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JPN: Do Deuce pockets fourth Grade 1
Legendary jockey Yutaka Take lifted his latest Grade 1 when guiding Do Deuce (5 h Heart’s Cry – Dust And Diamonds by Vindication) to a striking last-to-first victory in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) (Gr 1, 2000m) at Tokyo on Sunday. Trained by Yasuo Tomomichi, Do Deuce took his record to seven wins from 15 starts, including four elite-level successes, as he beat Tastiera (Satono Crown) by a length and a quarter with Ho O Biscuits (Mind Your Biscuits) a further half-length away in third. It was a seventh Tenno Sho (Autumn) for Take, with his last victory coming aboard Kitasan Black (Black Tide) in 2017. He said: “I wanted to show the true ability and strength of Do Deuce today, so I was really happy when he was able to display his usual powerful kick in the last stretch and crossed the line first. The pace was not very fast and I was relying on his strong finishing speed, so I didn’t want to make any unnecessary moves in the first half of the race and settled him second from last.”
54 for Lord Kanaloa
Argine (4 f ex Quatre Feuilles by Deep Impact) provided Shadai’s Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha) with a 54th individual stakes winner courtesy of her victory in Sunday’s Cassiopeia Stakes (Listed, 1800m) at Kyoto. The Mitsumasa Nakauchida-trained four-year-old notched her fifth win in ten starts as she beat Today Is The Day (Deep Impact) by three-quarters of a length. Long Run (Victoire Pisa) finished the same distance away in third. Arginine is the best of five winning foals out of the Grade 3 scorer Quatre Feuilles (Deep Impact).