Full Result 6.20 Tokyo (JPN) | 24 November 2001

Japan Cup Dirt (Grade 1)

(3yo+) (1m2f110yds) 1m2½f Standard

1st £767,934 2nd £304,909 3rd £192,737 4th £115,095 5th £74,812 6th £59,849 7th £52,368 8th £44,887

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁹⁾	9. Kurofune (USA) 7/10F Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda	Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda	3	810 b	–	–	–	–
gr c French Deputy (USA) - Blue Avenue (USA) (Classic Go Go)
Held up in 12th, headway over 4f out and 3rd entering final turn, led 3f out towards outside, quickened clear straight, impressive

2⁽⁸⁾ 7	8. Wing Arrow (JPN) 5/1 Norihiro Yokoyama Katsumi Minai	Norihiro Yokoyama Katsumi Minai	6	90	–	–	–	–
b h Assatis (USA) - Sanyo Arrow (JPN) (Mr C B)
Held up in 13th, progress from 4f out, disputed 8th straight, ran on well to take 2nd over 1f out but no chance with winner

3⁽¹⁾ ½ [7½]	1. Miracle Opera (JPN) 137/10 Hideaki Miyuki Masazo Ryoke	Hideaki Miyuki Masazo Ryoke	4	90	–	–	–	–
gr c Opera House - Max Fleet (JPN) (Dancer's Image)
Disputed 10th, pushed along towards outside and disputed 8th straight, kept on to line, took 3rd inside final furlong

4⁽³⁾ ¾ [8¼]	3. Nobo True (USA) 25/1 Olivier Peslier Hideyuki Mori	Olivier Peslier Hideyuki Mori	5	90	–	–	–	–
b h Broad Brush (USA) - Nastique (USA) (Naskra)
Prominent and disputed 3rd early, pushed along over 3f out, 3rd straight, ran on at one pace, lost 3rd inside final furlong

5⁽⁴⁾ 1 [9¼]	4. Preeminence (JPN) 91/1 Masayoshi Ebina Kyoichi Ito	Masayoshi Ebina Kyoichi Ito	4	810	–	–	–	–
b f Afleet (CAN) - Agitation (USA) (Caerleon)
Tracked leaders in 5th, disputed 6th straight, headway over 1f out, hard ridden to hold 5th inside final furlong

6⁽¹¹⁾ 1 [10¼]	11. Regent Bluff (JPN) 75/1 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo	Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo	5	90	–	–	–	–
b h Park Regent (CAN) - Sally Belle (JPN) (Goodly)
Held up in last, headway on outside over 3f out, 10th straight, ran on at one pace to line

7⁽²⁾ 1½ [11¾]	2. World Cleek (JPN) 350/1 Hiroki Goto H Arai	Hiroki Goto H Arai	6	90	–	–	–	–
gr h Magic Mirror I - Keishu Herb (JPN) (Mississipian)
Raced towards rear, headway over 4f out to go 8th, disputed 6th straight on inside, one pace from over 1f out

8⁽¹⁴⁾ 1¾ [13½]	14. Lido Palace (CHI) 5/2 J D Bailey Robert Frankel	J D Bailey Robert Frankel	4	90 b	–	–	–	–
ch c Rich Man's Gold (USA) - Sonada (CHI) (Quick Decision I)
Raced on outside in 7th 4 lengths behind leader, headway entering final turn, 5th straight, ridden and no extra from over 1f out

9⁽¹⁰⁾ ¾ [14¼]	10. Generous Rosi 50/1 Gary Stevens Niall O'Callaghan	Gary Stevens Niall O'Callaghan	6	90	–	–	–	–
b h Generous (IRE) - Come On Rosi (Valiyar)
Disputed lead, headed 3f out, 2nd straight, unable to quicken from over 1f out

10⁽¹⁶⁾ ¾ [15]	16. Hagino High Grade (JPN) 87/1 Katsuharu Tanaka Kunihide Matsuda	Katsuharu Tanaka Kunihide Matsuda	5	90	–	–	–	–
br h Commander In Chief - Russian Party (JPN) (Russian Roubles)
Raced in 8th, 11th and one pace straight

11⁽⁷⁾ nk [15¼]	7. Dig For It (USA) 127/1 Mike E Smith Bruce Headley	Mike E Smith Bruce Headley	6	90 b	–	–	–	–
br h Digamist (USA) - Switch Point (USA) (Personality)
Disputed lead, headed 3f out, 4th and weakening straight

12⁽⁵⁾ 3 [18¼]	5. Mitsuaki Silence (JPN) 300/1 Shoichi Kawahara T Awatsu	Shoichi Kawahara T Awatsu	4	90	–	–	–	–
b c Eishin Sandy (JPN) - Youkou Tyrna (JPN) (Tyrnavos)
Raced in 9th, under pressure and dropped to rear 4f out, no danger after

13⁽⁶⁾ 4 [22¼]	6. Onward Saint (JPN) 300/1 Masaki Katsuura Niio Abe	Masaki Katsuura Niio Abe	5	810 b	–	–	–	–
br m Lindo Shaver (USA) - Onward Memory (JPN) (Hard To Beat)
Disputed 10th, dropped to rear and beaten 4f out

14⁽¹⁵⁾ 9 [31¼]	15. Regular Member (JPN) 27/1 Mikio Matsunaga S Yamamoto	Mikio Matsunaga S Yamamoto	4	90	–	–	–	–
br c Commander In Chief - Sister Sono (JPN) (Nasr El Arab)
Disputed 3rd, lost place and 6th entering final turn, 12th and beaten straight

15⁽¹²⁾ 6 [37¼]	12. Aeskulap (GER) 200/1 Andrasch Starke H Blume	Andrasch Starke H Blume	4	90	–	–	–	–
b c Acatenango (GER) - Aerope (Celestial Storm)
Held up in rear disputing 14th, always behind

16⁽¹³⁾ 10 [47¼]	13. King Of Tara (IRE) 100/1 Thierry Thulliez F Doumen	Thierry Thulliez F Doumen	3	810	–	–	–	–
b g Fairy King (USA) - La Bella Fontana (Lafontaine I)
Raced in 6th, under pressure and lost place over 4f out, well behind and last straight