayama Racecourse April 18.

 Sunday, April 18, 2010

Mahubah's Corner: Unrivaled

For Sunday Racing Co., life could not be better. The partnership heads into the Derby with a colt that was not only sired by one Derby winner but is half-brother to another - talk about pedigree. And that colt won his final pre-Derby race impressively April 19 to establish himself as the probable favorite for the big race.

 Thursday, April 23, 2009

No Equal for Unrivaled in Japanese 2,000

Unrivaled took command of the $2.3 million Satsuki Sho (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas) at the top of the stretch and held off a late charge from Triumph March to win by 1 1/2 lengths before 71,201 at Nakayama Racecourse April 19.

 Sunday, April 19, 2009

Captain Thule Upsets Japanese Guineas

Captain Thule went to the lead and never looked back, comfortably winning the US$1,606,000 Satsuki Sho (Jpn-I), or Japanese Two Thousand Guineas, in an upset before 67,401 at Nakayama Racecourse April 20.

 Sunday, April 20, 2008