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Lord Kanaloa Shines at Mile in Yasuda Kinen

Lord Kanaloa Shines at Mile in Yasuda Kinen

The $2,311,000 Yasuda Kinen (Jpn-I), the spring's defining race for milers in Japan, was won by elite sprinter Lord Kanaloa, trying the distance for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years at Tokyo racecourse.

 Sunday, June 02, 2013
Champ Lord Kanaloa Sets Chukyo Course Record

Champ Lord Kanaloa Sets Chukyo Course Record

Japan's reigning champion sprinter Lord Kanaloa uncoiled powerful strides on the uphill stretch at newly renovated Chukyo Racecourse and won the $2,195,000 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Jpn-I) in course-record time March 24.

 Sunday, March 24, 2013
Grape Brandy Swoops to February Stakes Win

Grape Brandy Swoops to February Stakes Win

Espoir City appeared on his way to a second February Stakes (Jpn-I) win Feb. 17 at Tokyo, but Grape Brandy wore him down in the final 100 meters to secure the win in Japan's first top-level race of the season.

 Sunday, February 17, 2013
Lord Kanaloa Sets Nakayama Course Record

Lord Kanaloa Sets Nakayama Course Record

Lord Kanaloa stormed to a course record-setting victory at Nakayama Racecourse on Sept. 30, taking the Sprinters Stakes (Jpn-I) by three-quarters of a length from defending winner and stablemate Curren Chan.

 Sunday, September 30, 2012
Sprint Queen Curren Chan Wins Takamatsunomiya

Sprint Queen Curren Chan Wins Takamatsunomiya

Last year's Japanese sprint champion Curren Chan returned to form March 25 when she captured the $2.47 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Jpn-I) at newly renovated Chukyo Racecourse by a neck over San Carlo.

 Sunday, March 25, 2012
Transcend Repeats in Japan Cup Dirt

Transcend Repeats in Japan Cup Dirt

Favored Transcend successfully defended his title in the $3.4 million Japan Cup Dirt (Jpn-I) Dec. 4, winning a showdown with 2009 victor Espoir City at Hanshin Racecourse.

 Sunday, December 04, 2011
Transcend Popular Winner of February Stakes

Transcend Popular Winner of February Stakes

Coming off his victory in last year's Japan Cup Dirt (Jpn-I), Transcend proved a popular winner of the February Stakes Feb. 20 at Tokyo Racecourse, tallying by 1 1/2 lengths in the first grade I event of the season.

 Sunday, February 20, 2011
No Catching Transcend in Japan Cup Dirt

No Catching Transcend in Japan Cup Dirt

Favored Transcend went gate to wire in spite of pressure to win the $3 million Japan Cup Dirt (Jpn-I) by a neck at Hanshin Racecourse Dec. 5.

 Sunday, December 05, 2010